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Once
a favorite hangout for Jack Kerouac
and his Beat cronies, and with the best beans in town roasted right next
door,
Caffe Trieste is the ultimate Bohemian
coffeehouse. Says neighbor Melvin Caesar Belli, "San Francisco is where
gourmet coffee began long before the Buck from the North." Nowhere is the
City's legacy as a haven for coffee lovers better celebrated than North
Beach and Caffe Trieste. Family owned at 601 Vallejo Street since 1956,
Caffe Trieste is especially atmospheric on gray days when locals ramble
in for a warm-up while tourists beg off for the convenience of chain stands.
The enthusiasm of the staff here is authentic. Any doubt of that can be
dispelled by showing up on Saturdays, when strains of opera with accordion
and brass lovingly compete with the aroma here to delight the senses. A
mural
inside that depicts a Sicilian port scene is also authentic and dates to
1957. |
