Francis Ford Coppola: Cafe Zoetrope
Francis Coppola dreamt of becoming a world-renowned chef, but instead, he became a world-renowned filmmaker. After his jaunt in cinema, Coppola opened his family winery and Zoetrope in San Francisco, focusing on traditional Italian preparation techniques and ingredients, but Americanized far enough to be accessible to a pedestrian audience.
Cafe Zoetrope serves reserve wines from every Coppola winery, including a long list of wild fermented natural wines that Coppola holds near and dear to his heart. If you find yourself in San Francisco and you want a taste of traditional Italian fare in an extremely historic building, go check it out.
Kathleen Edwards: Quitters Coffee
Amid random stops on the great highways of Canada and America, Kathlee Edwards became fascinated with the concept of the high-end small-town coffee shop. After returning home and deciding to take a break from music in 2014, Edwards purchased a run-down storefront in Ottowa, ON and the rest is history.
Quitters has blossomed from a simple coffee shop and became a critically acclaimed cafe and bar, serving local whiskeys and beers, as well as roasting their own coffee and making their own vegan baked goods on the premises. Quitters is dog-friendly, and they even give out community incentives to people who volunteer their time to local restorative foundations.