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San Francisco specialty coffee
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City guide · United States · Updated July 2026

The best coffee in San Francisco

77 cafés mapped·4 roasters·36 neighborhoods

This guide to San Francisco's specialty scene is ranked by the Vereda community and the people pouring — and kept current as beans rotate. Every café below is mapped, reviewed, and tracked live: what's dialed in right now, who's open, and where the filter bar is worth the detour.

The ranked listBy neighborhoodLocal roastersFAQ

The ranked list · 12

1
Sightglass Coffee Open
Sightglass CoffeeSoMa
new on Vereda
2
Four Barrel Coffee Open
Four Barrel CoffeeMission District
new on Vereda
3
MymyClosed
MymyPolk Gulch
new on Vereda
4
Caffe Trieste Open
Caffe TriesteNorth Beach
new on Vereda
5
Taylor Street Coffee ShopClosed
Taylor Street Coffee ShopTenderloin
new on Vereda
6
Java Beach Cafe Open
Java Beach CafeOuter Sunset
new on Vereda
7
Saint Frank Coffee Open
Saint Frank CoffeePolk Gulch
new on Vereda
8
The Coffee MovementClosed
The Coffee MovementNob Hill
new on Vereda
9
Flywheel Coffee Roasters Open
Flywheel Coffee RoastersHaight-Ashbury
new on Vereda
10
Philz Coffee Open
Philz CoffeeEmbarcadero
new on Vereda
11
Delah Coffee Open
Delah CoffeeYerba Buena
new on Vereda
12
Bean Bag Cafe Open
Bean Bag CafeNorth of the Panhandle
new on Vereda

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All 77cafés, plotted and filterable by what's dialed in, open hours, and brew method — live in the app.

By neighborhood

Mission District
9 cafés
SoMa
7 cafés
Mission Dolores
5 cafés
Bernal Heights
4 cafés
Polk Gulch
3 cafés
Lower Haight
3 cafés
Haight-Ashbury
3 cafés
North Beach
3 cafés

Roasting in San Francisco

All roasters →
Linea Coffee Roasting + Caffe
Potrero Hill
ships US
Ritual Coffee Roasters
Hayes Valley
ships US
Ritual Coffee Roasters
Dolores Heights
ships US
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Frequently asked

What is the best specialty coffee shop in San Francisco?+
Sightglass Coffee in SoMa currently tops Vereda's community ranking for San Francisco.
How many specialty coffee shops are there in San Francisco?+
Vereda currently maps 77 specialty cafés in San Francisco. The community's top picks are Sightglass Coffee, Four Barrel Coffee, Mymy.
Are there local coffee roasters in San Francisco?+
Yes — Linea Coffee Roasting + Caffe, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Ritual Coffee Roasters roast in or around San Francisco, and many of the city's cafés feature their seasonal single-origin coffees.
When is this San Francisco coffee guide updated?+
Continuously. Rankings recompute as community reviews land, and the "on the bar" data is updated live by baristas and the Vereda community.
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