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# Wired pimps Ritual Roasters, birthplace of Bar Camp
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/wired-pimps-ritual-roasters-birthplace-of-bar-camp/
- Published: 2005-10-19T04:39:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:44:58.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Uncategorized, Barcamp, ritual roasters, banc, san francisco, wired

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> A hip Mission District cafe has become the unlikely nerve center for a new wave of software innovators, amid signs of a second internet gold rush.  
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> [Ritual Coffee Roasters](http://ritualroasters.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) opened just this May, but thanks to free Wi-Fi, French-pressed coffees and gourmet espresso, it has already become a favorite temporary home to some of the best-known Web 2.0 startups.  
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> Ritual's espresso drinks also fueled the first planning meeting for [Bar Camp](http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68610,00.html?ref=chrismessina.me), an ad-hoc, open-source complement to O'Reilly's famed Foo Camp.

[Wired News: Cafe 2.0: After the Gold Rush](http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,69221,00.html?ref=chrismessina.me)

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