Alta Baja Market
Get a cortado and a fresh juice. Order at the counter, grab a stool by the window on 4th Street. The morning crowd is half regulars who know the owner's name, half people discovering it today. You're in the second group.
Cortado or a fresh-squeezed juice. The pastry case is small but the picks are good. Come before 10 when the seats fill up.
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- 201-200 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701, USA
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