Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photo of Caffe Trieste founders Ida and Gianni Giotta is one of many on display in the window of the cafe in San Francisco's ...

Giovanni Giotta motioned with his outstretched arm at one of the photos that almost entirely cover the wall of his North Beach cafe. "Do you know him?" he asked with his thick Italian accent. He ...

Giovanni Giotta motioned with his outstretched arm at one of the photos that almost entirely cover the wall of his North Beach cafe. "Do you know him?" he asked with his thick Italian accent. He ...

The regular Saturday concert at Caffe Trieste in North Beach was already under way when the cafe's founder, Giovanni Giotta — known to regular customers simply as Papa Gianni — arrived. He climbed ...

Since the early 1970s, Ida Giotta stood out among other San Francisco baristas by stepping from behind the espresso counter at Caffe Trieste and singing Italian arias in a clear, beautiful soprano - ...