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Caffeinated Combat

  1. Caffeinated Combat
    Six Local Chefs, Coffee Roasters, And Breweries Collaborate On Brunch at Lot 613Teams like Ladyface Ale Companie and LAMILL Coffee will produce one-off coffee-flavored beers.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  2. Caffeinated Combat
    Is Starbucks Storming Highland Park?And the neighborhood H-words are apoplectic.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  3. Coming Soon
    Yo Ku Mon and Island Monarch Coffee Coming to Culver CityThe two sister franchises promise ice cream sandwiches with house-made cookies and coffee roasted and brewed before your eyes.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  4. Caffeinated Combat
    Handsome Coffee Roasters Offering Seven-Week Subscription For ColombianCo-founder Chris Owens will offer 50 customers access to seven weeks of great mud.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  5. Caffeinated Combat
    Koreatown’s Haus Dessert Boutique Purchased By Hawaii’s ‘Coffee Hunter’Chris Kim’s Kona-raised beans are some of the most expensive in town not coming out of a cat’s booty.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  6. Caffeinated Combat
    Citizens of Santa Monica Cry: ‘We Do Not Want Another Starbucks!’Locals are opposing the coffee chain pressuring a 25-year-old flower shop.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  7. Caffeinated Combat
    Tierra Mia Coffee Heading to Echo Park; Demitasse Moving Next to Michael’sIt’s raining mud, Hallelujah!
    By Hadley Tomicki
  8. Caffeinated Combat
    Stumptown Roastery and Cafe Headed To Downtown Arts DistrictTyler Stonebreaker and Michael Smith of Creative Space are opening the brand’s first Southern California branch.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  9. Caffeinated Combat
    Brite Spot Starts Serving StumptownEcho Park no longer need suffer the smug hipness at Intelligentsia.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  10. Openings
    What To Eat and Drink at Spazio Caffe, Now Open in Santa MonicaEverything from the beans to the design to the staff’s training can be traced back to The Boot.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  11. Openings
    TOMS Shoes Opens Coffee-Fueled Hangout in VeniceBlake Mycoskie extends his “What the World Needs Now” philosophy to a new flagship for locals.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  12. Caffeinated Combat
    Neighborhood Grinds Opening on Redondo PierThe celebrated small batch bean roaster and coffee shop also raises funds for South Bay non-profits.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  13. Caffeinated Combat
    Obsessive Coffee Connoisseurship Gets Experimental at Costa Mesa’s TheorumReservations-only tastings go heavy on scientific equipment and intensely researched history.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  14. Caffeinated Combat
    Cafe Luxxe Planning ExpansionThe brand is now roasting its own beans in a facility in Gardena.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  15. Caffeinated Combat
    Demitasse Plans to Roast Its OwnThe cafe is partnering with Tyrstero’s roaster on a new facility to open in mid-October.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  16. Leftovers
    Free Coffemakers For All at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf; Zam Zam Expands Hours andAnyone bringing a busted old machine to the West Hollywood location gets a gratis one valued at $179.99. eBay here we come!
    By Hadley Tomicki
  17. Caffeinated Combat
    Spazio Caffe Coming to Main Street Santa MonicaThe Italian import will have to tangle with Espresso Cielo just up the street.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  18. Openings
    Echo Lake Coffee Co. Upturns The DownbeatAlong with a new name, the pioneering neighborhood coffee joint has new owners and a new look, with a new menu on the way.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  19. Freebies
    Free Iced Coffee and Blendeds at Peet’s TodayOne medium refresher will be offered to all today until closing.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  20. Caffeinated Combat
    Starbucks Snitching on Cafe Dulce?The pop-up, planned for a six month run, was shut down not long after a manager at the chain came by to say hello.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  21. Openings
    Dogtown Coffee Opens in Santa MonicaThe cafe is a tribute to the bygone seventies era of Pacific Ocean Park.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  22. Empire Building
    Cafecito Organico Coasting to MalibuThe Point Dume location will be the single-origin mud-slinger’s third.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  23. Coming Soon
    Modern Eats Coffeehouse Coming to Silver LakeThe restaurant is bringing a bakery to a rather lonely strip mall on Glendale Blvd.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  24. Caffeinated Combat
    Sometimes People Banging Away on Laptops at Cafes Really AreAtwater’s Kaldi plays host to a revolving door of hopeful talents and broken dreams.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  25. Caffeinated Combat
    Plan Check Welcomes Coffee Tomo to The PartyThe Sawtelle bean roaster is behind the popular restaurant’s new coffee program.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  26. Coming Soon
    Bourgeois Pig Owner Opening Graffiti Coffeehouse in Mid-CityNow that chefs’ tattoos have lost their ability to shock, street art is increasingly being welcomed into restaurants.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  27. Openings
    Le Zinque Opens on Abbot Kinney for Ethical Mud and French McMuffinsThe cafe offers a more relaxed counterpoint to the street’s buzzing restaurant and coffee scene.
    By Hadley Tomicki