John Laird and I went to San Francisco to visit some coffee roaster cafe's and to get a few Macchiatos and espresso shots...We started out at Sightglass on 7th street and we were pleasantly surprised with the quality of the coffee...Unfortunately, the space is NOT ready for customers...seems that the owners of Sightglass have spent time building and designing the space themselves and have fallen prey to the "owner-builder-designer" pitfalls...The space looks amazing and unfinished, but we are looking forward to visiting once again, when they can have people sit in that wonderful space...
We also visited 'Four Barrel Coffee' on Valencia...ok espresso, great space and it was PACKED on a Sunday afternoon...this is the destination for the hipster coffee crowd in San Francisco's Mission...I wish we had Sightglass coffee in the Four Barrel space...at least for today! Add to the mix Ritual in the Mission and you can say for CERTAIN San Francisco IS and always will be Coffee Mecca for the Pacific...listen up Portland...
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