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AKA: 48 5th Street Building, Fosters Diner, San Francisco, CA; Latte Epress, 48 5th Street, San Francisco, CA
Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - coffee shops; built works - commercial buildings - diners; built works - commercial buildings - restaurants
Designers: [unspecified]
Dates: constructed 1907
5 stories, total floor area: 10,000 sq. ft.
Several restaurants have used this corner retail location. The first was The Press Coffee Shop, which was in business during the 1930s. A Fosters Diner, operating at 5th and Jessie streets in the 1960s, was one of 20 restaurants this Bay Area chain had at one time. By c. 2010, the location was occupied by a Latte Express Cafes/Restaurants, one of three in the city. The Press/Fosters/Latte Express utilized the first floor retail space of an ornate, five-story retail/apartment building across from the San Francisco Mint.
Latte Express tel: 415.284.7328 (2013).
The San Francisco Planning Department indicated that building permits were granted to renovate the first-floor restaurant space, perhaps when Fosters Diner moved in.
PCAD id: 18383
