Café Flore

: This article is AbOUT the San Francisco cafe, for the Paris One see Café de Flore

Café Flore is a popular cafe, restaurant and bar in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood with a large outdoor patio for dining. It is "one of the neighborhood's most well known establishments". They have a full bar, a full coffee bar and a restaurant serving California cuisine at affordable prices including vegetarian and organic entrees.

Founded in 1973, the vintage Finnish decor remains in place with the original tin roof ceiling and skylights added since the 1970s. The business was sold in 2004 and was soon granted a liquor license which they celebrated as a new grand opening in February 2005.

The one-floor venue sits at the corner of Market and Noe streets and most of the walls facing the streets are made of windows. The cafe has a large wraparound patio on both street sides and in the late 2000s started seating on the sidewalk as well. With an abundance of plants the windows help invoke a greenhouse-style, the patio is surrounded by planters as well. The historic F-Market trolley car line ends its run down Market street just outside then turns east to turn around the last block and head back north. Because of its proximity in the middle of the Castro and the glass walls the cafe is known for gay cruising and general people-watching. It also was colloquially called "Cafe Hairdo" and New Colonist stated "it is a de facto nexus of gay life in this town."

The venue often hosts community events and fundraisers. In 2006 the Halloween in the Castro event had a shooting incident yards from the cafe so they were one of the first to announce they were closing during the 2007 Halloween. In 2007 the cafe lobbied to get 24-hour food service and alcohol serving until 2a.m., the venues' furniture inside is bolted in place so it does not serve well as a dance bar, although it aligns with three other late night eateries in the neighborhood. In 2009 a farmers market started operating outside the cafe on Wednesday afternoons.