Good cheap eats in/near San Francisco, including coffee
Jun 13th, 2016, 11:59 AM
#21
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 16,434
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There is no ocean view (except for the Golden Gate) from St Helena/Napa until you get near Pacifica. That's about a 2 1/4 hr drive.
Then from Pacifica to north Santa Cruz it is a 1 1/4 hr drive with 90% very nice ocean views.
From north Santa Cruz to Carmel it is a 1 hr drive with about 15% ocean views (not very good ones, either, IMO).
So it's a 4 1/2 hr drive in no traffic - perhaps 5 1/2 hrs during weekday rush hours. Perhaps 25% ocean views.
Driving on 19th ave in SF and through Santa Cruz is not fun!!!
Stu Dudley
Then from Pacifica to north Santa Cruz it is a 1 1/4 hr drive with 90% very nice ocean views.
From north Santa Cruz to Carmel it is a 1 hr drive with about 15% ocean views (not very good ones, either, IMO).
So it's a 4 1/2 hr drive in no traffic - perhaps 5 1/2 hrs during weekday rush hours. Perhaps 25% ocean views.
Driving on 19th ave in SF and through Santa Cruz is not fun!!!
Stu Dudley
Jun 13th, 2016, 12:31 PM
#22
"...no ocean view (except for the Golden Gate) from St Helena/Napa until you get near Pacifica..."
Did someone say there was?
"...Pacifica to north Santa Cruz it is a 1 1/4 hr drive with 90% very nice ocean views."
Great views and by the time you get to Santa Cruz your eyes need a rest from the beauty.
"Driving on 19th ave in SF and through Santa Cruz is not fun!!!"
I don't mind either and certainly better than in & out of downtown
Now, nits thoroughly picked, it seems to be irrelevant anyway.
Did someone say there was?
"...Pacifica to north Santa Cruz it is a 1 1/4 hr drive with 90% very nice ocean views."
Great views and by the time you get to Santa Cruz your eyes need a rest from the beauty.
"Driving on 19th ave in SF and through Santa Cruz is not fun!!!"
I don't mind either and certainly better than in & out of downtown
Now, nits thoroughly picked, it seems to be irrelevant anyway.
Jun 13th, 2016, 02:16 PM
#30
Good coffee: http://www.peets.com/stores/peets-st...tore-list.html
I was a regular customer at their first store on Santa Cruz Ave in Menlo Park, 40 years ago. Then there was Berkeley and now look! And the coffee is still good. There are, if I counted correctly, 25 locations in San Francisco and more in about every place you've mentioned so keep an eye out.
I was a regular customer at their first store on Santa Cruz Ave in Menlo Park, 40 years ago. Then there was Berkeley and now look! And the coffee is still good. There are, if I counted correctly, 25 locations in San Francisco and more in about every place you've mentioned so keep an eye out.
Jun 13th, 2016, 02:49 PM
#32
So you know. I like my coffee strong but their coffee-of-the-day from the urn was brewed so strong they'd ask if you wanted room for milk, or hot water which I always did. I had a business on the Peninsula and on my rounds would contrive to regularly route myself past Peet's. Ah, the good ol' (very hard-working) days.
Jun 13th, 2016, 04:10 PM
#33
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 3,424
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
re: coffee: I'm actually not a coffee drinker myself, but many people here in SF are big fans of Blue Bottle coffee. They have a few cafes around the city, including one at the Ferry Building and one or two others downtown:
https://bluebottlecoffee.com/cafes
About 6 or 7 years ago when Blue Bottle hype was still sort of new (see http://fortune.com/2011/09/23/blue-b...ay-ever-drink/ ), I was at my tech start-up job one morning just when everybody was sitting down to their morning emails. I heard a collective gasp go around the room from just about every desk and a lot of excited buzz. I said, "What's happened? What's happened?? Did Google acquire us? Did we acquire Google?" Turns out the news was even more exciting, for the coffee drinkers anyway: our company had just sent us all an email saying we were henceforth going to have Blue Bottle coffee delivered to our office.
https://bluebottlecoffee.com/cafes
About 6 or 7 years ago when Blue Bottle hype was still sort of new (see http://fortune.com/2011/09/23/blue-b...ay-ever-drink/ ), I was at my tech start-up job one morning just when everybody was sitting down to their morning emails. I heard a collective gasp go around the room from just about every desk and a lot of excited buzz. I said, "What's happened? What's happened?? Did Google acquire us? Did we acquire Google?" Turns out the news was even more exciting, for the coffee drinkers anyway: our company had just sent us all an email saying we were henceforth going to have Blue Bottle coffee delivered to our office.
Jun 13th, 2016, 04:24 PM
#34
Dueling coffee! Peet's & Blue Bottle, both in the Ferry Building. Having never heard of Blue Bottle (I was out of the state for years and might be forgiven), I guess I'll just have to head over for a taste test. Then noodles at Imperial Tea for lunch. Between coffee & noodles I'll be "Sittin' on the dock of the bay
wastin' time".
wastin' time".
Jun 13th, 2016, 05:45 PM
#35
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 9,072
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I still want to see Stu's trees.
I had the Best coffee in NYC last month. I thought it was Blue Bottle but I can't recall. It was around the corner from Wall Street and at least I thought it began with a B.
I had the Best coffee in NYC last month. I thought it was Blue Bottle but I can't recall. It was around the corner from Wall Street and at least I thought it began with a B.
Jun 14th, 2016, 02:12 AM
#39
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 6,324
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hi Flygirl, hope you don't mind me tagging on to your thread!
So what is the best way to drive out of SF towards Monterey, on a weekday? We are driving to Pismo Beach, stops along the way depending on weather (that fog that everyone has mentioned) and traffic. Would like to stop in Monterey for lunch, then in Big Sur, then onto Pismo. We don't mind getting to Pismo late, as we are staying for 2 nights.
And thanks for recommendations for coffee, have made a note of those!
So what is the best way to drive out of SF towards Monterey, on a weekday? We are driving to Pismo Beach, stops along the way depending on weather (that fog that everyone has mentioned) and traffic. Would like to stop in Monterey for lunch, then in Big Sur, then onto Pismo. We don't mind getting to Pismo late, as we are staying for 2 nights.
And thanks for recommendations for coffee, have made a note of those!
Jun 14th, 2016, 05:56 AM
#40
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 16,434
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
To Monterey:
Take Hwy 280 south to Hwy 85. Once past Serramonte - 280 is a scenic hwy. Then when 85 south to Hwy 101 (not scenic). Then take Hwy 152 to Hwy 1 to Monterey & south to Big Sur/Pismo.
Stu Dudley
Take Hwy 280 south to Hwy 85. Once past Serramonte - 280 is a scenic hwy. Then when 85 south to Hwy 101 (not scenic). Then take Hwy 152 to Hwy 1 to Monterey & south to Big Sur/Pismo.
Stu Dudley
