The godmother of punk, Patti Smith, made a coffee stop at Philz Coffee on 24th Street Monday night.
She ordered two small coffees and two Mission mini cupcakes for herself and a friend.
“She was friendly and she tipped well,” Philz manager Katie Murphy said. “She melded in well with the crowd.”
Murphy, who was on shift at the time, noted that Smith was treated with the same courtesy as any other customer and didn’t demand any special treatment. “She’s a very pleasant woman,” Murphy said.
Smith performed at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park this past weekend.
I ran into her outside City Lights Bookstore on Monday after HSBG and snapped a few shots of her for my blog as she poked around North Beach:
http://fleetinghouse.blogspot.com/2010/10/patti-smith-in-north-beach.html
Thank you. I’ll make a post and link to your blog. Best, Lydia