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.
Scritch the bald kitty!
Vicki Pettersson – Las Vegas, Nevada
Doselle Young – Santa Monica, CA
Borderland Books is great now, but it will be even better when the cafe is added. I am 100% in favor of adding the cafe! I go to Borderland Books whenever I drive into San Francisco, which is weekly. Yes on the cafe!!!!
Drew McKinney – San Francisco, CA
I finally visited the famous bookstore the last time I was in San Francisco. This is truly a gem of a store and the owners were very helpful; we had a long discussion; any prospect they want to get behind, I’m all for. A cafe is often a terrific extension of a bookstore, and well worth having.
Adam J. Whitlatch – Bonaparte, Iowa
Bill Dawes- Rohnert Park, CA
Michael Feldman- Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY
Chris Mirell-Sacramento, CA
Christopher Daley _Red Bluff
Marjorie M. Liu – Indiana
It sounds like a great idea.
Charles Payne, Irvine, CA
Jay Winkler, Franklin, MI
Kimberly Merenda
Bells, TX
John Remy, Irvine, CA (and Bay Area native)
Arlington, VA, but visitor to Borderlands whenever I can get there!
Ember Case
Neptune Beach, FL – looking forward to visiting this summer.
William j James Jr, Hayward, CA
Irene Gallo
New York, NY
Omar Singleton
Redlands, CA
Hope you get that cafe.
Martin Glick – New York, NY
Mike Antos – Pasadena, CA
Mickey Pentecost
San Francisco, CA
Borderlands is my favorite place on earth. This is not an exaggeration. I’m a SF junkie and have to sneak off there alone since my wife hates getting stuck there forever. The neighborhood has a high density of cafes, but they all get great business and it would make sense for borderlands to open a cafe too. I will go in this week and sign the hardcopy. Cheryl, email me if you need more advocacy.
Tania Clucas
North Pole, AK
I send people to Borderlands, just so they can bask in the gloriousness of it.
I think a cafe is a great idea
Michael Clarke – Seattle, WA
A cafe is a great idea. I hope to enjoy it the next time I’m in S.F.
Patrick Adams – Suisun City, CA
Andrea Crowley- San Francisco, CA
Scott Westerfeld – New York, NY
Adam Rakunas – Santa Monica, CA
Kelson Philo – Lawrence, KS
John D. Mitchell, Dublin, CA
Lisa K. Mann, Omaha NE
James A. Owen, Silvertown AZ
Love Borderlands, can’t wait to return, and would love to sit with a nice cup of Earl Grey when I do.
Craig Cripps, London, UK
Chris Fleming – San Diego, CA
Sarah Heacox
Los Angeles, CA
Alice Bentley – Vashon WA
Charles Boylan – Concord CA
Josh Jasper. NY, NY
Washington, DC
Kettering, Oh
Cold Spring, NY
David Lodge – Oklahoma City, OK
Colleen Paeff – Los Angeles, CA
I HEART Borderlands! A cafe would be awesome, now that my baby sister has a baby of her own. She could sit down with the girly and have lunch while I shop and shop and shop.
Chris Buechler – Nanaimo, BC, Canada