Round House Café

Round House Café is a café and diner in the Presidio of San Francisco, California next to the Golden Gate Bridge.

The café in 2012

Built in 1938, one year after the Golden Gate Bridge was completed, Round House Café is one of the oldest restaurants in the Bay Area.^[1] It is a circular Art Deco building built by American architect Alfred Finnila and overlooks the bay.^[2] In 2021, a local coffee company, Equator Coffees, leased the site.^[3][4][5] The diner was renovated in 2012^[6] and the gift shop was then removed as a new, official gift shop has been included in the adjacent plaza renovations.^[7]

1. ^ "Round House Cafe". Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. September 1, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
2. ^ "Round House Café". Presidio. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
3. ^ Duffett, Becky (June 28, 2021). "Equator Coffees Takes Over Art Deco Cafe with Prime View of Golden Gate Bridge". Eater SF. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
4. ^ Mueller, Christina (August 3, 2021). "Equator Coffees Reopens the Historic Round House Café at the Base of the Golden Gate Bridge". Marin Magazine. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
5. ^ Release, Press (July 6, 2021). "Equator Coffees Set To Take Over The Historic Round House Cafe At the Golden Gate Bridge". Sprudge. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
6. ^ King, John (May 25, 2012). "Golden Gate Bridge's Plaza Flawed but Workable". San Francisco Chronicle.
7. ^ Kligman, David (May 25, 2012). "From Sea to Shining Sea: PG&E's Earley Joins Tribute to Golden Gate Bridge". Currents. PG&E. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2023.