Castro residents now have a new spot from which to pick up fresh baked pastries, desserts, and coffee. Poesia Cafe opened earlier this month in the former Reveille Coffee space at 4072 18th Street. Hoodline broke the news of 13-year-old Poesia's expansion earlier this year.

The expansion was made possible after Reveille Coffee closed in the next-door space last year after seven years in the Castro. The new cafe is a partnership between Poesia Osteria Italiana's owner Francesco d'Ippolito and pastry chef Giovanni Liguoro.