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Issue 01

Six coffee bars on Sunset.

Met In cover for the coffee guide: two red Pacific Electric streetcars at Sunset Junction in 1952, with the Local Time Office masthead and the title 'Six coffee bars on Sunset.' printed on the cream paper.
Archive photograph — Metro Transportation Library & Archive, 1952 (public domain)

A short, selective walk along Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake, from Picnic to Intelligentsia.

Guide by Marco Castaneda / Walking guide

The guide · 6 stops, in walking order

  1. 01
    Picnic Coffee ↗

    3116 1/2 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

    A tiny, easygoing stop for excellent espresso and the kind of sidewalk pause that feels distinctly Silver Lake.

  2. 02
    Loquat ↗

    3300 Sunset Blvd Ste 106, Los Angeles, CA 90026

    Visit for adventurous coffee served in a warm, beautifully considered room that feels polished yet unmistakably Los Angeles.

  3. 03
    Yala Coffee ↗

    3814 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

    Go for the sand-brewed coffee and Middle Eastern flavors that make the familiar coffee run feel entirely new.

  4. 04
    La Colombe Coffee Workshop ↗

    3900 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029

    Come for a reliably strong cup and stay for one of Sunset Junction’s easiest places to settle in and watch the neighborhood move.

  5. 05
    Tartine Silver Lake ↗

    3921 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029

    Choose it when coffee needs to become breakfast: exceptional bread, beautiful pastries, and a sunlit room made for a slower morning.

  6. 06
    Intelligentsia Coffee ↗

    3922 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029

    The Silver Lake institution for meticulous coffee, mosaic-tiled atmosphere, and some of the neighborhood’s best people-watching.

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