Dos Palmas Cafe on Adams Avenue in Normal Heights, San Diego opened in 2015 at 3562 Adams Ave, originally founded by local couple Laura McNary and Valentin Salas before selling to Mahdad Taheri in 2025. The 92116 cafe built its reputation on breakfast sandwiches, panini presses, acai bowls, fresh-baked banana bread and muffins, and pour-over coffee from West Bean, a San Diego roaster that supplies the drip and espresso program. A garden courtyard behind the storefront opens into a shaded patio with benches and table seating surrounded by planted beds, giving the cafe an outdoor dining area that functions as a second room separate from the Adams Avenue sidewalk frontage. Gluten-free breakfast sandwich options and oat milk lattes expand the menu for the allergy-conscious segment of the Adams Avenue morning crowd, and Stehly Farms Market on Adams supplies locally grown produce to neighborhood kitchens and cafes working with seasonal ingredients. The cafe hosts rotating community events including live music afternoons, wine tastings, co-working sessions, game nights, and a weekly moms' group that pairs coffee service with local vendor perks from salons, florists, and yoga studios. Adams Avenue's bike commuter lane feeds the morning rush, and Adams Avenue Bicycles services the two-wheeled crowd that locks up outside the cafe for a pre-ride espresso. The San Diego Zoo sits five minutes south on Park Blvd, and families returning from the zoo find Adams Avenue's cafe row through the same Park Blvd connector that links University Heights to Normal Heights. Catering orders extend the kitchen's reach into office meetings and private events with sandwich platter and pastry tray packages built around the same menu the counter serves.