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Best Coffee Shops in California: All 16 Spots
This guide turns I tried EVERY Coffee Shops in San Francisco from Navigate with Kate into a practical cafe map with 16 saved spots around California, Alamo Square, and Central Richmond. The mapped places include a cafe stop and a historical landmark. Use it to understand the places, dishes, and trip context before saving the map in Varedelo.
What the creator captured
Navigate with Kate explored the diverse coffee landscape of San Francisco to find the best spots for working, design, and taste. She was particularly impressed by the unique tea-like flavors of the beans at Paper Sun Coffee and the hidden, quiet workspace inside the newly renovated Transamerica Pyramid. Her journey emphasized that while some iconic chains are declining in quality, smaller roasters and uniquely designed spaces like Moaring Coffee offer the most memorable experiences.
What this map is good for
- Planning a coffee shop stop or short itinerary in California.
- Comparing food stops from a creator or saved local map before you commit time in the city.
- Saving 16 mapped spots into Varedelo so the list stays usable on the ground.
- Using the original video as context, then turning it into a clean place-by-place map.
Featured spots on this map
- Motoring Coffee
Coffee Shop in 1525 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA, Union Street, California, United States
Hours: Hours available - Bluestone Lane Front Street Coffee Shop
Coffee Shop in 227 Front St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA, Financial District, California, United States
Price level: Medium
Hours: Hours available - Flywheel Coffee Roasters
Coffee Shop in 672 Stanyan St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA, Haight-Ashbury, California, United States
Price level: Medium
Hours: Hours available - Andytown Coffee Roasters
Coffee Shop in 3655 Lawton St, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA, Outer Sunset, California, United States
Price level: Cheap
Hours: Hours available - Linea Coffee Roasting + Caffe
Cafe in 1125 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, Potrero Hill, California, United States
Hours: Hours available - Sextant Coffee Roasters
Coffee Shop in 1415 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, SoMa, California, United States
Price level: Medium
Hours: Hours available - Equator Coffees
Coffee Shop in 222 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA, Yerba Buena, California, United States
Price level: Medium
Hours: Hours available - Postscript
Coffee Roastery in 499 Jackson St Ground Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA, North Beach, California, United States - Ritual Coffee Roasters
Coffee Shop in 1026 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA, San Francisco, CA, United States
Price level: Medium - Saint Frank Coffee
Coffee Shop in 2340 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA, Polk Gulch, California, United States
Price level: Medium
Hours: Hours available - Transamerica Pyramid
Historical Landmark in 600 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA, Financial District, California, United States
Hours: Hours available - The Coffee Movement
Coffee Shop in 1737 Balboa St, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA, Central Richmond, California, United States
Hours: Hours available - 4 more spots
Open the map in Varedelo to see the full saved list.
Food notes from the video
- scone
- oat milk cappuccino
- siphon coffee
- latte
- specialty beans with tea-like flavors
Experiences captured
- visited 16 different coffee spots in San Francisco
- worked on a laptop at Blue Bottle Sansome Street
- watched coffee beans being roasted at Linea
- bought coffee beans for home at Sextant
- watched dogs and kids play at Octavia Boulevard
- visited a coffee shop inside the Transamerica Pyramid
- sat in a car converted into a table
- participated in a coffee tasting at Paper Sun
Official tourism resource
Visit California is the official tourism board for the state, providing travel guides, trip inspiration, and information on destinations across the Golden State.
Planning questions
Where did Navigate with Kate eat in California?
This guide maps all 16 spots featured in the video, with names, addresses, and neighborhoods, so you can plan where to eat in California.
What are the must-try foods in California?
Creator picks from the video include scone, oat milk cappuccino, siphon coffee, latte. Open the map in Varedelo to see which spot each one is at.
Can I save these spots to use on my trip?
Yes. Open the map in Varedelo to save every spot, get directions, and revisit the guide from your phone while you travel.
Use it on your trip
Save this cafe map before you go
Keep the mapped spots, creator context, food notes, and planning details together. Varedelo turns the page into a phone-friendly map you can revisit when you are choosing where to go.