We continue our tour of great places in San Francisco with Blue Bottle Coffee Company’s kiosk in Hayes Valley. Niles and I stumbled across this place a year or two ago on a trip to San Francisco – it’s just a little hole in an alley garage, but it serves incredible coffee. And since they’ve moved into the strange garage space, other things have sprung up around them in the alley – this time we noticed a hot dog cart, a little ice cream stand, an amazing looking corset shop, and even a German beer-and-brat garden at the end of the block. They’ve inspired a strange and wonderful little urban corner in SF.
But also they make fantastic coffee. I got a New Orleans style iced coffee from them, which was just delightful to drink while tromping around Hayes Valley on a sunny fall day.
Love this drawing, though this is my least favorite Blue Bottle location! (I’ve only been once, though, so maybe I just went at the wrong time or maybe I was particularly grumpy that morning. As I remember it, it was crowded and everyone was slow at ordering and overly entitled about how much space they were taking up – though yeah, this may be my problem/living in New York may have cultivated unrealistic expectations re: speed/people knowing how to get out of the way while also managing to linger over good coffee.) I love love love the Mint Street location – mm, good coffee + good breakfast.
The corset shop is indeed supposed to be amazing. A close friend of mine was close friends with someone who worked there/presumably still does, and my friend was forever gushing about it.
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