This month, our man in San Francisco gives us the lowdown (in the traditional San Franciscan three-dot format) on his favourite place to purchase a coffee...
Just ran into a man about town; I asked whether there was anywhere around to buy a coffee...he looked into the air, then at his feet, then decided to direct me to the Coffee Roastery on Union Street, where, he said, and I quote: "they do some great coffee." Could a man ask for anything more from a coffee shop?
So, walked in, bought...was it a mocha? Yes, yes it was a mocha. I was quite happily drinking away, reading in a free copy of The Onion about Iraqi troop withdrawal, when the owner appraoched me and offered me three free drinks simply because it was Christmas! Well, I was shocked, but also fairly full after my first coffee, so I was faced with a dilemma - force down three more mochas, or lose out on the deal? Like an idiot, I forced them down, and forced is the word...
But anyway, all the same, it was a fine series of mochas, and the Coffee Roastery was a fine setting...quiet, but not disconcertingly so, cheap, but not worryingly so. Recommended.