From Roger’s notebook

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Food history

Latest recorded visit2014-08-04
“This is one cozy cafe that has an European vibe to it!”
Roger, Google Maps review (2014-08-04)

American

The Revolution Cafe

Mission, San FranciscoClosed

Now closed. Roger's review text describes a cozy, European-vibe Mission District cafe good for people-watching over live music, but he rated the actual visit just 1 star overall — a tension the review itself never explains.

Closed

The Revolution Cafe closed and the space reopened in 2022 as a piano bar, Ivory & Vine, per SFist. This page keeps Roger's 2014 review as a record, not as a place to visit. Note the tone of his written review reads warmly, but his actual star rating was just 1 out of 5 — the verdict here follows the rating, not the prose.

Yelp — The Revolution Cafe listed as closed (2026-09-18) ↗

The call

This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.

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    Visit history

    Checked in 2 times on Yelp and Swarm, most recently Jul 28, 2014. See the check-in log

    2014-08-04day precision · source explicit
    ★☆☆☆☆
    “This is one cozy cafe that has an European vibe to it!”

    Written review describes a cozy, European-feeling cafe good for coffee, beer or people-watching over live music, though it can get loud and cramped for doing work. Notably, this warm description came with just a 1-star rating overall, a discrepancy not explained in the text itself.

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