Monday, February 18, 2013

The Mill

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Finally, this past Wednesday, The Mill opened its doors, merging the combination of Four Barrel Coffee Roasters and one Josie Baker. Four Ba...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Black Oak Coffee Roasters, Ukiah

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This space, once inhabited by the Coffee Critic until the summer of 2012, has been a great place to stop on my way from San Francisco to Cal...
Sunday, November 4, 2012

Blue Fig Cafe, 990 Valencia at 21st St.

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Day Light savings time creates the great shift for early morning risers. For about one month, all of the sudden, the sun comes up around 6:3...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

Progressive Grounds, Cortland Ave., Bernal Heights, San Francisco

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Early morning before I work the Bernal Heights Street Fair for CTA today, found Janine and me looking for a cup of coffee (writing in the pa...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

Stanza Cafe, Haight east of Cole, San Francisco

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There are a couple of cafés on the upper Haight that focus just on coffee. A short walk from home to Cole at Haight offers three choices in ...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Elite Coffee Bar, Folsom at 5th St., SF

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Put a new espresso machine in an old garage space, get a Blue Bottle contract, a good stereo system down the street from Moscone Center - wi...
Saturday, October 6, 2012

Mojo - Bicycle Shop & Cafe, 639 Divisidero south of Grove, SF

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I resist coming to cafés that have a competing business shared in the same space to read or write. The restrictive space typically causes th...