Vesuvio Cafe
Vesuvio Cafe is a historic bar in San Francisco, California, United States. Located at 255 Columbus Avenue, across an alley from City Lights Bookstore, the building was designed and built in 1913 by Italian architect Italo Zanolini, and remodeled in 1918.Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Pub
- Description: bar in San Francisco
- Also known as: “Vesuvio”
- Address: 255 Columbus Avenue, CA 94133
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and Great Star Theater.
Transamerica Pyramid
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Transamerica Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. Transamerica Pyramid is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Vesuvio Cafe.
Great Star Theater
Theater building
The Great Star Theater, formerly known as Great China Theater, is a 410-seat theater located at 636 Jackson Street in San Francisco's Chinatown. It was built in 1925 for the Chinese opera and is the last Chinese theater in any Chinatown in the United States. Great Star Theater is situated 450 feet southeast of Vesuvio Cafe.
Beat Museum
Museum
Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Beat Museum is located in San Francisco, California and is dedicated to preserving the memory and works of the Beat Generation. The Beat Generation was a group of post-WWII artists who challenged the social norms of the 1950s, encouraged experimentation with drugs and sexuality, practiced various types of Eastern religion, and desired to grow as humans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown-North Beach and Chinatown.
Chinatown-North Beach
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown-North Beach in San Francisco combines two adjoining neighborhoods that are culturally, politically, and aesthetically distinct, while geographically blending into each other.
Chinatown
Quarter
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chinatown, centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside Asia.
Telegraph Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Matt314, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Telegraph Hill is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". The iconic Coit Tower stands at the apex of Telegraph Hill.
Vesuvio Cafe
- Categories: restaurant and building
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.79749° or 37° 47′ 51″ northLongitude
-122.40644° or 122° 24′ 23″ westHeight
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
849VQHWV+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 35537202OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pubOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7923521
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Vesuvio Cafe” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Vesuvio Cafe”
- Dutch: “Vesuvio Cafe”
- French: “Vesuvio Cafe”
- Galician: “Vesuvio Cafe”
- Italian: “Vesuvio Cafe”
- Portuguese: “Vesuvio Cafe (San Francisco)”
- Portuguese: “Vesuvio Cafe”
- Spanish: “Café Vesuvio”
- Spanish: “Vesuvio Cafe”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sheila Kelly S Factor and City Lights Booksellers.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Taxi Stand at Columbus Ave at Broadway (SW Corner, in front of City Lights Book) and Columbus Avenue & Broadway.
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