WHY The best latte on the eastside, great house-roasted beans and frequent live music.

WHAT One of Pasadena’s premier coffee roasters (the other is Jameson Brown), Jones has a globe-hopping selection of roasted beans (including organic choices) as well as green beans for home-roasting and offerings from the proprietors’ Guatemalan coffee plantation. And the espresso drinks are exquisitely crafted. Extras include baked goods from Euro Pane, tamales on Fridays, regular live music and, on Wednesday evenings in summer, a great food truck confab.

WHO Writers, moms, artists, Caltech and Art Center profs and students, Huntington docs… everyone who’s anyone in Pasadena.