Paddy’s is a coffee shop with heart. The neighborhood gathering place for many of its customers, Paddy’s is a place to sit back and relax. You can enjoy live music, look at art displays, read, use the wifi connection, or have a conversation with some friends.

Concerned about our community and the environment, Paddy Iyer has created a coffee shop that takes care of both. We actively support all events in our neighborhood. We are also a green business and are one of the first establishements in Union City to actively reduce and reuse our waste. We generate less than 1% of garbage, everything else is either recycled or used as compost.

We are conveniently located across the street from Union City’s farmer’s market, but don’t wait until Saturday to come visit us. Our doors are open to old friends and new all week long.

Though nascent in its existence in the Old Alvarado Area of Union City, Paddy’s Coffee House has already accomplished a lot since its inception in 2003. While it serves as a home to every person who walks through the doors, Paddy’s is much more. It is a meeting place, a study hall, a comfortable couch to sit on and catch up with friends, an art gallery, a soapbox, a stage, a showcase for teen and youth talent in the aural and visual media, and if all that does not meet your requirement, it is also a place for a darned good cup of coffee. This vibrant coffee house is culturally diverse, politically and socially active, environmentally conscious and constantly growing

Paddy Iyer, on behalf of Paddy’s Coffee House has received numerous awards within and outside the community, for fostering and engendering the community ethos.

Paddy’s has been at the forefront on a lot of issues. It was the first of its kind in the restaurant business in the tri city area, to be certified as a Bay Area Green Business. It is now in the process of becoming the first coffee house to completely compost and recycle their waste, in the process generating an absolute minimal garbage collection.

Paddy’s is also the location of numerous fundraising and awareness campaigns. If the cause merits it, Paddy’s donates its entire days collection to the cause. Examples include the Darfur campaign benefiting Doctors without Borders, the Tsunami Relief campaign benefiting the International Red Cross.

Paddy’s hosts frequent open mic nights, spoken word nights, voter registration drives. The coffee house is nothing but an extension of Paddy’s social and political awareness and philosophy. According to Paddy, the greatest satisfaction is in seeing the youth speaking up about the causes dear to their heart. To them, Paddy’s Coffee House will always be an open venue.

Along with Union City Leisure Services, Paddy’s Coffee House was instrumental in launching Paddy’s Film Festival, PaddyPalooza, Kid’s Art Faire, Annual Photo Contest and numerous other exhibitions.

We are open 7 days a week!
Mondays to Saturday - 5.00 am to 10.00 pm
Sundays - 8.00 am to 10.00 pm.

We are also active on quite a few social networks!