The Mill

Was visiting SF from Iowa and had a hard time finding a good coffee shop. This place made the cut though. The atmosphere was perfection, food was pretty good (we got the trout toast, ham croissant, tomato croissant). Highly recommend coming here (& if you’re being a tourist walk over to Alamo Square and sip your coffee and enjoy the views.)

The open bakery makes wonder bread as well as a few pastries and breakfast items.

I was staying with friends in the area and needed coffee and was up early. Fortunately a bakery is always open early.

There are a bunch of small tables, well spaced and a large communal one near the center. Your order from the counter which is adjacent to the bread rack, it’s hard to resist. If you get there early as I did, the bread will still be warm.

I ended up getting a coffee and a avocado toast which I kid you not was on the thickest slice of bread I have ever seen. It was almost 1.5” tall (40mm) but it was delicious!

I ordered the California Gold loaf which is delicious!

Great place. many people work there on laptops. delicious food and drinks. There is free water, and if you come with your own mug, they give you a discount on the drink. For meetings to talk it was a little noisy. but you can sit outside

I LOVE The Mill. Josey Baker bakes their bread here and it is the best sourdough I have ever had. I moved from Pac Heights to New York in March and literally every time I come back to SF for work, I bring back 4 loaves of Josey Baker and freeze it at home. You can find Josey Baker elsewhere (check their website) but this is always the biggest and freshest selection.

The toasts are EXCELLENT. I have tried all of them.

Egg in the hole is my favourite savoury one.
Ricotta and Jam is my favourite sweet one.

The gluten free bread (adventure bread) is the best GF bread I’ve had.

The building is lovely.

Atmosphere gets a 3 because, they don’t make people leave fast enough after eating at the weekend.

I’ve been standing there multiple times with my food in my hands and nowhere to sit. It is a very awkward experience

They either need to add more seating or move people along that have finished eating.

The Mill would be a clear 5/5 if they fixed this problem.