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2765 Hyde Street |
You'd certainly have
to file this one under "Venerable," and not "New," since the Buena Vista
Cafe has been in business since 1898! The world-renowned venue at Hyde
and Beach Streets is built on the site of the first Native American settlement
in Yerba Buena. The BV operated as a saloon for more than half a century
before Irish Coffee put them on the map. In 1952, on behalf of the BV, San
Francisco writer Stanton Delaplane
recreated the Irish Coffee served at Ireland's Shannon Airport. Delaplane
and then-owner of the BV, Jack Koeppler, experimented extensively to copy
the sumptuous beverage. After much trial and error they discovered that
cream, aged for 48 hours then precisely whipped, would ride the surface
of the drink like a swan. The toddy was complete! Fifty years later the
cafe remains famous for its Irish Coffee. So popular that it's almost always
packed, the BV is one place even the most tourist phobic San Franciscan
will seek out every so often. It only takes a sip to find out why.
Detail
I Irish Coffee
Place 3 sugar cubes in a
warmed, 6-oz. glass. Fill glass 3/4 full with coffee. To avoid breakage,
pour the hot coffee over a metal spoon in the glass. Stir until sugar is
dissolved. Add |
Copyright 2001 Hank Donat |