For nearly two decades Steven Satyricon had worked at a local coffeehouse on the edge of San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro district until the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close its doors in March 2020.
He didn't work for 18 months, as even after the business reopened it did so with reduced staffing and didn't bring him back.
Then he happened to hear over the summer that the queer co-owners of the Milk SF cafe on Valencia Street at 14th Street were looking to hire on employees with experience in food service and the coffee sector.
Queer himself, Satyricon started October 1 as its opening manager in the mornings. "I am really happy. They encourage us to play around and come up with flavors," he said one recent November morning as he made one of