Even though the space is the size of a shoebox, with little more than a single communal farm table and two small tables outside, Farm:Table has become the kind of place where you can get not only a good espresso and delicious, seasonal food (some of it made with produce from the cafe's rooftop garden), but also where neighbors become friends and regulars get jobs from each other.

Now it's launching a new location. Owner Shannon Amitin just signed a lease for a second coffee location a few blocks away in the Warfield Theater Building (988 Market, at Golden Gate), the epicenter for the Mid-Market revitalization efforts. Amitin says it's not going to be a sit-down café –even a tiny one like Farm: Table — but more like a coffee kiosk. He hasn't decided on a name yet, but is hoping to have it open by the end of January or February. Jan-Henry Gray, Farm:Table's current chef, will provide food for the new cafe, which will also sell pastries from Starter Bakery or B Patisserie, as well as cookies from former Absinthe pastry chef Carrie Collins.