Born in Munich.

Espresso at the door, courtyard tables set, regulars arrive on foot.

First arrivals park along the courtyard wall. The line fills the street by 10:30.

When someone has something to say — a recent acquisition, a film, a piece of restoration work — they take ten minutes by the courtyard wall.

Cars roll out. Coffee cups returned. Officially we close at 14:00 — the last conversations often run well into the afternoon.