Mission Bubbles and Coffee

NOTE: the coffee part of this business has been closed for some time.
Let me start by saying that when this place is being managed properly, it’s a reasonably clean, normal laundromat. But the owners tend to let things slide and put the place in the care of random transients and it falls into disrepair.
This place is the reason I avoid doing laundry like the plague. It gets so disguising here. There is always trash all over the floor and drunk people sleeping at the desks. Most of the time at least half the washer/​dryers are out of order. Today I came in and was greeted by a homeless man with his pit bull (nothing against either of them, humans and dogs alike gotta sleep somewhere, just not where I’m trying to clean my clothing) The «help» was a mentally ill talking angrily to himself between pulls off a vodka bottle he has stashed in one of the washers. He paced in and out mumbling about vomit and had a three foot crowbar inside his jacket.
Meanwhile, the floor is littered with cigarette butts, spent dryer sheets, left behind clothing. There is a large hole in the ceiling where an upstairs unit clearly flooded, spilling sludge onto the washer below.
Oddly enough, the smell is one of the worst parts here: urine, vomit, rotten ceiling material, cigarette smoke, marijuana smoke, all not what I want my clean clothing to smell like. The worst offense was a couple months back when I noticed a strong smell of feces in the dryer area. I couldn’t find the source, and after searching I discovered the culprit: pieces of shit in the dryer. Hard, dried out chunks of smelly poo rocks. Had to spend $ 30 rewashing all the clothes.
I’d use my old laundromat but that has since become a coffee shop (eyeroll SO HARD) and I’m stuck with this strange place.

No coffee shop, dirty tables, questionable detergent trays on the front-​loading machines. Never again.

Laundry facilities with wifi and coffee. I can wash my clothes, get jacked up on caffeine and watch Family Guy on Netflix. What’s not to like?

Still a very new place but where else are you going to grab a great coffee and a Dynamo donut in that little stretch of real estate? Super convenient for me and David makes one of the best Americanos in the city.

Please excuse me of my infatuation with this coffee shop, but I am just in love with the idea of combining a laundromat and coffee shop. I’ve seen coffee shops combined with beauty stores, Bike clubs (SF Rapha Cycle Club, I’m looking at you), and markets. But, not a laundromat! I just get tingly sensations reminiscing about the unique experience of smelling laundry detergent & drying sheets with fresh coffee.
There is a lot of detail that went into building the coffee section of Mission Bubbles and Coffee. The wood and glass also provides enough separation between the laundromat and the precious coffee, pastries, and other goods.
Thoughts/​Things you may want to know:
+ They serve Verve coffee
+ Very clean laundromat
+ There is seating! Well, sort of. They have those tables/​seats (whatever you call them) you used to use in grade school. Scrappy and slightly ghetto. I like it.
+ You can order from the outside counter or immerse yourself inside for a fuller, aromatic ordering experience.
My mind is still blown at the thought of these two things coming together. I need to get over myself. Freakin’ Laundromat + Coffee.

I’ve been doing my laundry here for almost a year and was pleasantly surprised with the new owners and with Verve Coffee. I had a latte (with 2% milk) and it was really great: flavorful, perfect amount of broth and not scalding hot. Sooo good. I wish I had one right now!
The baristas are exceptionally friendly and knowledgeable. Plus: dynamo donuts!

I really like this place. There is good coffee around here if you want to walk 3+ blocks, but Mission Bubbles has the best coffee right near my office. They make a great macchiato.
The ambiance is a laundromat, but in the front where the coffee is, they’ve thought about the design with nice walnut counters. The staff is friendly and helpful.
Try it out.

Very pleased to see this place open up in my neighborhood! I no longer have to trek to Hayes Valley for Blue Bottle. They have a wide variety of pastries including some homemade pop tarts — I haven’t tried the pastries yet but they look YUM! The coffee is roasted in Santa Cruz and it’s called Verve coffee, the coffee is delicious! Only in San Francisco would you find a world class coffee and specialty donuts in a laundromat! I sooooo wish this was my laundromat back in the day when I had to schlep my laundry to the laundromat!

Under the former management, this place was a 1 star laundromat, homeless people and junkies would have full run of the place to drink, play asteroids and occasionally make you uncomfortable. It was reason enough to walk 3 more blocks to an always monitored and much larger laundromat.
New management has taken over this laundromat and to make themselves more marketable, they’ve added a great little café that serves Santa Cruz’s Verve Coffee. The coffee is of high quality, organic and one of the best I’ve had. I brew iced coffee at home and also enjoy grabbing one of their cold brewed iced coffees.
As for the laundromat, I would say that they look much better. Someone is always there during the day now so shenanigans I’m told don’t occur as much. Still I’m skeptical due to the location and lack of continuous monitoring and cleaning.
The owners seem very nice, so I hope they stay open and keep serving great coffee.

I am so excited to see this place open up!
I am a huge fan of specialty coffee as I am a barista myself.
They serve one of my favorite coffees called Verve Coffee roasted in Santa Cruz, CA.
The ALSO have my very favorite donuts from San Francisco called Dynamo Donut! OMG!
The baristas here are very knowledgeable, it’s obvious they care a lot about making coffee right.
I also really like the décor around the coffee shop with it’s wood cabin-​like feel.
What’s also pretty cool is that because it’s contained within a laundromat, I can get specialty coffee and sweets while I do laundry. An awesome treat!