As some of you may know, my good friends at Borderlands Books in San Francisco are working on opening a cafe next to their store. In order to do so they need to get planning permission, which is not always a straightforward proposition, city bureaucracies being what they are. So the application needs support. There’s a petition in the store that you can sign, but if you can’t get into San Francisco (and I know that Borderlands has fans all around the world) then you can help out by adding a comment below. And by directing your friends here. So…
We, the undersigned, enjoy visiting Borderlands Books when we are in San Francisco, and would be delighted if they had a cafe adjacent to the store. A cafe would enable the store to enhance its already excellent events program, and cement its reputation as one of the world’s premier independent specialist bookstores.
Cheryl Morgan – Fremont, CA & Somerset, UK
Update: The planning permission hearing is today (June 26th) so I’m closing off comments. I’ll let you know how it goes as soon as I hear from Alan.
Alis Rasmussen, Mililani, HI
Jason Erik Lundberg, Singapore
Jenny Rae Rappaport — Freehold, NJ
Matthew Cheney, Hoboken, NJ
Steve Burnett – Raleigh, NC
Juliet Ulman — Brooklyn, NY
Marsha Sisolak — Thousand Oaks, CA
Books and coffee belong together. Borderlands is a gem of a bookstore and should be able to offer its customers a place to sip and relax.
Luke Hannafin, Phoenix, AZ
Paul Tremblay, Stoughton, MA
Christopher Roden, Ashcroft, British Columbia
Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Brooklyn, New York
John Scalzi, Bradford, OH
(who visits Borderlands every trip he makes to the Bay Area)
Hell, yeah!
Elizabeth Mitchell, Watertown, Massachusetts (formerly of San Francisco, California)
I love Borderlands. If and when I move back to my chosen city, a cafe attached to Borderlands would be spifflicious.
Kathryn Tullis, Vancouver, British Columbia
Hal Duncan, Glasgow, UK
Sean Fagan, San Jose, CA
Boston, MA
Jeremiah Poling, Lufkin, TX
Luis Villa, The Mission, SF, CA
New York City, NY
I’m in favor. Then we can have a wireless cafe full of writers and s-f fans, just like in ‘s fantasies.
Patrick Wolohan, Chicago, IL
Gina Black, Los Angeles, CA
Mike Frighetto
Schaumburg, IL
Chicago, IL
Santa Cruz, CA
Brent Kellmer — Seattle, WA.
Borderlands is great, and a linked cafe would only enhance the feel of both the store and the neighborhood.
Shaun Duke — Santa Cruz, CA
Miles Archer – Walnut Creek, CA
Jennifer Ouellette
Los Angeles, CA
Jeff Hentosz — Columbus, OH
Gary B. Phillips – Columbus, OH
Kristine Smith, Illinois, USA
I’ve never visited Borderlands, but it’s on my Must Do list when I someday visit SF. Anything that can help a genre bookstore grow and prosper merits support.
Shawn M Bilodeau — Albany, NY, USA
Shawn Powers – Indian River, MI
(Coming to San Francisco in August, hoping to find a cafe…)
Ian Morris – Seattle, WA
Orono, ME
J.D. Finch, Brattleboro VT
Borderlands is a great store.
San Diego, CA
Julia Rios, Arlington, MA
Jane Schmoetzer – Laurel, MT
Yes!
Justine Larbalestier, New York City, New York
John Kealy – San Francisco, CA
I use to live around the corner on Cumberland, lovely part of the mission district!
David Overstreet College Station, Texas
Richard Boehme – Baltimore MD
Jeff Carlson – Walnut Creek, CA
Kate Smith – Boston, MA
Spencer Logan, Denver CO
There are many good independent bookstores in Colorado and Utah with attached cafes. A cafe wold enhance my visits to Borderlands.