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Best Cafés in Los Angeles (2026)

Los Angeles takes its coffee and baking seriously, and its cafés are a good way to get to know individual neighbourhoods. On La Brea Avenue, République is a bakery café by day and restaurant by night, with pastries from a James Beard award-winning pastry chef. Sqirl on Virgil Avenue built its reputation on jams and preserves, and serves breakfast and lunch every day until mid-afternoon.

For specialty coffee, Intelligentsia's Silver Lake coffee bar has outdoor seating on Sunset Boulevard, Maru Coffee roasts its own beans and runs a calm, minimal shop in the Arts District, and Go Get Em Tiger has cafés across the city, including Larchmont Village. Near the beach, Gjusta in Venice is a bakery, deli and grocer that is ideal for picnic supplies. Weekend mornings are the busiest time at most of these cafés, so come early or on a weekday if you want a seat. Several do not publish opening hours on their websites, so check before you set out, especially if you are crossing the city for a particular stop.

6 places · Updated October 24, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Los Angeles

  1. République Bakery café and restaurant, Mid-Wilshire (La Brea Avenue)Bakery, café and restaurant in a historic building on La Brea Avenue, where James Beard award-winning pastry chef Margarita Manzke's breads and pastries anchor the daytime menu.
  2. Go Get Em Tiger (Larchmont) Specialty coffee shop, Larchmont VillageLos Angeles specialty coffee company with a café on Larchmont Boulevard, one of several Go Get Em Tiger shops across Los Angeles, known for carefully made espresso drinks.
  3. Sqirl Breakfast and lunch café, Virgil VillageDaytime café on Virgil Avenue known for its house-made jams and preserves from local produce, seasonal breakfast and lunch plates and pastries, open daily from 8am to 4pm.

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1. République

Bakery café and restaurant$$Mid-Wilshire (La Brea Avenue)

Bakery, café and restaurant in a historic building on La Brea Avenue, where James Beard award-winning pastry chef Margarita Manzke's breads and pastries anchor the daytime menu.

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3. Sqirl

Breakfast and lunch café$$Virgil Village

Daytime café on Virgil Avenue known for its house-made jams and preserves from local produce, seasonal breakfast and lunch plates and pastries, open daily from 8am to 4pm.

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6. Gjusta

Bakery, deli and grocer$$Venice

Venice bakery, deli and grocer from the team behind Gjelina, with breads, pastries, deli plates and coffee a short walk from the beach.

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