COFFEEBAR | Downtown L.A.
600 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles
Hours: M-F 7am to 6pm; Sat-Sun 8am to 6pm
Beans: Noble Coffee, Verve Coffee, Handsome Coffee
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About:
A generous space just a few doors down from Spring for Coffee, with outlets everywhere for the equipped. A nice patio in front for you, your pup, and a cup.
TIERRA MIA | South Gate
4914 Firestone Boulevard, South Gate
Hours: M-Th 6:30am to 11pm, F-Sat 6:30am to Midnight, Sun 7am to 11:30pm
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11700 Telegraph Road, Sante Fe Springs
Hours: M-W 8:30am to 7pm, Th 8:30am to 5pm, F 1pm to 5pm, Sat Noon to 4pm
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6706 Pacific Boulevard, Huntington Park
Hours: Sun-Th 6:30am to 10pm, F-Sat 6:30am to 11pm
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Beans: Roasted on-site
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About:
Tierra Mia sources coffee from the same farms as Intelligentsia, then roasts the beans on-site at its Huntington Park location. The menu has pourovers and espressos, but the standouts are the third-wave takes on drinks like the cubano and horchata latte.
INTELLIGENTSIA COFFEE | Los Angeles
3922 W. Sunset Blvd., Silver Lake
Hours: Sun-W 6am to 8pm, Thu-Sat 6am to 11pm
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1331 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice
Hours: M-W 6am to 8pm, Th-F 6am to 11pm, Sat 7am to 11pm, Sun 7am to 8pm
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55 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadnea
Hours: M-Sat 6am to 12am, Sun 7am to 12am
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Beans: Intelligentsia Coffee
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About:
The great Chicago roaster landed in Los Angeles in 2007, ushering in the city’s slow coffee renaissance. Each location is distinct: Silver Lake is a true coffee bar, with patio seating and hipster attitude; Venice throws casual beachside laze in an industrial steampunk setting; and Pasadena is a slightly more refined cafe that serves coffee alongside full menus of food and beer.
DEMITASSE | Little Tokyo
Demitasse135 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles
Hours: M-W 7am to 8pm; Th-F 7am to 9pm; Sat 8am to 9pm; Sun 8am to 8pm
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Beans: Equator Coffees and Teas + rotating guest roaster
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About:
This Little Tokyo cafe offers you the chance to smell before you brew: the day’s selection of beans and teas line the Aroma Bar next to the ordering counter; sniff out the one you like, and the barista will brew it for you in a Clever dripper or siphon filter. Iced coffee is made Kyoto-style. Pair your coffee with a Compartes truffle - try the Demitasse-exclusive chocolate infused with coffee.
LONGSHOT COFFEE | Various Farmers Markets
Various farmers markets; see website for details
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Beans: Longshot Coffee
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About:
If you’re Australian, or Australian at heart, and you’ve grown tired of coffee shops giving you a latte when you really just wanted a flat white, you’d be advised to find Mark Baird and his Longshot Coffee. Primarily a mobile espresso bar, Longshot also pops up at a few farmers markets in town, serving its own beans, Australian-style.
CAFE DULCE | Little Tokyo
134 Japanese Village Plaza, Building E, Los Angeles
Hours: Daily 8am to 10pm
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Beans: LAMILL Coffee
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About:
The primary focus here is on the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese-inspired pastries, but don’t let that draw your attention away from the coffee program. It’s a solid menu of classics, plus other coffee drinks you’ll be hard pressed to find elsewhere in LA. The Vietnamese coffee, for example, is easily the best you’ll find without having to trek out to the San Gabriel Valley.
10 Places to Get a Damn Good Cup of Vietnamese Coffee (LA Weekly)
COGNOSCENTI COFFEE | Atwater Village
3156 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles
Hours: Tues-Sun 8am to 4pm
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Beans: Four Barrel Coffee
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About:
Yeekai Lim is the one-man barista behind Cognoscenti Coffee. His former pop-up station has found a home in the excellent Proof Bakery; grab a rustic French-style pastry to complement his cortado.
Drink This Now: Cognoscenti Coffee’s On-the-Menu Cortado (LA Weekly)
10 Places to Get a Damn Good Cup of Coffee (LA Weekly)
BROOME ST. GENERAL STORE | Silver Lake
2912 Rowena Ave., Los Angeles
Hours: M-Sat 8am to 8pm; Sun 9am to 6pm
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Beans: Gimme! Coffee
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About:
The only place in California where you can pick up Gimme! Coffee beans is here at the Broome St. General Store.
Broome St. General Store Brews Gimme! Coffee: New Yorkers Rejoice (LA Weekly)
CAFECITO ORGANICO | Los Angeles
534 N. Hoover St., Los Angeles
Hours: M-W 6am to 6pm; Th-F 6am to 8pm; Sat 7am to 8pm; Sun 7am to 6pm
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710 N. Heliotrope Dr., Los Angeles
Hours: Sun-Th 7am to 7pm; F-Sat 9am-9pm
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Beans: Roasted locally
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About:
One of the first artisan LA-based roasters.
10 Places to Get a Damn Good Cup of Coffee (LA Weekly)
ESPRESSO CIELO | Santa Monica
3101 Main Street, Santa Monica
Hours: Daily 7am to 7pm
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Beans: 49th Parallel
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About:
The only shop in Southern California carrying Vancouver’s famed 49th Parallel beans.
10 Places to Get a Damn Good Cup of Coffee (LA Weekly)
COFFEE COMMISSARY | West Hollywood
801 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles
Hours: Daily 7am to 8pm
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Beans: Victrola Coffee, Coava Coffee, Sightglass Coffee
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About:
A minimalist mentality to great coffee.
10 Places to Get a Damn Good Cup of Coffee (LA Weekly)
Drive Thru by Coffee Commissary to Bring Craft Coffee to Laguna Beach (LA Weekly)
SPRING FOR COFFEE | Downtown LA
548 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles
Hours: M-F 6:30am to 9pm; Sat 8am to 8pm; Sun 8am to 5pm
Beans: Stumptown Coffee, Intelligentsia Coffee, Ritual Coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee
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817 S. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles
Hours: M-F 7am to 5pm; Sat 8am to 4pm; Sun Closed
Beans: Blue Bottle Coffee exclusively
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About:
A tiny coffee shop that is greatly loved by the neighborhood.
10 Places to Get a Damn Good Cup of Coffee (LA Weekly)
PORTOLA COFFEE LAB | Costa Mesa
3313 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa
Hours: Daily 6am to 9pm
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Beans: Roasted on-site
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About:
Arguably Orange County’s first “third-wave” coffee shop, Portola Coffee Lab takes the “lab” in “Coffee Lab” to the extreme, down to the lab coats. The shop roasts its beans on-site in an advanced smokeless roaster and is home to the only Slayer espresso machine in Southern California.
Portola Coffee Lab and “The Best Fresh-Roasted Coffee in the World” (LA Weekly)
COFFEE TOMO | West LA
11309 Mississippi Ave., Los Angeles
Hours: M-F 7am to 10:30pm; Sat 9am to 10:30pm; Sun 9am to 9pm
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Beans: Roasted locally
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About:
In addition to individually brewing with freshly roasted beans, the shop’s unique stuffed pretzels are freshly made to order.
Coffee, Pretzels, and Friendship at Coffee Tomo (LA Weekly)
CHIMNEY COFFEE HOUSE | Downtown
1100 N. Main Street, Los Angeles
Hours: M-F 7am to 9pm; Sat 8am to 9pm; Sun 9:30am to 5pm
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Beans: Counter Culture Coffee
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About:
This shop sits between Chinatown and the local UPS facility, but don’t let that location throw you off. The shop is one of the few (if only) LA shop that brews Counter Culture beans; the menu also features non-American, but equally wonderful, coffee drinks like ca phe sua da (Vietnamese iced coffee). The pastries are all made in-house - try the beignets.
Now Open: Chimney Brick Toast Coffee House (LA Weekly)
