Simple Pleasures Cafe

A San Francisco Original Bohemian Coffee Shop Roasting Raw Beans Since 1978.

We've been roasting raw beans in San Francisco since 1978 and fancy ourselves and original Bohemian coffee shop.

08/17/2024

Thanks to Humans of San Francisco
On Instagram 

02/25/2024

We had some very special visitors to the café today! Thank you to the West Coast lion dancers for stopping by. You made our day! 

10/13/2023

The 9th annual BalBOOa walk is back. We are excited to announce our collaboration with Lafayette Elementary School on Saturday Oct. 28th. Join the Balboa Village Merchants Association for trick or treating on Balboa street from 11am-4pm and starting at 12pm head over to Lafayette School and join them for their first Autumn Carnival since 2019! Enjoy music, carnival games, treats, jump houses and more. See you all soon! 🎃

07/25/2023

CNN was at Simple Pleasures!

06/30/2023

This week the Small Business Commission approved 3 new Legacy Businesses!

06/26/2023

New extended business hours,
6 AM to 9 PM everyday! 

06/04/2023

Thank you Mayor London Breed for nominating Simple Pleasures Cafe as a legacy business in San Francisco. We are overjoyed to be welcomed and recognized as one of the businesses contributing to the cultural heritage of our beautiful city!

Balboa Village
Balboa Village Merchants Association

02/24/2023
02/22/2023
02/20/2023

Trivia night at Simple Pleasures on Wednesday 2/22

02/19/2023
02/12/2023

Open mic night at simple pleasures Thursday nights 6:30 to 8 PM

12/08/2022

Writer Erin Bank (left) and Richmond District resident Stephen Somerstein (center) pose with Richmond Review editor Michael Durand after an initial interview. Somerstein has a fascinating life story. Read all about it in the January 2023 Richmond Review.

10/08/2022

Spending the next two weeks or so in California 🥳❤️
Here's where we will be:

10/7/2022 - San Carlos, CA - Devil's Canyon Brewing Co.
10/8/2022 - Petaluma, CA - Brewsters Beer Garden
10/9/2022 - Santa Cruz, CA - Shanty Shack Brewing
10/11/2022 - San Francisco, CA - Simple Pleasures Cafe
10/12/2022 - Hayward, CA - The Bistro
10/13/2022 - San Luis Obispo, CA - BarrelHouse Brewing Co.
10/16/2022 - Encinitas, CA - The Kraken
10/20/2022 - San Diego, CA - WinstonsOB

07/04/2022

Looking forward to it on 7/13/2022 pleasurescafe

Hey Sonoma, CA! See you at Readers' Books on July 10, 2022 at 2:00 p.m for a reading of Abiding Conviction, available July 5, 2022. Stop by and say hello at 130 East Napa Street
Sonoma, CA 95476.

And if you're in San Francisco on the 13th, you can find Steve at Simple Pleasures Café—
3434 Balboa Street
San Francisco, CA 94121.

For a full event list, tap the link and head over to Steve's website: stephenmmurphy.com

Oceanview Publishing IPG: Independent Publishers Group Readers' Books Simple Pleasures Cafe

Photos from The Cuban Cowboys's post 11/21/2020
Photos from Simple Pleasures Cafe's post 04/01/2020

Take a break from cooking & order lunch from us!

Call 415-387-4022 for pickup.

03/30/2020

Howdy Neighbors-

If you’re struggling, your cup of coffee is on us! ☕️

We’ve implemented 6ft protocol (see video) & are accepting calls for pickup.

Photos from Simple Pleasures Cafe's post 03/27/2020

Make your weekend & pickup a pound of our organic beans.

Call for Pickup: (415) 387-4022

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An Original Bohemian Cafe, roasting raw beans in San Francisco since 1978.

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We had some special visitors today. Thank you to the West Coast lion dances for stopping by
Trivia night at Simple
Singer songwriter Jerome Porter tonight at Simple Pleasures
Open mic night at simple pleasures Thursday nights 6:30 to 8 PM
Simple Pleasures - 6ft Corona Protocol
Live Entertainment at Simple Pleasures Cafe
The perfect espresso does exist!
The cup of your dreams resides in the richmond.
She like’s it and so will you. #affogato

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3434 Balboa Street
San Francisco, CA
94121

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 8pm
Tuesday 6am - 8pm
Wednesday 6am - 8pm
Thursday 6am - 8pm
Friday 6am - 8pm
Saturday 6am - 8pm
Sunday 6am - 6pm

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