Red Berry Not Quite Ripe Yet

When a beloved coffee shop moves, you would expect it to open as soon as possible.
 
Red Berry Coffee Bar, the award-winning San Jose shop who closed their door and moved up Interstate 280, has yet to open but shows signs of getting close. Previous reports of 2012 and "summer 2013" on their website have passed by but construction inside has picked up with contractors stating they will be done "by the end of January." 

The previous shop won a prestigious Metro Best-of award for the 'Best Place to Worship the Mighty Coffee Bean' but the competition from other coffee culture counters like Philz Coffee, B2, Roy's Station, Barefoot and Chromatic in the south bay proved problematic. Los Altos' coffee scene is populated by a Starbucks, a Peet's and Main Street Cafe & Books as the only coffee-centric locations. Satura Cakes as well as other food-based shops do offer coffee choices but do not specialize in them.