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Medium Cafe Bag

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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
4.9 Stars (489 Reviews)

$86.00

Color: Aubergine Ballistic/Dusk 210 Cerylon

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The go-everywhere medium messenger bag.

8.5 liters / 520 cu. in.

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TLDR

The Medium 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 Air, water bottle, and small journals and books
  • Main compartment with 4 organizer pockets and 3 O-rings
  • Front zippered pocket to secure important items
  • Slanted open-top pocket in the back for quick-access items

Think the Medium Café Bag is too small for you? Check out our Large size Café Bag. Want to size down? 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 medium-size tablet, e-reader, books, 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 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, 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 Medium 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 Medium Café Bag

The Medium 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 U.S. 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 Medium 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 Medium Café Bag Freudian Slip can add 11 additional organizational pockets to your bag. One side of the Freudian Slip has a zippered pocket and two open-top pockets, one in expandable mesh; magazines, an iPad or iPad Air, papers or notebooks fit great in those pockets (they’re a bit small for file folders). The other side has two open-top mesh pockets that can fit bulky stuff: snacks, power supplies, and charging cords. Above the mesh pockets are four pen slots and one tools/flashlight pocket; there’s also a pocket for a phone, big or small.

10A Cache

The 10A Cache is sized for iPad Airs / Pros and will provide your tablet with extra protection. Put it inside the Freudian Slip or directly into the Medium Café Bag.

Gatekeeper Hip Belt

Attach a hip belt to the unobtrusive webbing loops on the back side of the Medium 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 space for a medium-size tablet, e-reader, books, 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 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, 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 Medium 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 Medium 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 U.S. 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 Medium 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 Medium Café Bag Freudian Slip can add 11 additional organizational pockets to your bag. One side of the Freudian Slip has a zippered pocket and two open-top pockets, one in expandable mesh; magazines, an iPad or iPad Air, papers or notebooks fit great in those pockets (they’re a bit small for file folders). The other side has two open-top mesh pockets that can fit bulky stuff: snacks, power supplies, and charging cords. Above the mesh pockets are four pen slots and one tools/flashlight pocket; there’s also a pocket for a phone, big or small.

10A Cache

The 10A Cache is sized for iPad Airs / Pros and will provide your tablet with extra protection. Put it inside the Freudian Slip or directly into the Medium Café Bag.

Gatekeeper Hip Belt

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

Materials

Exterior

bluesign® certified High-Tenacity 630 denier Ballistic nylon

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

10.4" x 11.8" x 6.3" / 265mm x 300mm x 160mm

Weight

14.5 oz / 410 grams

Volume

8.5 liters / 520 cu. in. (ASTM Standard Measure)

Strap Length

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

Total O-Ring

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

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489 reviews
  • Terri
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Durable, Thoughtful Design
    5 days ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Durable, Thoughtful Design
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    A perfect daily bag

    I love this bag. I’ve been using my coyote medium cafe bag as a daily carry for about three years. Still in perfect condition. I upgraded from the small cafe bag when I had kids and needed a bit more space. I would love to buy another, but all the current options have cerylon lining. Please bring back options with Halcyon. There’s something about that checkered, smooth fabric that sparks joy every time I open the bag.

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  • tanya m.
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    1 week ago
    Bought For Myself
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    great size, high quality

    i like the size and light starting weight. I also love your color options, quality and style. If I were still commuting for work it would be perfect. I have, even, been able to throw a few groceries into the bag which will be wonderful during travel. There are some logistical challenges that will keep me from using this as an everyday bag. Pairing this bag with a water bottle is a bit of a struggle. And, quick access to the water bottle, reading glasses, sunglasses and phone are what I need most right now.

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  • Cristy S.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Sewn in USA, Durable
    1 week ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Sewn in USA, Durable
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Great Quality Bag, But…

    I love the quality of this bag and the burnt orange color but it is very difficult to organize. While there are some pockets inside and out, the sizes of them feel too small or large for the loose things I carry (business cards, pens, a phone, keys, chapstick, small wallet). It does hold my journal and macbook fairly well but anything else just drops to the bottom, sometimes making it hard to get my larger items to fit (even the small MacBook Air needs the full height of the bag to fit). Perhaps I needed a larger bag - I purchased the medium size hoping for something that would be versatile enough to use for leisure and work. It feels too large to be a purse but a little too small to comfortably hold more than my journal and laptop without everything being a tight squeeze or difficult fit.

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  • Marc S.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Durable, Compact
    1 week ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Durable, Compact
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Love the strength

    I made the right choice! The size is perfect, the material is strong and double-ply. I bought this to replace a similar sized bag that was wearing through at the bottom corners, but as soon as it arrived the could see how much longer it’ll last!

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  • JUAN CARLOS GARCÍA R.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, High Quality Finishings, Compact
    2 weeks ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, High Quality Finishings, Compact
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Nice and easy

    Coming from a Tom Bihn’s Ristretto, I miss a few more pockets, but I’m enjoying the product!!!!

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