“Way out” coffeehouses
What could be more starkly different from the somber coffee shops of today with their earnest and wired denizens than the beatnik coffeehouses of the 1950s? Could Starbucks be anything but square to...
View ArticleHoliday greetings from Vesuvio Café
I wish I could explain the Vesuvio’s holiday cards, but I can’t. Maybe it’s enough to know that the Café was a beatnik gathering spot in San Francisco. The café was founded in 1949 by Henry Lenoir,...
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