The earliest coffeehouses I was exposed to growing up in SV were in bookstores and became great gathering places, especially after dinner. The Upstart Crow (bo

The earliest coffeehouses I was exposed to growing up in SV were in bookstores and became great gathering places, especially after dinner. The Upstart Crow (bookstore and cafe) was in the Pruneyard shopping center in the 1980s. I had my first espresso drinks there. In 1990 or so, Coffee Society opened in Cupertino, just a few doors down from A Clean, Well Lighted Place for books. This all was before Starbucks hit the area.