A few more shots from Barista Parlor in Nashville. They take their coffee very seriously - check out these machines!
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So my friend Shelly Fairchild said she wanted to meet us for breakfast before we flew out of Nashville so she picked this uber-hip coffee spot for us to get together. They are pretty damn cool down there. But why does every hip, cool locale now have mason jars as glasses?
Coffee has become SUCH a big deal these days. Here’s an awesome little place in downtown LA. :)
Coffee Dictates: Submitting to the Caffeinated Pleasures of Handsome
The center of Los Angeles coffee culture is a fluid as the drink itself.
These days, the caffeine-scenti flock to an odd corner of Downtown’s Arts District, where the new Handsome Coffee Roasters sits across the street from an Italian fabric importer and around the corner from an indoor gun range.
But with your back to the plate-glass windows, you would think this was Abbot Kinney or Sunset Junction rather than a light industrial zone, what with the impeccable staff and clientele: This isn’t where you caffeinate while foggy-eyed and still in sweatpants.
Too bad, because the Fisticuffs Espresso that is the base of the roaster’s “espresso with milk” drinks–offered in 3, 5 or 10 ounces–delivers a fix with the tart, fruity-sweet kick of an expert light roast. And there are pastries from Proof Bakery to be had, including the Atwater fixture’s salt-scattered chocolate chip cookies ($4), which we believe are the true breakfast of champions.
If you tend to add sugar to your coffee, be sure to get a pastry, because Handsome does not offer sugar–or any kind of milk that doesn’t come from a cow.
Yes, they’re coffee Nazis here. But nice, Handsome ones.
Handsome Coffee Roasters, 582 Mateo Ave., Downtown; 323-606-3593 orhandsomecoffee.com
Rapha Eats: The Best Coffee In LA
NICE list….!!!
There’s nothing like starting your day off, or sitting back and enjoying, an amazing cup of coffee. After tons of trial and error, I’ve made my definitive list of the best places to find great coffee in LA. Hope this improves your morning routine.
1. Spring For Coffee, Downtown LA (Serving Stumptown Coffee from Portland, OR)
2. Caffe Luxxe, Brentwood Country Mart
3. LA Mill, Silverlake
4. Intelligentsia (Silverlake, Venice, and Pasadena)
5. The Conservatory, Culver City
6. Espresso Profeta, Westwood (Serving Espresso Vivace from Seattle, WA)
7. Balconi Coffee, West LA
8. Drip Bar, Roving Coffee Bar + Stand in Hollywood (Serving Blue Bottle Coffee from San Francisco)