When a Los Angeles hipster needs coffee, they need it fast, and at a legitimate hipster approved coffee shop location. Nestled about three miles West of Downtown Los Angeles, the Silver Lake neighborhood boasts some of the trendiest coffee shops in the city catering to the LA artsy Bohemian elite. Of course, if you’re hip enough to live in Silver Lake, you already know where to score the best espresso con leche and Cuban pork sandwiches in Los Angeles For those Angelenos who have yet to explore the wonders of the East side of the West side of Los Angeles, here’s a short list of the best coffee shops in the Silver Lake area.
The Coffee Table Coffee Shop
2930 Rowena Ave Los Angeles, CA 90039
Hours: Monday-Sunday: 7:00AM-11:00PM
On any given Los Angeles weekday, The Coffee Table hosts a collection of hipster freelance artists banging out screenplays on their laptops, trading audition horror stories and/or making plans to rent a van for “The Tour.” The Coffee Table offers a cozy, laid back refuge for LA’s semi-employed entertainment industry hopefuls to be with their own kind. The Coffee Table in Silver Lake has a totally organic menu, serves breakfast until 3:00PM and even has a smoking patio out front for the heathens. The Coffee Table also boasts mosaic tabletops, tons of natural light and a rotating collection of local art.
Most dishes are priced from $7-10. Dinner entrees are $12-15.
Recommendations:
Breakfast: Huevos Rancheros
Lunch: Chicken Salad Wrap
Dinner: Shrimp Diablo Pasta
Coffee: Chai Tea Latte (Los Angeles hipsters aren’t scared to break the rules.)
Café Tropical Coffee Shop
2900 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Monday-Friday: 6:00AM-10:00PM
Saturday-Sunday: 6:30AM-10:00PM
The walls are plastered with posters of Che Guevara and the side room serves as a political organizing space. If you’re interested in hanging out with the liberal-minded hipsters of Los Angeles, Café Tropical is the Silver Lake coffee shop for you. Café Tropical offers a full selection of revolutionary-minded espresso drinks, fresh-squeezed juices and smoothies, Cuban pastries and light dining fare.
Sandwiches and salads are priced at $4-7. Pastries range from $1-4.
Astro Family Restaurant & Coffee Shop
2300 Fletcher Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90039
OPEN 24 HOURS
Every Los Angeles hipster needs their own 24-hour diner hangout that looks like the set of a Quentin Tarantino movie. Astro Family Restaurant & Coffee Shop has been serving up massive plates of classic diner fare in a indie-film atmosphere since 1982-WAY before it was cool. For $2.05, you can get a bottomless cup of coffee that stays hot all night long so you can pick your code names and plan your big caper. Astro offers one of the broadest coffee shop menu selections of any restaurant in Silver Lake, maybe in all of Los Angeles. This classic diner menu boasts serves of breakfasts, a mega-page of burgers and sandwiches, an Italian section, a Mexican section, a seafood section and even beer and wine. And of course, the classic coffee shop rotating refrigerated pie case. If you’re in Silver Lake looking for a place to feed your face after a night of drunken clubbing or a place to sit quietly and sip coffee while brainstorming ideas for that new one-woman show, Astro Family Restaurant & Coffee Shop is a comfort food paradise.
Entrees range from $8-12 with nightly specials costing a bit more.
Recommendations:
Breakfast (Preferably around 2:00AM): Avocado Omelet
Lunch: French Burger with Grilled Onions and Bleu Cheese
Dinner: Six Shooter Breakfast
Coffee: Black
