WHY Lime rickeys, Fosselman’s ice cream and gentle baristas. WHAT A few steps from the Gold Line, this colorful neighborhood hub offers prime people-watching from a handful of sidewalk tables. Or grab an inside table (upstairs or down) to sip a latte or savor a scoop of mint chip. WHO School kids, commuters, local loft-dwellers [...]
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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 [...]
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WHY Homemade rugelach and 50-cent refills. WHAT This adorable historic brick building, complete with homey outdoor patio, has a folksy, East Bay/East Village vibe (but no, Bob Dylan does not own it, local rumor mill notwithstanding). WHO Young moms, students, writers and people without cell phone addictions (there’s an outdoor-calling-only policy). 1725 Broadway, Santa Monica, [...]
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WHY Proper afternoon tea service, plus 18 kinds of iced tea, more than 300 loose-leaf teas and a relaxed, comfortable café setting. WHAT One of L.A.’s best tea salons, T is the first offshoot of a successful New York spot of the same name, and it’s had the same success as its parent. There’s a [...]
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WHY For take-home organic and/or fair-trade beans, roasted on-site, and an excellent cup of coffee while you’re there. WHAT Rocky Rhodes (yes, that’s his name) has a thriving roasting business here, and he also sells beans from fair-trade sources for the ambitious to roast at home. Next door is a no-frills coffeehouse that makes the [...]
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