Giovanni “Gianni” Giotta, founder of Caffe Trieste and one of North Beach’s great personalities, died Saturday at 96. He was born in 1920 in Rovigno on the Istrian peninsula, a town that now belongs ...

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Giovanni Giotta motioned with his outstretched arm at one of the photos that almost entirely cover the wall of his North Beach cafe. "Do you know him?" he asked in his thick Italian accent. He pointed ...

The place that introduced America to the espresso is contemplating expanding its empire. North Beach institution Caffe Trieste is jumping on the Bay Area's expanding obsession with coffee and mulling ...

Where to go: For an atmosphere that combines Sausalito-style Bohemian with wireless Internet service and earthy, solid Italian fare, Caffe Trieste is unique. Inside: Windowed doors on three sides, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- After six decades in business, a family legal drama may force a legendary San Francisco coffee shop in North Beach to close its doors. The lawsuit, filed by the founder of ...

Caffe Trieste, San Francisco's iconic high temple of coffee in North Beach, is marking its 65th anniversary on Thursday, a milestone that seems even more noteworthy after surviving through the ...

The regular Saturday concert at Caffe Trieste in North Beach was already under way when the cafe's founder, Giovanni Giotta — known to regular customers simply as Papa Gianni — arrived. He climbed ...

Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle Caffe Trieste, home away from home for decades of poets and artists in San Francisco's North Beach.Mike Kepka Poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti is in one of his ...

Legendary coffeehouse Caffe Trieste has been serving North Beach since 1956, but after 60 years, the son of the late founder has filed a lawsuit that could force the business to close permanently.