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Caffè Trieste is an internationally known chain of four Italian-themed coffeehouses plus one retail store in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas California. Caffè Trieste was opened in 1956 by Giovanni Giotta (aka "Papa Gianni"), who in 1951 had emigrated to the United States from the small fishing town of Rovigno D'Istria, Italy (now part of Croatia). Missing the espresso houses of Trieste, Italy, Giotta opened his own cafe. Caffè Trieste is said to be the first espresso house on the West Coast.CappuccinoThe original Caffè Trieste in San Francisco's North Beach quickly became popular among the neighborhood's primarily Italian residents. "It was all Italian people," Giotta said of the neighborhood, "But I got the American people to like cappuccino."
For many of us, coffee is a daily ritual, which makes Cafe Triesta in North Beach a sort of high temple of the black gold. Cafe opened in 1956 by my grandfather Giovanni Giota. Papa Gianni, as he was known, opened the cafe as a love letter to his native Italy. He was known to bust out Italian opera when the spirit moved him. Love the locals come here and they come here in the mornings and the afternoons at night. How many people do you want? They come to see each other and it's Giota's granddaughter, Ida Pantaleo Zabi, now runs the place where Francis Ford Coppola wrote The Godfather, the jukebox plays Italian music and life unfolds in its many chapters. It's been a home for eclectics, for poets, for neighbors of every stripe. Since opening, the cafe had never closed. That is until March 16th of last year when the pandemic shut everything down. Here at Cafe Triesta in North Beach, the sign on the door says they have not closed for more than one day since 1956. No one really knew the magnitude of this pandemic was really happening. The cafe stayed dark nearly two months, the future as murky as an espresso. Hey Charlie. But last May, the doors reopened. She began to flow again with some COVID inspired changes. We built a little takeout window. Ice latte and a bottle of water. We used to be cash only, now we're not. Sugar for your latte? A parklet now offers coffee lovers a place to sip since the shop's indoor seating is not yet open. Thank you, thank you. 30 year employee Paul Mage says the cafe'spirit seems to have moved into the street. Everybody's I think it's pretty unbelievable that we survived. So on Thursday, this grand survivor will mark its 65th anniversary. The board of supervisors declared a cafe Triesta Day in San Francisco. It's all about music, laughter and a good cup of cappuccino. To Zobby, it's as if Papa Gianni is watching over the cafe, making sure the coffee flows and the spirit moves. Things are up and down and it's like, hey, Joe Rosato Jr. NBC Bay Area News.
