If you can find parking, consider yourself lucky, but the walk is worth it so plan for it.
I have been tasting Oralia's amazing creations for longer than I remember, and they continue to impress me. They just added a full COFFEE TO-GO (lounge) with a small town, mom & pop joint feel like Schnoog's or Goodness Cafe in Sonora, CA but a fast-casual process to get you out to the next part of your day. AND that is certain to compete with many others in their vicinity across Southern Oxnard i'll mention below.
Amazing Mexican sweet bread delights, burritos, tamales, teleras, gelatinas, and great drip coffee ( coming from a former Peet's barista/sup myself) and more! The Coffee bar on the side of the bakery area has a fashionable and picturesque lounge and you can order any drink you like at startbucks and leave many bucks happier for the higher quality & love (...or caffeine addiction?) you're hitting at the start of your day.
Also, the staff looks well coordinated for the number of clients coming through. Like I mentioned, parking is hard to find for a reason (o weekends), so aim for Monday-Thursday if you plan to take it slower on your visit.
Overall excellent service and again timely. This is a family owned and operated business, and it has deep roots in Oxnard. If you're riding through the PCH (motorcycle friendly u-turn on Wooley Rd @ J ST.), exploring Taco hotspots, or simply don't know what to have today, you'll find some happiness here that will fuel the next (several perhaps).
The quality and variety of goods and services they providing is also astounding, so ask and they may have your holiday catering answers.
Prepared masa (Call Before for a A Lot), tamale orders, burrito orders (for your work team), and again, amazing COFFEE.
HONEY CUP, LE PETIT CAFE, COFFEE BEAN, even LOVEWELL and all the others around have a serious competitor, and the biggest advantage is they've known their costumers for decades so they hit the bullseye. Pictures of the menu to come. Don't forget to get some sweets with your coffee.
Also, if you're from here OXNARD but South Oxnard esp, you'll appreciate the life they've brought to the strip of businesses. Hope more pick up on this and beef that area up.
SIDE RANT:
THAT AREA would be a great spot for a future light rail stop that moves people to the ocean and back to bring more tourism to South, Central, and Eastern parts of Oxnard. School field trips to study marine life could be more feasible and the learning more enriching, but also connecting youth from the eastern and southern parts of Oxnard to the beach with substantial youth programming investments on the ground could interfere with the push and pull factors drawing youth into violent and criminal subcultural groups. Make it free, (driving) stress free, and fun because you're riding on a train to the ocean, and the whole County would transform from the ground up. Bucket list project. Oralia's is a testament to persistent investment in community-building, so stop by and support them. read more