Tucked inside Santee Street’s dead end, safe from the relative bustle of Eighth Street in the Fashion District, the tiny but colorful coffee and toast café No Ghost Bears has been feeding the community since 2014.
Originally dubbed Coffee Colab, the operation was rebranded under the current moniker in 2017.
Owned and operated by Will and Natashia Miyazaki, No Ghost Bears was born out of a shared passion for coffee. Shortly after marrying in 2013, the couple started their coffee roasting company — Suits and Knives Coffee — prior to opening the café.
Will grew up in Santa Rosa. His Japanese father left the family when Will was young, although the two maintained contact. His mother remarried and the family moved to Chicago for six years, before moving back to California.
“My adolescence was in the projects, gangbanging. I didn’t go to high…
