Alessio Fanelli

San Francisco meeting spots

Collecting good spots for in-person meeting in San Francisco:

Mission:

  • ☕ Dolores Park Cafe for coffee, enough seats there or walk the park
  • ☕ La Reyna Bakery on 24th St and Shotwell for pastries and coffee
  • ☕ Bernie’s on 24th and Noe for pastries and coffee
  • ☕ Noe Cafe on Sanchez and 26th for coffee (or a Spritz…)
  • ☕ Ritual on Valencia
  • ☕ / 🍽️ Atlas Cafe on 20th St
  • 🍽️ Souvla on Valencia
  • 🍽️ Saucy Asian on 17th St
  • 🍽️ Mesopotamia Kitchen on 24th (Noe side)
  • 🍽️ Taqueria Vallarta on 24th and Harrison
  • 🍽️ Beretta on Valencia and 23rd
  • 🍺 ABV on 16th St
  • 🍺 Mothership on Mission (after Cesar Chavez)

East Cut / Moscone Center / Ferry Building:

  • ☕ Salesforce Park, meet at Philz at 425 Mission St for coffee then take elevators up for walking or sitting
  • ☕ Philz on 1st & Front, plenty of outdoor sitting and good walking area towards the water
  • ☕ Blue Bottle Coffee at the Ferry Building. NOT the one inside, but the one on the Embarcadero. Plenty of seats there, or convenient walking spot.
  • 🍽️ The Grove by Yerba Buena
  • 🍽️ Soma Eats on 2nd St (close to WeWork)

South Park / Mission Bay:

  • ☕ Golden Goat Coffee on 3rd St for coffee, you can walk down 3rd and loop around Oracle Park to get to the pier as a walking path
  • ☕ Philz on 201 Berry St (next to Caltrain)
  • ☕ Twyne on 3rd St (by the Oracle Park lots)
  • 🍽️ Cafe Okawari on Townsend for lunch, good amount of seating
  • 🍽️ SAJJ on 2nd St for lunch
  • 🍺 Garaje on 3rd

Potrero Hill:

  • ☕ Farley’s on 18th St
  • ☕ Philz on 17th St
  • 🍽️ Chez Maman East on 18th St
  • 🍽️ Parker Potrero on 18th St

Pac Heights:

  • ☕ B Patisserie on California, not a lot of seating but close to the parks for walking.
  • ☕ Compton’s Coffee House on Fillmore, good amount of seating and good street for walking (albeit a lot of up/downhill)
  • 🍽️ La Mediterranee on Fillmore for lunch
  • 🍺 The Snug on Fillmore for drinks

Cow Hollow / Union:

  • ☕ Wrecking Ball Coffee on Union
  • 🍽️ The Italian Homemade Company on Union
  • 🍽️ Wildseed on Union
  • 🍺 The Snug on Fillmore for drinks

Marina:

  • ☕ Dynamo Coffee by the water (if you’re lucky to find it open)
  • ☕ Starbucks on Letterman Dr (you can walk straight down and get to Palace of Fine Arts)
  • 🍽️ The Italian Homemade Company on Union
  • 🍽️ Roma Antica on Scott St
  • 🍽️ Souvla on Chestnut
  • 🍽️ Delarosa on Chestnut
  • 🍺 The Snug on Fillmore for drinks

Fort Mason / Fisherman’s Wharf:

  • ☕ Equator in Fort Mason
  • ☕ Ghirardelli Building
  • ☕ Peet’s on Jefferson St
  • 🍽️ The Italian Homemade Company on Union

North Beach:

  • ☕ Reveille on Columbus Ave (close to Chinatown)
  • ☕ Graffeo on Columbus Ave (close to Washington Sq / Coit Tower)

Polk:

  • ☕ Cafe Reveille on Polk St

Japantown:

  • ☕ Mochill Mochi Donuts
  • 🍽️ Marufuku Ramen