The Bakehouse by Arcade — Coffee Shop in Riverside, California

Illustration of a neon-lit retro arcade interior
Arcade Venue

The Bakehouse by Arcade sits on Canyon Crest Drive in Riverside, California, where it operates as one of four storefronts under the Arcade Coffee Roasters umbrella. According to the brand’s homepage, Arcade Coffee Roasters is a specialty coffee roaster running multiple neighborhood locations, including The Tasting Room, The Bakehouse, Arcade Downtown, and Backstreet. Although the directory entry tags this venue as an arcade, the available business data describes a specialty coffee shop and tasting room rather than a coin-op or pinball destination.

Riverside, the largest city in California’s Inland Empire, hosts a steadily growing roster of specialty coffee shops sitting alongside its more traditional retro gaming and barcade scene. The Canyon Crest neighborhood sits along the eastern edge of the city near the Box Springs Mountains, an area where small-format cafés share strip-mall space with everyday suburban businesses. Travelers hoping to pair a caffeine stop with classic cabinets, pinball, and modern barcade play can browse the full Riverside arcade directory or open the interactive Riverside arcade map to plot nearby gaming stops around the same trip.

At a Glance

DetailInformation
Address5225 Canyon Crest Dr #17A, Riverside, California
Phone+1 951-224-9392
HoursDaily, 7AM-4PM (Monday through Sunday)
Rating4.2 out of 5 from 237 Google reviews
Best ForSpecialty coffee, coffee subscriptions, casual drinkers

The Scene

With no published review summary available, the picture of The Bakehouse comes from the brand’s own homepage rather than from player write-ups. Arcade Coffee Roasters positions itself as a specialty roaster sharing its craft through neighborhood storefronts and home-delivery subscriptions. The brand voice is warm and community-oriented, leaning into the tagline “Create Shared Moments” across its tasting room and retail locations, and the visual presentation is editorial and minimal in a black-and-white aesthetic with storefront photography.

The Bakehouse itself functions as a tasting room and retail counter, offering whole bean and ground coffee alongside a home brewing subscription service. Shoppers can browse merchandise and roaster releases such as the Tolima Colombia EA Decaf, an Espresso blend, Clyde Dark Roast, and the Third Street blend. A standout feature is the roaster’s dedicated wholesale program, which runs in parallel with the retail stores and the subscription service. The available record notes no arcade content, no food menu, and no alcohol service anywhere in the data, so guests should not expect bar service or a kitchen counter here.

Games & Machines

The directory entry tags The Bakehouse by Arcade as an arcade venue type, but the available record contains no games, machines, cabinets, or pinball references of any kind. The games_machines list is empty, no signature games are listed, and there is no mention of gaming anywhere on the venue homepage. Visitors should treat this Canyon Crest Drive address as a specialty coffee stop rather than a gaming destination, and head to a dedicated pinball, retro, or barcade venue for actual cabinet and console play.

Visiting

The Bakehouse by Arcade is located at 5225 Canyon Crest Dr #17A in Riverside, California. The shop opens at 7AM and closes at 4PM every day of the week, including weekends, which makes it a reliable early-day stop for regulars and walk-ins alike. There is no published age policy, no party booking information, and no food menu on file, so guests looking for food, late hours, or group event packages should plan to source those elsewhere.

For visitors who actually arrive in the area looking for arcade play, the Riverside arcade directory lists nearby gaming venues including Arcade Downtown, Riverside Game Lab, and GLO Mini Golf, Arcade, Virtual Reality & Ice Cream Bar within the same city. Operators who run this location and want to update the listing can claim the venue page to correct the category, refresh the amenities, and add any missing details.