Four Barrel Coffee
N/A
375 Valencia
(at 15th Street)
San Francisco,
CA
94103
37.767
-122.4219
Neighborhoods: Central, Mission Dolores (Hub, Mid-Market)
What People Are Saying About Four Barrel Coffee
The Editor
Patrick Heig
Citysearch
If the modern coffeehouse is a cluttered and crowded combination of WiFi'd workspace, sandwich counter, open-mic-and-cheap-beer happy hour, Four Barrel is the stripped-down post-modern incarnation: no Internet, no panini, no warbly Wonderwall covers or $2 Sierras; just coffee. The rough-hewn open rafters, wood-beam tables and retro metal classroom chairs give the space an industrial feel, while a row of mounted boars' heads above the sugar and milk station provide cheek. Coffee purists will dig the simple menu--coffee, espresso, americano, macchiato, cappucino, cafe au lait, latte, mocha and iced coffee--and seeing Portland's famous Stumptown beans being roasted just a few feet behind the La Mistral where they're turned into drinks. The only non-coffee products on sale are Dynamo Donuts, which are artisanally made with flavors like maple bacon and caramel fleur de sel, and might just be the post-modern version of the dunkable snack.
User Reviews
DavidW415
November 03, 2008
More of the Ritual hipster scene without the good service and wi-fi. Yeah, it's all about the coffee, but it's not ALL about the coffee. No comfortable seating. No credit cards. No food. Disinterested service. And did I mention no wi-fi? Plus, too many cool people. Where are the common folk? And those boar heads on the wall just creep me out.
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The Extras:
Stumptown Roasters' beans--thought by some to rival Blue Bottle--can also be bought by the pound.
Parking:
Street parking is easy on both 15th and Valencia Streets.
