Stonegate Video

Stonegate Video is a small, family-owned video rental/Internet Cafe. They used to have a U.S. postal office contract station, which was convenient for West Davis residents, but it closed down on 2006-06-30. Stonegate Video is under new ownership as of 2007-03-21.

The video store is not giant, but they have an extensive collection of videos, and DVDs. Notably, they have an extensive collection of old horror movies. For those of you who are still living in 1987, they rent NES games. Each DVD rental is $2.80 VHS are $1.87.

It offers free wireless service. They also have about 6 Dell desktops and a printer. A few have webcams. Internet use on these computers is $2 for 2 hours.

Selected VHS are for sale for $3.71 + tax. So more than half of their VHS collection is for sale!! Their pre-viewed dvds sell for $7.42+tax. Also their used posters sell from $0.25-$2.00.

They sell a variety of pastries and coffee drinks as well as soda and candy for those who need energy to study and work. They offer a few tables inside and outside and some have comfy chairs.

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Also worth noting, on occasion they will have a sale of the movie posters they hang in the store. Super cheap, too. Anywhere from 25-75 cents. The posters were all from fairly recent movies (within the past 6 months-year). — StacieTownsend

They have a lunch menu now (Dec. 2007)- croissant sandwiches, panini, pizza, salads- the price range is 5-6 dollars. The coffee shop now seems to be under the ownership of the people who run the video store. —YoohyunOak

2008-02-17 22:58:26   is the coffee shop one of those you could study in? —ChingChing

• I've gone in and read the newspaper for an hour or so at a time before. It's pretty small and there aren't often many people there. The tables are small. Also, I brought my laptop in once, and the wifi wasn't compatible with my card.
  

2008-02-26 17:10:57   Amazing pastries and cakes, not to mention pizza. Definitely the best choice for bakery items in town. The ingredients are fresh and you can tell the quality is high. Just the right amount of sugar, too. —Lloyd

2008-03-16 15:40:27   I saw that Aesop's Room now has a banner that says Cloud Forest Cafe coming soon, are they moving to downtown?

How do you know that the coffee is house roasted? Do they have a roaster hidden somewhere? I didn't see any signs that said it was house roasted either. If it is house roasted, I guess they own a small roaster somewhere just for this cafe? I'm skeptical since their turnover appears to be way too low to warrant/afford it.

When I visited, the barista was friendly enough and explained that all the pastries were house-made and fresh, which is nice. We had an apple turnover type thing, but it wasn't particularly great. I would suggest Kondetorei for baked goods, even though they are mostly Austrian baked goods. Also, Davis Breads and Desserts has a stand at the Farmer's market and have by far the best and freshest pastries in Davis, when you buy them there they are still warm!
—KellyM

2008-03-28 18:00:48   I saw the banner for it too - perhaps they are moving downtown! —at86

2008-04-10 15:40:58   Cloud Forest Cafe is not there anymore, it's a new shop run by the owners. He makes everything, and they're really nice. On Fridays, they run a family movie on their big screen and sell pizza by the slice- a fun family outing idea. —Hilary

2008-07-26 00:36:00   Cloud Forest Cafe has moved to a new location: 222 D street suite #10. The plan is to be open by the first week of August. The micro-roaster has moved with Cloud Forest Cafe along with many new plans for the re-opening. Cloud Forest coffee can still be purchased at Ikedas in south Davis where it is sold by the pound (organic is available). There has been much confusion since the move but yes, Stonegate Video/ Coffee and Cloud Forest Cafe are two different businesses. The phone number for Cloud Forest will remain the same: (530)753-2164. —AlexaTijerino

2009-09-17 16:24:57   best pastries in davis, and best video rentals. the coffee sucks, but I choose to suffer a weak bean than support starbucks or peet's. And it is family run, the husband and wife ownership are in there 16 hrs a day 7 days a week, often with their kids running around. Probably the only establishment in davis which will recieve a positive wiki review from me. Their chocolate croissants are the bomb, and they have computers. —JustinMehlhaff

2009-10-08 21:31:45   I must say the eating was better than expected. It really got me through those first couple of days I moved to West Davis with no way to acquire a real stock of groceries. Good pastries although the coffee they brew is Seattle's Best? I'm pretty sure but would need to check again. Either way in espresso form it wasn't bad. But uh best cafe on Lake for sure. —Patrick.M