Café entertainment in San Francisco
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Ritual Coffee Roasters
Blue Bottle and Ritual Roasters are the two big names in SF’s ‘Third Wave’ coffee movement, which esteems coffee as highly – and artfully – as fine chocolate and grand cru wine. We love bringing our laptop to Ritual’s Mission location to get jacked and eavesdrop on tattooed bikers, internet pros and coffee aficionados, but lament the loss of electrical outlets at some tables.
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Ha-ra
If you’re alone with your journal, or need a place for a tête-à-tête that may end in tears, bring a fiver for the jukebox, select Miles Davis, and cozy up in this often-empty vintage-1947 classic dive. Take note of the flashback-to-the-1950s black-and-white photo of the couple dancing, then look at the wall sconces and you’ll realize you’re standing in the exact same spot – only now it’s filled with ghosts, not bee-boppers.
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Farley’s
Retro-Americana down to the whitewashed slat-board walls and soda-shop-style counter, Farley’s is Potrero Hill’s unofficial gathering place, and has a big community newsboard and stellar magazine selection. Neighbors while away entire afternoons at sunny sidewalk tables. If you want to meet locals, this is the place.
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Momi Toby’s Revolution Café
For once, a cafe that’s not an internet port. Dig the boho scene, with artists on both sides of the counter, swilling coffee and wine. Take sun at outdoor tables, or snag a window seat inside and meet the locals. There’s another location in the Mission that hosts Classical Revolution on Sundays.
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Samovar Tea Lounge
Styled in soothing Zen-chic, Samovar’s sunny Castro location specializes in organic, fair-trade teas, and provides a cozy alternative to the neighborhood’s ubiquitous bars. Bento boxes, cheese plates and tea cookies give reason to linger.
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Java Beach Café
Fearless surfers fuel up on coffee and carbs at the last stop on the N Judah, right before the beach. If it’s not foggy, score an outdoor table, but we prefer to sit inside and cruise the dudes.
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