The Best Cafes in Bay Area

111 Minna

Over their 28 years, 111 Minna Gallery has been recognized as: Winner: Best Art Gallery (2019 & 2018/SF Weekly), Small Business of the year Award (2018/SF Chamber of Commerce), and Winner of the 2018 Small Business of The Year Award at The Ebbies.... more

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1428 Haight

1428 Haight Patio Café & Creperie is a family business with 2 generations of family working side by side. Our goal is to provide our customers with exceptional food and service in a welcoming atmosphere. more

1951 Coffee Company

1951 Coffee is a non-profit specialty coffee organization seeking to promote the well-being of the refugee community in the San Francisco Bay Area by providing job training and employment to refugees and asylees while educating the surrounding commun... more

3Below Theaters and Lounge

We're downtown San Jose's social spot for stage, screen, music, comedy, family fun and events. We are a small but mighty group of producers, designers, actors, and lovers of the creative and performing arts dedicated to providing quality, accessible,... more

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A' Cuppa Tea

Great selections of teas and occaisional live music. WiFi hotspot. more

A'roma Roasters

Ending Mar 31, work by Harry McElroy. more

Affinity Restaurant and Bar

Enjoy the contemporary chic atmosphere at the Hilton San Jose Affinity restaurant. Affinity matches the stylings of the hotel and offers a myriad European-inspired cuisine, yet made with rich, local ingredients. Dine either in a casual table servic... more

Alejandra Domenzain

Allstar Donuts

If you're in Inner Richmond, stop by All Star for fresh, fluffy, delicious donuts! Apple fritters, glazed donuts, strawberry strudel, chocolate croissants, donut holes, and many more types of donuts. more

Amausaan Uji Matcha

Drinks, ice cream, crepe cakes... so many ways to enjoy matcha. more

Amber Cafe

Amber Cafe aims at diversifying & broadening an amazing journey into the ever popular street food. 2009 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - First Place Best Indian more

Andytown Coffee Roasters on Lawton

Roasting and serving specialty coffee in the Outer Sunset. more

Andytown Coffee Roasters on Taraval

Our goal is to make specialty coffee a welcoming, comfortable, and extraordinary experience. more

Andytown Roastery Training Lab & Coffee Supply

This is the home of our roasting operation, training lab, and coffee supply store where we sell everything from grinders to greeting cards. We do roasting and offer regular roastery tours and free coffee tastings. Coffee Supply open 7-12 Wednesday-Fr... more

Another Cafe

A neighborhood cafe located at the edge of Nob Hill - we serve "Bicycle Coffee", juices, pastries & bagels, sandwiches & salads. more

Aracely Cafe and Event Center

The stylish wedding venue isn’t new to the island, but the cafe's recently added dinner and brunch services are welcomed newcomers. The patio is peaceful with a lovely menu to match, and big groups are easily accommodated. The brunch menu offer... more

Arlequin Cafe & Food To Go

We serve artisanal sandwiches, salads, beverages and desserts. Wines by the glass/bottle are available to our patrons from our neighbor, Arlequin Wine Merchant. more

Aroma Buena Café

Aroma Buena Cafe has taken the place Piccolo Pete's, a local institution. Aroma Buena offers a simple, quality menu that features bagel sandwiches, salads, and lunch sandwiches. more

Arrivederci Cafe

Mar 27 at 5:45, WOW salon with Rick Nederlof and Tina Ebey. more

As Quoted

A FARM INSPIRED COMMUNITY EATERY. This sweet, little cafe features simple yet delicious food.  The cozy backyard area is perfect, weather permitting. more

Atlas Cafe

Located in the Mission Flats, where Mission blends into Potrero Hill since April of 1996. Atlas Café provides a casual, comfortable community oriented place for the neighborhood to gather, eat, relax and socialize. more

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Au Coquelet Cafe

Au Coquelet has used Montana Brothers' coffee for 20 years. It makes a strong but slightly flat espresso. The dessert collection is the real standout, with a wide variety of chocolate tortes and fruit tarts. The menu is more for the burger crowd than... more

Aunt Mary's Cafe

Aunt Mary's Café is a tribute to Jack's own aunt Mary, who was a great southern cook and a remarkable woman. In her adventurous spirit, we strive to provide creative revisions of American comfort food using fresh local ingredients and from sus... more

Automat SF

Automat is an all day restaurant and bake shop with craveable takes on American classics. more

Avenues San Francisco

The "surfer" coffee shop is kind of unique in that they ofter breakfast & lunch eats, some items for purchase like surf gear & hoodies, and of course, pretty decent coffee - coffee from Verve. more

Awaken Cafe

The mission of Awaken Cafe is to bring people together and launch movements.   Live music venue, espresso bar, craft beer & wine bar and organic restaurant in downtown Oakland. Happy Hours weekdays from 4pm - 7pm. more

B on the Go

B. On The Go is a neighborhood eatery serving slow roasted meats and vegetables on house-made breads. A daily selection of salads and take-away products also available. more

b. patisserie

Our vision is to bring San Francisco a refined, yet modern, salon de thé with an open pastry kitchen, showcasing the combination of Belinda Leong's talent with Michel Suas's knowledge and expertise. The menu is composed of modern French style... more

Bacio Cafe

Bacio Cafe is an Italian-style coffee lounge in downtown San Mateo, located across from the Century 12 Cinema box office. We offer oakwood roasted espresso, freshly grilled panini sandwiches, and refreshing gelatos and sorbettos. There is live music... more

Back Yard Coffee Co

Proudly serving Chromatic Coffee & Nitro along with Organic Tea and a rotating tap of microbrew beers. Live music, dance nights and more. Redwood City native Chris Sakelarios, created a venue where she could provide training, fitness, and great... more

Bacon Bacon

Bacon goodness. It's all about the bacon... for breakfast or lunch. more

Bake Cheese Tart

If you've never had a cheese tart, you won't regret stopping by Bake Cheese Tart. Every cheese tart is made from rich, fresh Hokkaido (Japan) cheese and milk by well-trained patissiers in our Sapporo factory. The tarts are delivered to our stores a... more

Balboa Cafe

Established in 1913 (making it one of the oldest saloons in San Francisco), Balboa Cafe bar and interior decor remain relatively untouched, retaining the magic of times gone by, while the menu offers both tried & true favorites and savory new dis... more

Ballast Coffee

A ballast is meant to give balance to something that is otherwise unstable. Growing up in the Philippines, Paolo’s weekend trips out to their family's beach house during the Amihan season would bring him a similar sense of balance and tranquili... more

Balompíe Cafe

Balompíe Cafe is a cozy little spot filled with characters from the neighborhood who stop bite to eat, watch soccer, and play a few rancheras in the jukebox. The papusas are crispy and delicious. Papusas come with cheese but you can add meat and/or... more

Banana Crepe

Banana Crepe is all about sweet treats such as Monkey Madness and Red Bean smoothies. It also serves shaved ice, ice cream and, of course, crepes. It’s a small café-like environment that packs plenty of flavors for a sweet tooth. A cre... more

Bar CC

HAPPY HOUR: 5pm-7pm Daily more

Barefoot Coffee

Barefoot Coffee was founded by Andy Newbom in 2003 to offer the very best hand selected coffee beans that could be sourced directly to the farmer and their coffee crop. As our Coffee Catador, Andy travels farm to farm hand selecting the coffe... more

Barefoot Coffee Roasters

All coffees are roasted fresh in the café by skilled artisan roasters using old-world, small batch roasting techniques to coax the best flavor out of every coffee. Barefoot Coffee Roasters actively practices and promotes sustainability in both... more

Battery Street Coffee Roastery

A cute little cafe near Levi's Plaza and a couple of blocks from the Embarcadero. more

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