Dayglow
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Colorful Silver Lake multi-roaster for rare pour-overs, signature coffee drinks, and one of LA's strongest bean shelves.
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Dayglow
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
A colorful Silver Lake multi-roaster for rare filter coffees, serious bean browsing, and signature drinks that go far beyond the standard cafe menu.
Must Visit
Atmospheric
Open Late
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Endorffeine
Chinatown
Start here when the cup and the person making it are the whole point.
Best for breakfast
Civil Coffee
Highland Park
Go for Civil's original Highland Park room, Mexican coffee, brunch before 2pm, and a patio-backed daytime cafe visit.
Best quick stop
Bar Nine
El Segundo
A weekday El Segundo stop for house-roasted coffee, Bar Nine's Pure Espresso drinks, and bottled espresso to take home.
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Endorffeine
Chinatown, Los Angeles
Tiny Far East Plaza coffee bar for Jack Benchakul's exacting espresso, pour-over, light-roast guest coffees, and focused counter service.
Recognised • 2026
Kumquat Coffee
Highland Park, Los Angeles
Highland Park's clearest coffee-nerd pick for rotating roasters, dialed espresso, pour-over, matcha, and serious home-brew gear.
2 recognitions
Bar Nine
El Segundo, Los Angeles
El Segundo roaster-cafe for Bar Nine's Pure Espresso drinks, house-roasted coffee, weekday service, and bottled espresso to take home.
Be Bright Coffee
Melrose / Fairfax, Los Angeles
Melrose roaster-cafe from Frank and Michelle La for award-backed house-roasted coffee, pour-over, balanced signature drinks, matcha, light food, and beans to take home.
2 recognitions
Canyon Coffee
Echo Park, Los Angeles
Warm Echo Park roaster-cafe for organic house coffee, matcha pistachio, toasts, pastries, retail beans, and a short atmospheric sit.
Civil Coffee
Highland Park, Los Angeles
Highland Park original for Mexican coffee, signature espresso drinks, brunch before 2pm, patio seating, and beans to take home.
Document Coffee Bar
Koreatown, Los Angeles
Long-running Koreatown coffee bar for pour-over, maple cold brew, Korean tea drinks, pastries, and an art-gallery-like short stop.
Recognised • 2025
Go Get Em Tiger
Larchmont Village, Los Angeles
Larchmont Village original for bar-style GGET coffee, almond macadamia drinks, waffles, breakfast, lunch, and beans.
Intelligentsia Silver Lake Coffeebar
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Historic Sunset Junction coffeebar for Intelligentsia espresso, brewed coffee, patio seating, Wi-Fi, and beans to take home.
Loquat Coffee
Cypress Park, Los Angeles
Cypress Park roaster-led sibling to Kumquat for house-roasted espresso, pour-over, signature drinks, pastries, and beans to take home.
2 recognitions
Mandarin Coffee Stand
Pasadena, Los Angeles
Pasadena multi-roaster inside Burlington Arcade for Chinese-origin coffee, filter, matcha, signature tea-lattes, pastries, and beans to take home.
Recognised • 2025
Maru Coffee
Los Feliz, Los Angeles
Polished Los Angeles roaster-cafe for precise espresso, pour-over, cream-top signatures, matcha, and beans to take home.
2 recognitions
mu.sō
West Adams, Los Angeles
West Adams glass-and-patio cafe for specialty espresso, ceremonial matcha, signature orange and lavender drinks, music-led events, and pastries.
Obet & Del's Coffee
Thai Town, Los Angeles
Thai Town cafe for house-roasted coffee, Filipino iced coffee, Thai Town lattes, matcha, pastries, and a warm retro room.
Recognised • 2025
Quat Coffee
Glassell Park, Los Angeles
Glassell Park coffee compound from the Kumquat and Loquat team for house roasting, espresso, filter, matcha, retail beans, and Atelier Q tastings.
2 recognitions
Regent Coffee
Glendale, Los Angeles
Glendale roasters and brew bar for house-roasted espresso, pour-over, barrel-aged cold brew, and retail beans to take home.
Sightglass Coffee Hollywood
Sycamore District / Hollywood, Los Angeles
Large Hollywood flagship for Sightglass V60s, house-roasted beans, all-day food, patio seating, and a complete work-friendly cafe visit.
Stereoscope Coffee
Echo Park, Los Angeles
Echo Park anchor for a polished SoCal roaster: serious single-origin filter, precise espresso, matcha, and beans to take home.
Recognised • 2025
Tilt Coffee Bar
Downtown LA, Los Angeles
Compact Main Street espresso bar for house-roasted seasonal coffee, cloud drinks, matcha, retail beans, and a short downtown stop.
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