According to the San Francisco Business Times, a new coffeehouse boasting “a robot barista, mini waffles (called “wafflees”) and AI-generated decorations” is opening in SoMa.
“We’re coffee roasters — we never wanted to be in consumer coffee… but this was just a unique opportunity to play and have fun,” Co-owner Matt Baker tells the Journal.
Taking over a 6,000-square-foot spot at 685 4th Street — an address that formerly belonged to the The Creamery, “the tech scene’s favorite San Francisco cafe in the 2010s,” per the article — Coffee Wafflee will soon be neighbored by establishments such as the Japanese restaurant Cafe Okawari, the breakfast spot Latte Express, and the American restaurant Marlowe.
The menu will feature mini waffles and Silicon Valley Coffee-based beverages, including between four and eight cold brew options on tap. Eventually, the owners intend to offer Strauss Organic soft serve and waffle cones as well.
The space itself will hold 140 seats and be “divided between a screen-less, traditional cafe counter in the original Creamery space, and a larger room that’s ‘all about AI’,” in which “everything from the music to the lighting systems to graphics on a giant screen fed by customers’ prompts is AI-generated.”
What Now San Francisco reached out to the concept’s co-owner, Vance Bjorn of Silicon Valley Coffee, to learn more about the upcoming coffeeshop; however, he could not provide additional information before publication.
Coffee Wafflee is slated to open in late September and will initially only be open in the mornings. Follow What Now San Francisco on Facebook for updates.
