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Coffee Riverside

Arcade Coffee Roasters Mocktail

Riverside is the unofficial capital of Southern California’s Inland Empire, the city in the region with the largest population and home to a University of California branch that educates over 20,000 students per year....
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Coffee Orange County

Common Room Roasters Cappuccino [MOVED TO LONG BEACH]

Melbourne born roaster Ed Moffatt opened Common Room Roasters last year with Jeremy Creighton in a Newport Beach industrial park near Hoag Health Center. They roast beans behind glass on a Joper machine and...
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Matcha Los Angeles

Gindaco Iced Matcha au Lait

Gindaco is a takoyaki specialist that began in Gunma, Japan, in 1997. Their griddled octopus balls have proven to be quite popular in Japan, fueling expansion. The company now has nearly 500 locations in...
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Coffee Los Angeles

Coffee Commissary Glendale Espresso

Tyler King grew Coffee Commissary from a single West Hollywood location. Six Los Angeles branches now span three area codes. Their outpost in Glendale’s Kenneth Village is the largest coffee bar to date. This...
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Juice Orange County

Toast Kitchen + Bakery Passion Fruit Sugar Cane Juice

Sugar cane juice is known in Vietnamese as nước mía. I have a good memory of snagging a bag from a street vendor on a dream-like stroll through Hanoi in 2005. Since my initial...
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Cocktail Los Angeles

Mister O’s Trade Secret [CLOSED]

The former Studio City home to Take A Bao is now a Midcentury Modern dream called Mister O’s. Longtime Los Angeles restaurateur Michael Cardenas is a prolific restaurateur who co-founded Innovative Dining Group. IDG...
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