Fayes Coffee Owner/Artist Michael McConnell
It's one thing to be an artist and work in a café as a barista. It's another to be part owner of that café, and for it to double as one of the last video stores in San Francisco.
In Part 1, Fayes Coffee owner and artist Michael McConnell talks about moving to San Francisco in the late '90s and landing a job at Fayes within a year or so. Fast-forward to today, and the little coffee shop serves an important role in the busy neighborhood that 18th Street between Guerrero and Dolores has become.
Michael owns a café and video store, but he's also an artist—one of a seemingly dying breed in San Francisco. In Part 2, he laments the loss of artists in the city over the last decade or so, adding that with their leaving, San Francisco is losing its character and its diversity.
Click through this slideshow for a taste of Michael's art:
Michael will be having open studio this weekend at 1980 Bryant, Suite 414. And the Social Sketch we talk about in the podcast will be on April 16 at Secret Alley in the Mission. Don't miss it!
We recorded this podcast at Fayes Coffee in February 2019.
Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather
