The Buena Vista Cafe part II

Van Ness station is our halfway mark on this journey for a great breakfast. Our stomachs are rumbling but the desire to eat a San Francisco trademark fuels our fire to keep going. The route by Muni bus is a straight forward ride North on the 47 bus. With no traffic one should expect a 15-20 minute ride but it is easy to get distracted by most of the sights you will see on your way. To your right you will find the Civic Center standing tall and majestic looking almost like it belongs in Philadelphia or Washington D.C. On your left you will find the well-known SF Opera House, which I have yet to attend. A little farther North you will pass another local favorite Tommy's Joynt where you can sit down and dig into a fantastic meal of your favorite slow-cooked meats. But don't get off quite yet! As the bus continues to get closer and closer to the San Francisco Bay the hills are going to become quite bigger and bigger. You will even pass the famous Lombard street, known for it's picturesque steep zig-zag hills. 

Lucky for us the 47 bus seems to want to take us right to our destination. All we have to do is wait for the bus to turn right off of Van Ness on to North Point Street and get off a couple blocks down at Hyde street. You can almost smell the good cooking from the bus stop. Now the next move is to take a left on Hyde and walk exactly one block down the hill. You know you are at the right place when you are on the corner of Hyde and Beach street and across the street is the turn-around for the old street trolleys. A large line of tourists will probably be waiting for their turn to take a ride but little do they know they should be getting in a line for The Buena Vista Cafe on the corner. 

Within your first five minutes in the cafe you can tell this place has some history to it. The smell, the staff, and the food just tells the customer that quality doesn't happen overnight. Recognitions are framed all over the walls but are accompanied by cute decoration. From the window you can see the Bay water or you can take a seat at the bar. This place I come to find out is credited with being the first place to come up with the "Irish Coffee". This is a blend of Coffee and Whiskey that is supposed to hit the spot for those tough mornings. A round of Irish Coffees are bought between the group of us and they really do live up to their legend. The home-made feel of this cafe adds to the warmth of the delicious breakfast and no one is disappointed in the long trek we took for us to taste the Buena Vista Cafe. With nothing but good times and smiles while we occupied our booth at the Buena Vista it was time to head off and explore some more places in the city. We said our good-byes and were off. 

Five stars from Breesy

You can find the The Buena Vista Cafe @ 2765 Hyde Street, SF