Bold Bean Coffee Roasters - Riverside

Bold Bean Coffee Roasters’ Riverside cafe is Jacksonville’s original Bold Bean coffeehouse, at 869 Stockton Street, Suite 100, in the 32204 zip code. Visit Jacksonville lists the shop among Riverside coffee and bakery stops, with breakfast, lunch, and takeout, and a price range of $15 or less. The phone number on that listing and on Google is (904) 738-7670. This Stay Safe Jax page covers the Riverside cafe, not the Jacksonville Beach shop. Jay Burnett started Bold Bean in 2007 as a wholesale roasting business. The Florida Times-Union reported in July 2011 that he had been an agricultural reporter and later managing editor of Jacksonville’s Water’s Edge magazine, that his son Zack joined after studying photography at the University of North Florida, and that the family planned to move roasting from a Southside warehouse to Stockton Street. A June 2011 Times-Union business brief said the brew bar would sit next door to Bakery Moderne, down the block from 13 Gypsies. On December 8, 2011, dining columnist Gary T. Mills wrote that the shop had just opened in a 1920s building that once housed a blueprint company, with roasting and brewing under one roof. Jay Burnett told the paper that beans were typically used within a couple of days of roasting. Zack said wholesale left them unable to control how the coffee was brewed once it left the door. Visit Jacksonville still describes December 2011 as the first-cafe date. Daily Coffee News reported in October 2016 that the family-owned company opened a third cafe in San Marco at 1903 Hendricks Avenue, after a Jacksonville Beach shop in 2014, and was moving roasting into a larger facility. Managing partner Zach Burnett told that outlet the roasting approach was to highlight origin character and natural sweetness. The Florida Times-Union and First Coast News later reported that Bold Bean would close the San Marco shop by the end of September 2021 when the lease expired, and that Riverside and Jacksonville Beach would stay open. That is a closed location, not a current warning about the Stockton Street cafe. In May 2020, the Jacksonville Daily Record wrote that Zack Burnett estimated a 35 to 40 percent sales drop during COVID restrictions, added online ordering and curbside, used a Paycheck Protection Program loan to keep payroll, and had not laid anyone off. That coverage is pandemic history, not a current safety flag. In June 2026, the Jacksonville Business Journal reported that Bold Bean would move headquarters and roasting to the historic Duval Laundry property at 1905 Walnut Street in Springfield and might add a retail element there. Hoodline carried the same announcement. That is a roasting-and-office move, not a replacement for the Riverside cafe. Public ratings on this page are stored snapshots. Google Places currently lists Bold Bean Coffee Roasters - Riverside at 4.6 from 1,453 reviews for the 869 Stockton Street shop, the same place ID stored here. The public Yelp listing is 4.5 from 438 reviews. Stay Safe Jax averages those two snapshots, so the headline is 4.55. The scores are not live. Residents on Yelp and Google generally praise the coffee, baristas, and the Riverside room. Recurring drink names on the Yelp menu include the Late Afternoon Vanilla Latte, Spicy Chocolate, and Honey Latte. Reviews also note that the cafe can get busy and loud. Google Places lists wheelchair-accessible parking, entrance, restroom, and seating. Hours disagree slightly across public listings. Google Maps currently shows Monday through Friday 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Visit Jacksonville lists weekday hours to 7:00 p.m. Check the Google or Yelp listing before you go. Stay Safe Jax leaves warning flags at 0. Riverside’s first Bold Bean cafe has a long, ordinary, well-liked record in Jacksonville coffee coverage.