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This coffeehouse claims to be the oldest in the Richmond District, in operation since 1978. Two doors down is their roasting facilities. It's a social place that serves as an active community center. On rare fair-weather days, the sidewalk out front can be populated with many conversing local characters on café tables and chairs. Inside they have the typical colored chalkboard menus that characterized SF cafes in the 1980s. Seating is among big wooden tables in front on numerous odd chairs in back. They offer live music, beer on tap, and espresso shots pulled from a two-group La San Marco machine. The pour is a bit large with a dark to medium brown, healthy crema. Yet the body is robust, with a bold, body-forward flavor of earthiness, chocolate, and tobacco. It's a bit like SF cafe time travel, but that's not always such a bad thing.
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