A neighborhood coffee shop on Irving Street that lasted almost 60 years.
Irving Street between 19th and 20th Avenues. Kieser's Colonial Creamery, Rightway Market, and Brooks Stationery. , 1946 - Opened: 1946
Location: 1833 Irving Street, on the south side between 19th and 20th Avenues, in San Francisco's Sunset District.
As Ellen Kieser recalled for Lorri Ungaretti's history book on the Sunset District, deliveries of the ice cream could prove a problem in the early days: "Sometimes a driver was sure that he could make it across a sand dune but would get stuck on the way to a delivery."
In later years, Kieser's was better known as a classic neighborhood coffee shop with an excellent breakfast menu. In the 2010s, the building was used by Pho Huynh Hiep 2, a noodle house.
The cheerful staff at Kieser’s Colonial Creamery, 1833 Irving Street. Viola (Nelson) Cook on far right. Ellen Kieser on far left?, 1946 - Contribute your own stories about western neighborhoods places!
