
The Buena Vista Café: America’s Irish Coffee Mecca
At San Francisco's historic Buena Vista Café, the Irish Coffee has become its own American ritual.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Eric Wolfinger
At San Francisco's historic Buena Vista Café, the Irish Coffee has become its own American ritual.
First introduced to the United States by way of San Francisco’s Buena Vista Café, the Irish Coffee was invented at the Foynes Airport’s restaurant in 1943.