Maya Moon Collective is San Diego's first cacao cafe, founded by chocolatier Kathryn Rogers at 3349 Adams Ave in Normal Heights inside a 1,400-square-foot 1920s building in the 92116 ZIP. The cafe uses whole-ground organic cacao from fair-trade farms in Peru and Ecuador rather than extracted cocoa powder, producing a thicker, higher-fat drinking chocolate with the full antioxidant and theobromine profile of the unprocessed bean. Rogers developed the concept from her Maya Moon Co. artisan truffle line, including a signature chakra chocolate box, and the wellness programming at the cafe — moon meditations, sound healings, yoga workshops — overlaps with the bodywork calendar at Zen Sanctuary on Adams Avenue, where the neighborhood's wellness community crosses between cacao ceremony and massage therapy. Pastry chef Edna Carola Mawhinney built the seasonal dessert menu around chocolate pistachio cake, adaptogen cacao with house-made marshmallows, cacao flights for tasting multiple blends, and Moon Flower zero-proof cocktails, all naturally sweetened with agave and zero refined sugars. Every pastry runs gluten-free, and the savory menu includes Mediterranean toast on sourdough and a vegan carrot lox plate. Bi-monthly art installations rotate local artists through the walls, and a retail section stocks crystals, plants, candles, and handmade goods in the same artisan-retail format as Home Ec on Adams. Interior designer Steffi Reyes-Thomas of Holistic Spaces organized the room by chakra zones, moving from crown to root as visitors walk from the Adams Avenue entrance toward the back patio. The 14-foot wood ceilings and natural lighting give the space a gallery feel, and the women-owned cafe shares a shaded patio with neighboring Lestat's Coffee House, the 1997-era cafe whose former adjacent space Rogers converted into the cacao concept. The Adams Avenue Street Fair and community events along the corridor drive seasonal traffic spikes for the shop.