francisco u.s. type bar opened 1948 website vesuvio.com vesuvio cafe is a historic bar in north beach san francisco california . located at 255 columbus avenue across an alley from city lights bookstore the building was designed by italian architect italo zanolini and finished in 1916 . 1 the bar was founded in 1948 by henri lenoir and was frequented by a number of beat generation celebrities including jack kerouac 2 allen ginsberg lawrence ferlinghetti and neal cassady as well as other notable cultural figures such as dylan thomas bob dylan rodger jacobs 2 and francis ford coppola . in the 1970s the bar was sold by lenoir to ron fein who died in 1985 and is still operated by the fein family along with janet clyde christopher clyde and manager emeritus leo riegler . the common alley shared with city lights was originally called adler but was renamed jack kerouac alley in 1988 . the alley was refurbished and converted to pedestrian only in 2007 . vesuvio is open every day of the year mondays through fridays from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m saturdays and sundays 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. references edit king john may 18 2013 . vesuvio provides portal to city s spirit . san francisco chronicle . a b jacobs rodger may 28 2009 . depression 2.0 sunday in kerouac alley . popmatters . external links edit official website coordinates 37 47 51 n 122 24 21 w 37.797365 n 122.40587 w 37.797365 ; 122.40587 this pub related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a building or structure in san francisco is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vesuvio cafe & oldid 743689187 categories drinking establishments in the san francisco bay arearestaurants in san franciscorestaurants established in 19481948 establishments in californianorth beach san franciscobarspub stubssan francisco building and structure stubshidden categories coordinates on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 18 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view