-October 29,2021-
More changes in Baywood this week as Nautical Bean coffee shop owner Brett Jones announced the family-owned company will take over the operation of the Back Bay Cafe that has been closed for some time.
The bayside coffee shop has been part of Lee family enterprises in Baywood and a favorite hangout for locals for the past few years for early morning fare. Since the passing of founder Bill Lee earlier this year, several of the family enterprises have, understandingly, been shuttered.
The cafe is now owned by Bill’s daughter Katie Lee.
Asked about a time line,Nautical Bean owner Brett Jones says while all terms have been agreed to – no lease is yet signed. But he expects it will take just over 2 months to do tenant improvements at the small cafe on 2nd St, located right in front of the Baywood Pier. The place has lots of outdoor and sheltered bistro tables overlooking the back bay.
The cafe is “too small to offer our full menu” explains Brett. But they plan to open around the first of the year with a more limited menu including breakfast items until about 2PM.
”After that there are plenty of choices in Baywood for food and drink” he explains.”They’ve checked all the boxes.” That includes the new High St Deli that is packing them in for lunch and popular Beerwood ,2nd St Cafe and Nardone’s
Nautical Bean has two locations in San Luis Obispo and a strong following around town.”We’ve been doing this for 19 years” he adds that includes the whole family who works at the stores – even mom , dad and 3 kids.
It’s clear that Baywood/Los Osos is excited about the new coffee place in town.Already 215 comments on Facebook were seen today after Brett’s early morning posting on the social media site. Unlike plenty of other postings, none were negative.
Besides the opening of this shuttered coffee shop another group from La Palapa in Baywood just reopened another watering hole – the Merrimaker bar also owned by the Lee family. The bar has been closed since Covid hit.
Locals still wonder what will happen to Lee’s flagship fine dining restaurant -Blue Heron – that has also been closed since Bill’s death
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