Coffee Shops in Hayes Valley
There are probably more coffee shops in Hayes Valley than there are people. Okay, that's obviously not true, but it sure feels like it. I hunkered down at a new cafe, La Boulange, this morning located at 500 Hayes and Octavia. Across the street is Stacks. Less then 200 feet is Cafe La Vie. A block up is Modern Tea. Two blocks away is Blue Bottle. Then there's the other little French place down on Gough. Oh, then the crepes place that makes a good latte up on Gough going north past Hayes. Then there's of course Citizen Cake half a block past that. That doesn't even include the places that are on the other side of Gough if you keep going down Hayes (I can visually remember at least one). I count 9 within four blocks of each other. It's not hard to stay jittery in Hayes Valley.