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Small Cafe Bag

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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
4.9 Stars (370 Reviews)

$78.00

Color: Aubergine Ballistic/Dusk 210 Cerylon

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The go-everywhere small messenger bag.

5 liters / 300 cu. in.

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TLDR

The Small 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 Mini, e-reader, and small journals or books
  • Main compartment with 4 organizer pockets and 2 O-rings
  • Front zippered pocket to secure important items
  • Slanted open-top pocket in the back for quick-access items

Think the Small Café Bag is too small for you? Check out our Medium and Large size Café Bag.

Full Description

Main Compartment

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

On the front interior wall, you'll find four organizer pockets. One of the pockets is sized to fit your iPhone or a Nik's Minimalist Wallet and the three other pockets are sized for pens.

The main compartment has two 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, behind the asymmetrical flap, 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 Small 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 Small Café Bag

The Small Café Bag is designed to be carried as an over-the-shoulder crossbody bag. It comes with a sewn-on 1.5" shoulder strap made of high quality webbing produced specifically for us. 

Please note: Because it is sewn on, the strap cannot be swapped out for another shoulder strap. From our experience, the 1.5" shoulder strap is sufficient for a bag of this capacity. 

Small, unobtrusive webbing loops on the left and right sides of the bag allow you to add an optional removable waist strap to the Small 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.

What's Optional

Freudian Slip

Love organizing and want even more pockets? The Small Café Bag Freudian Slip adds an additional eight organizational pockets to your bag. One side of the Freudian Slip 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 Mini / 7" tablet, either by itself or in a Cache.

8A Cache

The 8A Cache is sized for iPad Minis. Put it inside the Freudian Slip or directly into the Small Café Bag.

Gatekeeper Hip Belt

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

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

On the front interior wall, you'll find four organizer pockets. One of the pockets is sized to fit your iPhone or a Nik's Minimalist Wallet and the three other pockets are sized for pens.

The main compartment has two 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, behind the asymmetrical flap, 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 Small 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 Small Café Bag is designed to be carried as an over-the-shoulder crossbody bag. It comes with a sewn-on 1.5" shoulder strap made of high quality webbing produced specifically for us. 

Please note: Because it is sewn on, the strap cannot be swapped out for another shoulder strap. From our experience, the 1.5" shoulder strap is sufficient for a bag of this capacity. 

Small, unobtrusive webbing loops on the left and right sides of the bag allow you to add an optional removable waist strap to the Small 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.

Freudian Slip

Love organizing and want even more pockets? The Small Café Bag Freudian Slip adds an additional eight organizational pockets to your bag. One side of the Freudian Slip 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 Mini / 7" tablet, either by itself or in a Cache.

8A Cache

The 8A Cache is sized for iPad Minis. Put it inside the Freudian Slip or directly into the Small Café Bag.

Gatekeeper Hip Belt

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

Materials

Exterior

bluesign® certified 630 denier High-Tenacity 2x2 Ballistic nylon exterior
 

Interior

bluesign® certified 210 denier Cerylon 6,6 Ripstop nylon

Zippers

1x #8 YKK coil zipper (front pocket)

Shoulder Strap

Nylon webbing shoulder strap and handle

Components

Duraflex®, Nexus, and Woojin buckles and related components

Specs

Dimensions

7.8" (w) x 10.2" (h) x 5.7" (d) / 200mm (w) x 260mm (h) x 145mm (d)

Weight

630d HT Ballistic Nylon: 11.9 oz / 340 grams

Volume

5 liters / 300 cu. in. (ASTM Standard Measure)

Strap Length

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

Total O-Rings

3 (2 in the main compartment; 1 in the front zippered pocket)

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    14 hours ago
    Love it!

    Perfect size and hands off.

    Monica G.
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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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    My new bag!

    Loving the feel, look, and functionality of my Cafe Bag! Plenty of room for my stuff and the asymmetrical flap adds a fun and unique flair. This is my new go to!

    ANDREA W.
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  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    Perfect for holding enough to 'wait'

    This fits my wallet and iPad (with case!) and phone and car keys - great for when that's all I need to go sit and wait for something (soccer practice to end, doctor's office waiting room). Nice strap for wearing as crossbody bag or one shoulder. Could use another inside pocket or two, but if I'm only carrying a few things it works perfectly. Love the color options.

    Martha A.
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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    Perfect Everyday Bag

    This is the perfect bag to get around town during the day. I have plenty of room for every thing . I get so many compliments from people who want to know where I got my bag. I also have the medium size which I use for travel and business trips.

    Richard S.
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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 weeks ago
    perfect for day trip

    I carry a digital camera, wallet, xtra tissues, hand sanitizer & packable ball cap.. room for a snack!

    Diane S.
    Verified Buyer
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