"Those lyrics were humming through my head as I prepared to interview Giovanni Liguoro, the talented pastry chef at Poesia Café in the Castro. Why? His successful 18th Street pastry, sandwich, and salad café will be expanding to 1 Post Street, where he'll be opening a second location, hopefully in late November. The new enterprise is complete with a huge chef's kitchen, a retail operation, space for cooking classes, and outdoor plaza seating."
"David Landis: Buon Giorno! Are you in the new kitchen? Giovanni Liguoro: Yes, I'm at the new location at 1 Post Street. David Landis: Wow. So, are the new location and kitchen together? And you're in that big plaza where Post meets Montgomery and Market, with outdoor seating? Giovanni Liguoro: Yes, they are together. I'm standing now right on the plaza with outdoor seating. David Landis: Fantastic! What's your projected opening date? Giovanni Liguoro: We're supposed to open at the end of November."
Giovanni Liguoro is a second-generation pastry chef from Naples whose family owns a pastry shop in Italy. He began working with dough as a child and worked in Milan as a teacher's assistant after high school. He has operated Poesia Café in San Francisco, starting on 18th Street in the Castro and later moving to a larger facility in the Twitter building. A new second Poesia Café will open at 1 Post Street with a large chef's kitchen, retail sales, space for cooking classes, and outdoor plaza seating. The new location aims to open at the end of November and will place the kitchen close to street-level pedestrian traffic.
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