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Come sit.
Los Rios Street, the third lot south of the depot. Yellow clapboard, hand-routed sign, five tables on the porch.
| Mon | 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Tue | 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Wed | 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Thu | 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Fri | 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Sat | 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Sun | 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM |
Hours per Google. Holidays, the porch closes early.
California's Oldest Street
Two centuries of footsteps.
Los Rios Street has been the residential heart of San Juan Capistrano since 1794. Adobe walls, wood-clapboard cottages, and dirt sidewalks worn shallow by generations. Three of the houses on the block are nationally registered historic homes.
"It's the kind of street where the sidewalk is older than the buildings on either side of it."
Walking from the depot.
The San Juan Capistrano Amtrak and Metrolink depot is two minutes' walk away. Step off the train, cross at the gate, follow the dirt sidewalk past the cactus garden. The hand-routed wooden sign appears on your right.
"Ride down for the day, order a pour-over, sit on the porch with the next train coming through in forty minutes."
- IStep off
At the Amtrak / Metrolink depot platform.
- IICross over
Pedestrian gate at the south end of the platform.
- IIIUp Los Rios
Past the cactus garden, hand-routed sign on your right.
The porch is waiting.
Walk in by six, the urn is fresh. Walk in by ten, the cinnamon rolls are still warm. Walk in by sunset, the porch lights go on.
