Giovanni Giotta motioned with his outstretched arm at one of the photos that almost entirely cover the wall of his North Beach cafe. "Do you know him?" he asked in his thick Italian accent. He pointed ...

The West Coast's first espresso joint and famed Beat gathering place, Caffe Trieste, is currently mired in a good deal of red tape as it seeks to open its first Oakland outpost on the 4000 block of ...

Caffe Trieste: The venerable North Beach coffeehouse's fifth Bay Area location opened on Oakland's Piedmont Avenue in the waning days of summer and wasted no time becoming a neighborhood hangout. Open ...

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The place that introduced America to the espresso is contemplating expanding its empire. North Beach institution Caffe Trieste is jumping on the Bay Area's expanding obsession with coffee and mulling ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- After six decades in business, a family legal drama may force a legendary San Francisco coffee shop in North Beach to close its doors. The lawsuit, filed by the founder of ...

Where to go: For an atmosphere that combines Sausalito-style Bohemian with wireless Internet service and earthy, solid Italian fare, Caffe Trieste is unique. Inside: Windowed doors on three sides, ...

The regular Saturday concert at Caffe Trieste in North Beach was already under way when the cafe's founder, Giovanni Giotta — known to regular customers simply as Papa Gianni — arrived. He climbed ...

Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle Caffe Trieste, home away from home for decades of poets and artists in San Francisco's North Beach.Mike Kepka Poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti is in one of his ...

Legendary coffeehouse Caffe Trieste has been serving North Beach since 1956, but after 60 years, the son of the late founder has filed a lawsuit that could force the business to close permanently.