Ballast Coffee
329 W Portal Ave, San Francisco
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Vegetable Quiche
Ube Iced Latte
Avocado Toast
Barako Crush
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I am enjoying my vanilla bourbon tea ☕ and was happy to see how the place was nicely renovated. There is more space to work at the back. The table is bigger allowing more space. I like this place and with this upgrade I am planning a stop by next week. For the ones who has not been here, give at least one try. It is a peaceful coffee shop. You can find your headspace here.
Clarissa deserves major credit—she was working completely solo on a busy Saturday and doing her absolute best. She was friendly, efficient given the situation, and clearly working hard. That said, the wait was very long, and it’s hard not to point to understaffing as the issue. A weekend shift should really have more than one barista. This isn’t on her—it’s on management.
Probably one of the worst cafe service I’ve ever encountered at a coffee shop. Nobody in line in front of me, but somehow there are 6 people working? They looked like they were having fun which is great. I’m all for making work fun, but it shouldn’t come at the cost of service. My order took 20+ minutes (a coffee and an empanada that only required being heated up for two minutes). Thank god I wasn’t in a rush. I initially requested my order took go, it was brought out...
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