That's Franco. He was the owner of Malvina's Coffee on Grant Avenue. The business thrived in North Beach from the 1950's through 2002. He died a few years before the business closed. His face is one of those wonderfully familiar sights from my youth. When I look at this, I can smell the Cappucino and Italian Sodas. Check out those prices. There were giant abstract murals on the wall in the backroom.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Malvina's 1966
That's Franco. He was the owner of Malvina's Coffee on Grant Avenue. The business thrived in North Beach from the 1950's through 2002. He died a few years before the business closed. His face is one of those wonderfully familiar sights from my youth. When I look at this, I can smell the Cappucino and Italian Sodas. Check out those prices. There were giant abstract murals on the wall in the backroom.
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7 comments:
Love the old photos you post. Malvina's looks like the real deal. Alas, one I missed in SF.
Some best memories are walking into a coffee house and ordering my double Americano with head space. Sitting down, fondling my cup and striking up a conversation. two Americanos later, we;ve moved outside to the deck or the streetscape and continue to talk and watch life go by. Ahhhhhh, Heaven.
I agree completely with Spado - the photos are great, and I would have loved to have a coffee there.
I'd love to have a time machine just to go visit some of these wonderful places and events and relive them with you...
alan
I love the photo and that it was the real deal. Now it's either 'da Bucks or a coffee joint trying to look old but really is brand new.
I lived up the block from Malvina's while going to grad school at sf state. Malvinas was a truly great early third wave cafe, used to see Feringhetti walking his little dog around the streets.
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I remember visiting Malvina's Coffee as a child.
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