Grand Parade Coffee

good coffee on market street, of all places. the stretch around civic center isn't where you'd expect to find a roaster that actually takes the work seriously, but grand parade coffee at 1390 market st pulls it off. san francisco has no shortage of specialty spots, so the ones that hold up tend to do so because the sourcing and roasting decisions are deliberate, not decorative. you don't end up at this address by accident, which means the people walking through the door usually want to be there. the reviews back that up consistently, and that kind of standing in this city is genuinely hard to maintain. if you're cutting through civic center on a weekday morning, it's worth timing your route around a stop here.