Ann's

Ann's Coffee Shop

772 Santa Cruz Avenue

Ann Gilberg opened her coffee shop at 728 Santa Cruz Avenue (in 2013 this space is occupied by Le Boulanger) in 1946. After Menlo Florist owner Leigh Aldrich bought the building on the corner of Crane St (about 1962), Ann's Coffee Shop relocated to 772 Santa Cruz Avenue.

New owners (name?) took over operation of Ann's in 1992. In 2008 Nicki Poulus bought Ann's. Much of the decor as well as the menu remained as it was in the '50s. In 2021 the building housing Ann's was sold and the restaurant forced to close. For additional information, click here for the relevant InMenlo.com article and here for the Mercury News article.

There is also an article by Lydia Dioli Cooper in The Gate Post XLVII, No. 3 July-September 2021.

Photo taken 30 May 2013

Last updated 30 December 2014