Gross doesn’t begin to describe this place. Can we first start by discussing the location? 24th and Mission, right across from the BART station and a 24 hour McDonalds? Next to a “Chinese Food and Donuts” restaurant? In the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District? But despite the ick factor, can I get a hell yeah for the fact that this cafe serves alcohol, tons of vegetarian salads, and that wizened men as old as the mountains play chess at the window tables, talking in foreign languages? I love this place. The name is exactly right. La boheme. Yes it’s a dive, and yes none of the chairs match, and yes the coffee is pretty watered down, Cafe la Boheme is a damn good cafe.