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Large Cafe Bag

4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
41 Reviews

$88.00

Color: Nebulous Grey Ballistic/Marigold 210 Cerylon

Available Color options

The go-everywhere large messenger bag

11 liters / 675 cu. in.

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TLDR

The Large Café Bag is our timeless crossbody bag with a distinctive asymmetrical flap that is designed to help you carry and organize your everyday gear. Like the name says, this bag is perfect for any trips to the café, whether for work or just to chill with a cup of coffee, but this bag is also ideal for daily use and travel.

  • Perfect for an iPad Pro or a 12" laptop, water bottle, and notebooks
  • Main compartment with 5 organizer pockets and 3 O-rings
  • Front zippered pocket with 1 O-ring
  • Slanted open-top pocket in the back for quick-access items
  • Option to add removable waist strap

Think the Large Café Bag is too big for you? Check out our Medium size Café Bag. Want an even smaller size? Check out our Small size Café Bag.

Full Description

Main Compartment

Under the asymmetrical flap is an open-top main compartment. It's a good space for a large tablet, e-reader, books, water bottle, or foldable jacket.

On the front interior wall, you'll find five organizer pockets — one large pocket sized to fit your iPhone or a Nik's Minimalist Wallet, one medium pocket sized a thin tube of sunblock or hand sanitizer, two narrow pockets sized for pens, and one small pocket sized for 3.5 x 2.5 cards.

The main compartment has three O-rings, with an 8" Key Strap attached to one. The Key Strap is useful for tethering on your house or car keys as well as our organizers, such as the Cubelet or Ghost Whale Organizer Pouch.

Front Zippered Pocket

On the front exterior of the main compartment, there is a zippered pocket that spans the width and height of the bag. Inside you will find one O-ring. It's an ideal pocket for storing items that you want to keep extra secure, like your wallet, passport, or other small items. It closes with a #8 YKK zipper.

Slanted Slip Pocket in the Back

The back of the Large Café Bag has a slanted slip pocket, under a handy grab handle. It allows for easy storage and quick access to papers, phone, a small notebook, and anything that is relatively flat.

How to Carry the Large Café Bag

The Large Café Bag is designed to be carried as an over-the-shoulder crossbody bag. It comes with a 1.5" shoulder strap made of high quality U.S. webbing produced specifically for us. Unlike the Small and Medium Café Bags, the strap isn't sewn on but rather attached to a D-ring on each end of the bag. If you anticipate carrying a heavier load, you can always swap out the included strap for a heavier duty shoulder strap.

A removable waist strap is attached to unobtrusive webbing loops on the left and right sides of the Large Café Bag to stabilize the bag against your body while you're riding a bike.

What's Included

8" Snaphook/Snaphook Key Strap

As with most of our bags, we've included a key strap. 8" long from tip-to-tip, a snaphook on either end. Good for attaching your keys to.

Gatekeeper Hip Belt

Attach this to the unobtrusive webbing loops on the back side of the Large Café Bag to stabilize the bag against your body when you're riding a bike.

What's Optional

Freudian Slip

Love organizing and want even more pockets? The Makers/Swift Bag Freudian Slip has eight organizational pockets. One side has a horizontal zippered pocket that can fit a phone lengthwise, as well as four narrower pockets designed for pencils, pens, or a thin flashlight. There's also a pocket that can fit a phone or similar object vertically. The other side has a diagonal mesh pocket and behind that, a zippered pocket. Both can fit an iPad Pro / 10" tablet, either by itself or in a Cache.

10A Cache

Sized for iPad Airs / Pros. Put it inside the Freudian Slip or directly into the Large Café Bag.

Under the asymmetrical flap is an open-top main compartment. It's a good space for a large tablet, e-reader, books, water bottle, or foldable jacket.

On the front interior wall, you'll find five organizer pockets — one large pocket sized to fit your iPhone or a Nik's Minimalist Wallet, one medium pocket sized a thin tube of sunblock or hand sanitizer, two narrow pockets sized for pens, and one small pocket sized for 3.5 x 2.5 cards.

The main compartment has three O-rings, with an 8" Key Strap attached to one. The Key Strap is useful for tethering on your house or car keys as well as our organizers, such as the Cubelet or Ghost Whale Organizer Pouch.

On the front exterior of the main compartment, there is a zippered pocket that spans the width and height of the bag. Inside you will find one O-ring. It's an ideal pocket for storing items that you want to keep extra secure, like your wallet, passport, or other small items. It closes with a #8 YKK zipper.

The back of the Large Café Bag has a slanted slip pocket, under a handy grab handle. It allows for easy storage and quick access to papers, phone, a small notebook, and anything that is relatively flat.

The Large Café Bag is designed to be carried as an over-the-shoulder crossbody bag. It comes with a 1.5" shoulder strap made of high quality U.S. webbing produced specifically for us. Unlike the Small and Medium Café Bags, the strap isn't sewn on but rather attached to a D-ring on each end of the bag. If you anticipate carrying a heavier load, you can always swap out the included strap for a heavier duty shoulder strap.

A removable waist strap is attached to unobtrusive webbing loops on the left and right sides of the Large Café Bag to stabilize the bag against your body while you're riding a bike.

8" Snaphook/Snaphook Key Strap

As with most of our bags, we've included a key strap. 8" long from tip-to-tip, a snaphook on either end. Good for attaching your keys to.

Gatekeeper Hip Belt

Attach this to the unobtrusive webbing loops on the back side of the Large Café Bag to stabilize the bag against your body when you're riding a bike.

Freudian Slip

Love organizing and want even more pockets? The Makers/Swift Bag Freudian Slip has eight organizational pockets. One side has a horizontal zippered pocket that can fit a phone lengthwise, as well as four narrower pockets designed for pencils, pens, or a thin flashlight. There's also a pocket that can fit a phone or similar object vertically. The other side has a diagonal mesh pocket and behind that, a zippered pocket. Both can fit an iPad Pro / 10" tablet, either by itself or in a Cache.

10A Cache

Sized for iPad Airs / Pros. Put it inside the Freudian Slip or directly into the Large Café Bag.

Materials

Exterior

High-Tenacity 2x2 Ballistic nylon

Interior

bluesign® certified 210 denier Cerylon high tenacity nylon ripstop

 

Zippers

1x #8 YKK coil zipper on pocket

Shoulder Strap

Nylon webbing shoulder strap and handle

Components

Tough Duraflex®, Nexus, and Woojin buckles and related components

Specs

Dimensions

13.3" x 12.9" x 3.3" / 340 x 330 x 85 mm

Weights

HT Ballistic Nylon, with standard strap: 1 lb, 5.1 oz / 595 grams

Volume

11 liters / 675 cu. in. (ASTM Standard Measure)

Shoulder Strap

1.5" / 38 mm shoulder strap extends to 54" / 1.3 m

Total O-Rings

4 (3 in the main compartment; 1 in the front zippered pocket)

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41 reviews
  • Tan PN L.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Thoughtful Design, Sewn in USA, High Quality Finishings, Good Storage Size
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Thoughtful Design, Sewn in USA, High Quality Finishings, Good Storage Size
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    PLEASE DON'T STOP MAKING THESE!

    awesome

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  • Susan V.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Compact, Good Storage Size, Thoughtful Design, Comfortable
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Compact, Good Storage Size, Thoughtful Design, Comfortable
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Love this bag!

    As a newbie to TB, I was eagerly awaiting the restock of the LCB and I ordered it the second it became available. For a little background, I am a nurse who travels to a few different hospitals and I have certain things I have to drag around with me. For me, this bag holds the small Ghost Whale Pouch Organizer for my Minimalist Wallet and a few other small items, the A5 GWPO for my stethoscope, a non TB tiny pouch for pens, and a Side Effect for all my other essentials. There is still room for a water bottle, but with that everything Just Fits. I waffled between the LCB and the Makers Bag, but had a hard time justifying spending the $$ for the MB. I do feel like since everything fits so well into this bag, there really isn't room if I need to put anything else like a sack lunch, so the MB will make a better choice for all my work stuff. For now, I am using the LCB and I love it but I may end up transitioning to something just a little bigger for work.

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  • Chris D.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, High Quality Finishings
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, High Quality Finishings
    Rated 3 out of 5 stars
    High quality, but maybe impractically floppy.

    This does give more space than the Medium, but it lacks some kind of stiffness or structure that the Medium has, which makes it difficult to retrieve things, especially without looking: even a large water bottle can disappear into the folding fabric. The shoulder strap was also too short to adjust for my body (I'm 5'9"), but I love that I could swap it out.

    So I dunno. I want to love it. Is it too big? Would I like it with a sheet of plastic in the outside pocket to stiffen it? I'm keeping it, but I'm not sure how to make it work better.

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  • Marianne R.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Sewn in USA, High Quality Finishings
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Sewn in USA, High Quality Finishings
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Outstanding Bag!

    I can't believe this bag was previously discontinued. I am so glad they are offering it again. Best personal travel bag I have used. Often simple is better and this bag fills the bill as my personal carry-on for air travel. Not too large at all. Now I only carry my Large Cafe Bag and Aeronaut 45 when traveling internationally. Thanks TB!!!

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  • Ethan F.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Sewn in USA, Versatile, Good Storage Size, Comfortable, Durable
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Sewn in USA, Versatile, Good Storage Size, Comfortable, Durable
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Still a great bag!

    I bought the smaller cafe bag some years back and absolutely love it? Use it every work day and it still looks new. I wanted to have a larger version so I purchased the “large cafe” bag. It is also great but not as nice as the smaller version. I like the pocket better on the smaller version. Smaller version had a padded divider i liked for my ipad. Exterior felt thicker on smaller one and interior fabric was nicer. Despite those things, this is still an excellent and well made bag. Can fit a small lap top. Love the swivel straps. The small handle is nice but not as nice as the padded version handle on the smaller cafe bag.

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