Buena Vista Cafe has been open for more than 100 years and hosted celebrities, tourists and locals throughout the decades, all while serving up thousands of its Irish coffees daily.

Join us as we go into the kitchen and behind the bar at some of San Francisco’s best-known restaurants and bars to break down the anatomy of their most-famous offerings. I’ll never forget my first ...

Bartender Paul Nolan adds cream to Irish coffees at the Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday, April 2, 2011. The two bars that serve the most lauded Irish Coffees in the world are ...

As San Franciscans grapple with the cold this holiday season, some will flock to the Buena Vista Cafe on the corner of Hyde and Beach streets to indulge in the specialty that’s made the iconic bar and ...