The Castro's 13-year-old Italian restaurant Poesia Osteria Italiana (4072 18th St.) is set to expand with a cafe inside the space formerly occupied by Réveille Coffee at 4076 18th St. Poesia owner Francesco d'Ippolito tells Hoodline that his goal is to open Poesia Cafe by mid-March, pending permitting and approval through the city.

Hoodline readers will recall that Réveille closed last year after seven years in the Castro. "It seems like the perfect extension of Poesia," said d'Ippolito. "The restaurant has been really successful in the last year even though we had to go through the pandemic."