San Francisco takes its coffee seriously - these shops range from a North Beach espresso bar that opened before BART existed to a SoMa multi-roaster built around matcha and hojicha. All worth building a morning around.
Haight-Ashbury · 672 Stanyan St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
The Guerrero family has been small-batch roasting in the Haight since the late eighties, founder Aquiles a commercial roaster by eighteen after growing up on a coffee farm in Nicaragua. And the shop reflects that lineag…
Mission · 3417 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
A focused counter cafe where certified organic, biodynamic, and regenerative sourcing is non-negotiable and from B Corp-certified farms. The espresso pours clean and structured, precise enough that NYT Wirecutter named …
North Beach · 601 Vallejo St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Worn wooden booths, opera posters, and espresso machines Giotta imported from Italy in 1956. Caffe Trieste was the first espresso house on the West Coast and has never particularly cared that the rest of the city has tr…
Russian Hill · 2340 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
A specialty coffee roaster and cafe where direct-trade beans and exceptional pastries (Black Sesame Kouign Amann, Raspberry Almond Croissant) are the draws. Seasonal lattes like the Maple Pine rotate through, and the sh…
Castro · 427 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
A counter-service coffee shop that's held its corner on Castro Street since 1970, running on regulars and prices that stay well below what the city usually charges for caffeine. The Castro Mocha and dirty chai are the g…
Marina · 2271 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
A bright, wallpapered corner cafe on Union Street where the espresso bar is as carefully equipped as the sourcing process. The house Pillow Fight blend runs clean through the cortados and flat whites, while rotating sin…
SoMa · 303 2nd St N102, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Multi-roaster coffee in SoMa with an Asian American approach. Hojicha lattes, matcha drinks, and rotating single-origin espresso, with Tano SF on the lineup mid-week. Weekdays only, 8am to 3:30pm.