Cafe Divine

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A world-class café located in the heart of San Francisco’s North Beach, Café Divine offers warm, friendly service in a stunning space, offering customers “heavenly” cuisine.

Overlooking Washington Square Park, Café Divine is the perfect spot to relax with a cappuccino or a glass of wine, devour the delicious food served all day long, and watch the colorful world of North Beach stroll by.

The menu is the work of Chef David Wees, and incorporates the philosophy of all good cafes—simple, quality dishes, well conceived and executed with a flourish, all at prices that won’t break the budget. We make use of organic products, and believe in supporting local, sustainable agriculture. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are available, as well as our house made sweets, making Café Divine a perfect destination any time of the day, for a full meal or just a quick pick-me-up.

We serve beer and wine, espresso from our beautiful brass machine imported from Italy, and all manner of nonalcoholic beverages. There's always something special on the chalk board. Delctable specials change daily.
Café Divine is available for private parties and receptions. We can serve a sit-down dinner for up to 40 people, or buffets for twice that many. We’ve even hosted a sangria reception for 175 people! We’ll be happy to make special arrangements for you. Prices vary, depending on time, menus, and number of people.

Café Divine occupies the corner space of the Italianate Dante building. Originally a drugstore (check out the safe in the bathroom!), Rossi’s Drugs gave way to Caffé Malvina in 1987. The famous mahogany, maple and marble bar was custom built in Italy and installed then, along with the brass chandeliers and the pizza ovens in the kitchen. Caffe Malvina and coffee roastery operated here until July 2004 .

David Wright, a long time North Beach resident, had his eye on the space for years, always considering it one of the most beautiful café spaces in the City, if not the world. After returning from abroad, he found a “for lease” sign in the window. With the encouragement of family, friends and business partners, he decided to take the leap. After recruiting his brother, Wade, to help manage the front of the house, and an old friend, David Wees, as chef, they opened to the public as Café Divine in the beginning of 2005.

Café Divine supports the arts. In fact, most of the staff is involved in some artistic pursuit, from music and literature to visual arts and dance.
We’re proud to act as a gallery space to select artists on a rotating basis. Currently featured are the paintings of Marg Starbuck and collages by David Barker.
We present a variety of live music (our dining room has amazing acoustics)