Cafés with outdoor seating in San Francisco
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in San Francisco. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
13 cafés · United States
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Equator Coffees Fort Mason
Housed in a former U.S. Army gatehouse at the Fort Mason Center, Equator's cafe delivers sweeping views of the Golden…
Sightglass Coffee
The 7th Street flagship is simultaneously a production roastery, a soaring coffee bar, and the beating heart of SF's…
Andytown Coffee Roasters Lawton
Michael McCrory and Lauren Crabbe opened the original Andytown at 43rd and Lawton in 2014 on a block of shuttered…
Sohn
Co-founded by chef Deuki Hong and managing partner Janet Lee, Sohn opened in August 2025 as an 8,000-square-foot…
Cafe Reveille Lower Haight
On the corner near Duboce Park and the Wiggle bike route, this Reveille outpost has become one of the Lower Haight's…
Four Barrel Coffee
Four Barrel has weathered a turbulent chapter but the Valencia Street cafe remains open, its industrial-chic space…
Hedge Coffee
Opened in October 2025 on Shotwell Street, Hedge Coffee brings its ethically-sourced bean program and event-catering…
Reveille Coffee Jackson Square
Reveille's Jackson Square location serves the design district's galleries, architecture firms, and boutique offices…
Reveille Coffee North Beach
The wedge-shaped Columbus Avenue building where Kearny intersects at 45 degrees is one of SF's most distinctive cafe…
Ritual Coffee Roasters Hayes Valley
Ritual's Hayes Valley presence at the Proxy development on 432b Octavia sits in a lively open-air setting among the…
Telescope Coffee
Founded by two SF-born childhood best friends, this women- and POC-owned cafe expanded from 450 to 1,000 square feet…
Verve Coffee Roasters
The Santa Cruz roaster's San Francisco outpost at Church and Market brings Verve's celebrated light-roast…
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters
Founded by Trish Rothgeb and Nicholas Cho, two figures central to the terminology and philosophy of specialty coffee,…
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