i am susan wisebering, i second everything everyone said about the importance of businesses like this to the community. i want to tell you a story how that affects me personally. i first went to caffe sapore in the early 2000s when a man i was dating brought me there and introduced me to elias. that relationship didn't last but my relationship with the cafe did. i saw the regulars and attended the neighborhood meetings. seven years ago i joined the meditation group harvey referred to that meets at the telegraph hill neighborhood center. we go regularly to caffe sapore on fridays after sitting for what we call pie in honor of the many types of pie that we choose. i have been at caffe sapore for tea and crescent every friday morning for the past seven years. i have gotten to know him and his taste for early bob dillon. he has gotten to know me and my taste for jasmine tea. i watched his kids getting bigger as they sat at the table doing homework before school started. if this doesn't describe a legacy neighborhood serving business i don't know what would. i hope you make it official. >>