Muddy's Coffee House

Nice place to grab a bagel on the go. But I've also hung out there with a book. Friendly staff, not pushy. Hummus bagels are particularly good. Laid-back clientele. Pros: Good bagels, friendly staff Cons: little pricey more

One of the few coffeehouses open late, Muddy's is the ""living room"" Mission denizens (often) don't have -- albeit a living room full of coffee-swilling strangers. There's a full gamut of coffee & espresso formations and every kind of Celestial Seasons' teabag ever created. Food is mostly carbo fare with lots of sweetened flour things. Calzones and piroshkis are the ""meal"" items but don't come here for the food ... Muddy's is the sunny place to read a left-behind newspaper, a chance to play chess with Richmond, a place to check e-mail and lose quarters to oldie video games (tho' I never like to sit near mechanical-music of Ms. Pac Man). Good local artists exhibit on walls. SFSU/CCSF'ers (26 MUNI just outside) meet to muddle through theorems as sidewalk politicos opine about crummy government in San Francisco, Central America, Eastern Europe ... Muddy's. What a great Coffee House should be. Pros: Location (Val &24), Open early and late, Good Beans! Cons: Bathroom more

It's strong, delicious, and served by properly Mission-infused employees who play all manners of music to ponder while your coffee is served up. Plenty of brown sugar Pros: awesome coffee, interesting employees Cons: no parking more