Blue Bottle's First South Bay Location Has Arrived in Palo Alto

While they've made headway everywhere from New York to L.A. to Tokyo, the good people of Blue Bottle Coffee had somehow not managed to open a location thus far in Silicon Valley. But as of this week, the wait is over: the first South Bay Blue Bottle has debuted inside HanaHaus, a cafe and co-working space opening tomorrow in the historic former home of the Varsity Theater. The brainchild of software company SAP, it's intended to serve as a hub for entrepreneurs all over the Bay Area, with individual spaces renting for $3/hour and four-person spaces for $10, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Conference rooms, a tech help desk, and a theater space are also part of the complex, which last housed a Borders before the chain went under in 2011.

The HanaHaus Blue Bottle is offering all of the favorites from the other locations, including espresso drinks, a siphon bar, New Orleans iced coffee served from a mini-keg, and baked goods like cookies and Firebrand pretzels. There's also a full menu of cafe bites like Belgian waffles, breakfast sandwiches, and granola for breakfast and fennel-arugula salad and Cubano sandwiches for lunch. Wine and beer is set to come online in late spring or early summer, and the workspace fee is waived with a food or drink purchase. Hours for HanaHaus are Sunday-Thursday, 7 am-9 pm, and Friday-Saturday, 7 am-10 pm.