About Us

Meet the creator, Et

ET Rivera created Tres Leches Café in the fall of 2014. 3LC prides itself on being the first Mexican Gourmet Coffee Shop in Arizona, where ET shares his pride in his cultural upbringing and his family’s Mexican heritage through each of his one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted recipes. Our owner started off on the porch of his house with a coffee cart and was there for 2 months.

He was soon able to move the cart into a friend’s restaurant (Scott’s Generation) and after a year in the restaurant, he ventured out onto his very own location “The Casita,” and was here for two years. In the Fall of 2018 we moved to our current location on Van Buren and opened our second location in South Phoenix in February of 2020, right before the pandemic.

Tres Leches Café is proud to be a family-owned small business.

cultura & Community Connection is What We Stand For

Tres Leches Café connects with the community in many different ways: We have weekly vendor opportunities for independent/small businesses to showcase their goods as another way to support our growing small business community.

We also support a Free Palestine and encourage community participation in social justice issues including the fight for climate justice, housing rights, and equity for hard working immigrant communities. We consciously partner with local individuals and groups that share similar values and integrity for a better world for all.

We make donations of our space in addition to Pan y Cafe’ regularly to local 501c3 nonprofits and programs to also support the efforts of those working and contributing to our greater communities and downtown neighborhoods. We plan on expanding our giving efforts and programs and we expand and grow our business beyond our existing location and concept!