Café Trieste has a mixed clientele of tourists, families and the regulars that are there all day, everyday. When you first visit the café, you may be slightly put off by some of the gruff baristas, but after a few visits they will start to recognize your face.
“This is a good place to find someone you know,” said Alex, a café patron. “Some of us have known each other too long.”
This café is a crossroads of sorts. It is always filled with high energy and on nice days, which frequent North Beach, the outside seating is overflowing with customers.
After you order your drink, you can bet on striking up a conversation with a nearby neighbor. If you are not feeling social, you may instead notice how every one seems to know each other and there is nothing stuck-up or overwhelming about the patrons.
“I like how anything goes here,” said Doug Horne, one of the café’s regulars. “You can just hang out and no one bothers you. The staff even hangs out and smokes with the customers.”
This café also holds a lot of history besides being a welcoming establishment. During the beatnik era, many writers, musicians, poets and so forth would hang out and hone their craft of choice here. Although it has become a bit more for a tourist destination, Alex points out several artists sitting around: one a Scottish writer and another is an ex-Chronicle writer.
“You can’t live without coffee,” Alex said. “It’s habitual.”
I suppose you might as well enjoy your caffeine here as much as any other cafe in North Beach, but at least here you won't be bored.
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