Caffe Pascucci is a staple in Europe, and now has its first US location open across the street from AT&T Park. It is a coffee shop but nothing like the artisanal coffee shops we’re used to seeing in San Francisco, i.e. Blue Bottle, Ritual, Intelligentsia, etc. The café is brightly lit and the décor is uber modern with brown tables and white seats. Some of the chairs are half round, reminding me of something found in the Jetsons. There are three seating areas, one to either side of the barista counter, and bar-style seating directly across from the counter. The walls are padded with the same white material from the chairs, maybe to help with the acoustics or just for decoration alone.
Drink descriptions read like desserts and the pictures show an elegance created by a pastry chef. I’ve only had the sorbetto amaretto (ice blended coffee with amaretto syrup topped with amaretto biscuits), but seeing the throngs of people receiving their free drinks, Caffe Pascucci is definitely offering more coffee dessert drinks than actual coffee. This place will satisfy cravings of coffee and sugar all in one. French press and drip coffee available too.
I’m assuming Caffe Pascucci is to Europe what Starbucks is to the US, but with a bigger menu offering sandwiches, salads, charcuterie, cheese and the usual pastries. They’ve trademarked things like Confuso cream (not sure what this is) and Fraspuccio (aka Starbucks Frappucino). There’s free WiFi too!
For this first opening week, the first drink is free – anything on the menu.
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my sorbetto amaretto and a sampling of chocolate pie |
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