Ballast Coffee is the ideal work station in West Portal. The quiet, airy cafe makes great iced and hot drinks (plus ube and calamansi-infused coffee), and serves mochi muffins from Third Culture ...

"Everybody started enjoying the drinks at work, so if I had a free moment I would ask some of the other fire houses, 'hey, you want to come by and grab a coffee?'" he said. "Even if we only had a ...