{"id":86368,"date":"2025-12-08T17:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86368\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:51:06","slug":"yes-san-franciscos-hi-nrg-is-sceney-but-its-worth-waiting-in-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86368\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, San Francisco\u2019s HI NRG Is Sceney \u2014 But It\u2019s Worth Waiting in Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">The cooler-than-thou duo running coffee pop-up <a href=\"https:\/\/hinrg.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HI NRG<\/a> have created one of San Francisco\u2019s few genuine FOMO vibes in just over a year. Luis Gonzalez and Nathan Kruse\u2019s time at wine bar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hightreasonsf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">High Treason<\/a> has cemented the Coffee Movement alums as a spot for morning <a href=\"https:\/\/sf.eater.com\/dining-out-in-sf\/204234\/coffee-party-event-hi-nrg-san-francisco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">see-and-be-seen DJ sets<\/a> and innovative coffee drinks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Walking up to HI NRG, you\u2019re as likely to see twenty-somethings decorated in camouflage who have never held a gun as you are to see a serious-looking watercolor painter posted up by the door. The line moves quicker than you\u2019d think, music is as front-and-center as coffee, and you will probably find a seat (but don\u2019t bet on it on the weekends).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Don\u2019t try to drive to HI NRG. If you must, expect difficult parking. Then, unless it\u2019s a weekday, expect a long line. Then, if you like what you see, come by for one of the pop-up\u2019s coffee tastings, advertised on their <a href=\"https:\/\/hinrg.substack.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Substack<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cooler-than-thou duo running coffee pop-up HI NRG have created one of San Francisco\u2019s few genuine FOMO vibes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[28829,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-86368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-san-francisco","10":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","11":"tag-san-francisco-news","12":"tag-sf","13":"tag-sf-headlines","14":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}