Buena Vista

The Buena Vista is a café in , , credited with introducing Irish coffee to the United States in 1952. The Buena Vista Café originally opened in 1916 when the first floor of a boardinghouse was converted into a saloon.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—2:00 AM
    Saturday—Sunday: 8:00 AM—2:00 AM
  • Type: Pub
  • Description: credited with introducing Irish coffee to the United States
  • Also known as: Buena Vista Cafe” and “The Buena Vista

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cartoon Art Museum and Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye.

Museum
The is a California art museum that specializes in the art of comics and cartoons. It is the only museum in the dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of all forms of cartoon art.

Photo: Jjron, GFDL.
is a landmark public square at the foot of Russian Hill and adjacent to the in . It is often considered to be part of the tourist attractions at nearby . is situated 670 feet west of Buena Vista.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fisherman’s Wharf and Russian Hill.

's most popular destination among travelers, Fisherman's Wharf is the tourist center of the city. Its historic waterfront, once the hub of the city's fishing fleet, is still famous for the depth and variety of its harvest and for having some of the best seafood restaurants in the city, with scenic vistas over San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz Island.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of , . It is named after one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills".

Atop the hills overlooking the bay and bustling downtown are two adjacent neighborhoods famed for their wealth, panoramic views, and the historic cable cars which still climb the steep streets of the area.

Buena Vista

Latitude
37.80652° or 37° 48′ 24″ north
Longitude
-122.42077° or 122° 25′ 15″ west
Open location code
849VRH4H+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 388205890
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­pub
Wiki­data ID
Q4985436
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