Our New Year’s Day trip on the #5 bus took us past 2 potentially good looking coffee shops so we chose to visit Velo Rouge which was walking distance to Golden Gate Park afterwards.
It’s a funky place, cyclist-themed art work and furniture, bike stands and lycra-clad customers with about 10 tables inside and 3 or 4 outside. It’s a lovely corner spot to sit and watch the world go by.
They serve Blue Bottle coffee and a fairly extensive range of brunch and lunch items – this time we ate – I had some delicious and fairly light French toast and fruit and The Mister had a beef sandwich which was enormous and the bean, corn and whatever-else-they-had-in-the-fridge salad was jostling for room on the dinner plate and overflowed all over the table the minute he stuck his fork in! The coffee had potential – it was good but a little on the strong side because the order was to stay and it came in porcelain, but at least it was a tulip cup so they’re sticking to the proper Blue Bottle way of doing things.
The cafe is not too far from the park that you might be able to get there and find a park bench on which to enjoy a take away coffee.
Velo Rouge, 798 Arguello Blvd San Francisco, @velorougecafe
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