Originally Posted by
gugie
Yep, after my first trip to Europe on $25 a day I got hooked on cappuchino and espresso, got back stateside and found the North Beach place (which was the only one at the time). Buddy of mine went with and ordered a triple espresso (he'd never had anything more potent than Folgers prior), acted like he just snorted coke for a couple of hours. If you look on the interwebs you'll find 5 Cafe Trieste locations now, but the Sausalito one is now a different name, but same concept. BITD it was a beatnik hangout. Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg and others hung out there. The screenplay for the Godfather was written there. No one does that kind of thing anymore, it's too croweded (before times joke).
I just double checked the map and I mis-remembered. Columbus Cafe on Green was the dive ; surrounded by 3 of my favorite places to eat in SF, Caffe Sport, Sotto Mare, and Golden Boy Pizza. Cafe Trieste is (was) actually a nice place, I remember now. I was a sailor then and frequented dive bars more often than coffee shops. I lived 2 blocks up Green. What a great neighborhood!
Sorry for thread diversion, but for the new people, that’s how we roll here.
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