Category

Coffeehouse

Coffee Sign San Diego

Bird Rock Coffee Roasters: Specialty Beans in South La Jolla

The entire neighborhood of Bird Rock, not just the namesake Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, was entirely off my radar until San Diego native Giselle Wellman shed light on a previously unexplored component of her...
Read More
Coffee San Diego

Zumbar Coffee: Bringing Buzz to San Diego’s Sorrento Valley

San Diego’s Sorrento Valley has brain power to spare, with a high concentration of tech companies in the neighborhood, and those minds need fuel to keep humming. That’s where Zumbar Coffee comes into play....
Read More
Coffee Menu Orange County

Theorem: Progressive Costa Mesa Coffee Bar Joins Portola Mix [CLOSED]

From the moment Portola Coffee Lab opened in Costa Mesa’s OC Mart Mix in 2011, Jeff Duggan’s forward thinking company invited scrutiny thanks to their outfits (lab coats) and brewing equipment (space age). However,...
Read More
Coffee Sign San Francisco

The Mill: On The Grind in San Francisco

Jeremy Tooker is clearly an impatient coffee pro. We first met him in the alley behind Four Barrel Coffee in 2008, when he set up a temporary coffee bar before the roastery/cafe opened in...
Read More
Cafe Los Angeles

G&B Coffee @ SQIRL: Seasonal, Thoughtful, Ephemeral

Synchronicity isn’t just an album from The Police. It’s also what happens when like-minded people come together for a cause. In the case of G&B Coffee co-founders Kyle Glanville and Charles Babinski and SQIRL...
Read More
Market Napa

Ritual Coffee: New Context at Napa’s Oxbow Public Market

So often, a company’s initial surroundings help frame perception. For instance, Ritual Coffee Roasters initially got branded as a hipster hangout because the company debuted in San Francisco’s Mission District. However, when owner Eileen...
Read More