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Jack Kerouac Alley

Jack Kerouac Alley
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Street

Jack Kerouac Alley

About

A pedestrian alley joining Chinatown and North Beach. City Lights co-founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti proposed remaking it in 1988, and it reopened in 2007 with engraved quotes from Kerouac, Steinbeck, and Maya Angelou.

Coffee Nearby

North BeachRéveille Coffee4.3(907)·Closed · Opens 07:30
North BeachCaffe Trieste4.4(1.8k)·Closed · Opens 07:00
North BeachBlue Bottle Coffee4.1(216)·Closed · Opens 06:00
ChinatownCompton's Coffee House4.3(139)·Closed · Opens 07:00
ChinatownThe Coffee Movement4.7(1.4k)·Closed · Opens 07:00