Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea just opened their first (and hopefully not their last) west coast store. It is in super-cool Silver Lake, right next to The Cheese Store of Silver Lake and Flea's music school. I got turned on to their coffee a few months ago by a friend who works for the company. The store is great. Spare, open design, outdoor seating, counter seating inside with a beautiful blue and white Nicaraguan tile floor. Small drink menu, just your standard espresso drinks, drip coffee brewed by the cup and no Sugar-Bomb-Blended-Coffee-for-Beginners drinks. I got a macchiato, which was perfect. I hope their will make it out to the west side soon, but in the meantime I will have to "settle" for Caffe Luxxe.
Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea
3922 W Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90029
2 comments:
Hey Bree!
Great meeting you tonight at Billy Shire Fine Art! I'll have to try Intelligentsia...sounds good. Gotta love a place that has such gorgeous tile!
Intelligentsia saved me from feeling sad about the state of good beans in LA. The baristas there recommended the Gibraltar and now I am hooked. I'll have to try the macchiato!! Yum.
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