Overview

Perhaps the revolution referred to in this place's name is the fact that in a bustling part of San Francisco, it's a quiet and peaceful place. That would make it a revolutionary find. Like The City itself, it's an odd blend in its tidy Victorian corner space with Gamelan music wafting through the high-ceilinged air that used to house a bakery a century or so ago. Order your coffee and sandwich or pastry snack from the laid-back counter staff at an ornate marble-topped bar and then settle down with the neighborhood's artsy regulars to some serene reading, or just watch the passing parade from one of the window seats.