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    Drinks!!
    Anita C.

    Menu: the chef specials are so creative on a constant rotation. I also appreciate that I can bring a visiting coworker to this place and they can find something to eat based on their dietary restriction or preference. They also have plenty of snacks and drinks. Execution: I've eaten at the office HQ cafeteria many times and I prefer to eat here! The office cafeteria chef specials are either too seasoned or too salty. Everything here is well seasoned and balanced. Staff: the security and cafe staff are so kind and friendly that they have become a bright spot of my day. The smiles and greetings make the work day not so lonely.

    Pancakes without the promised seasonal fruit compote and powdered sugar.
    Vanessa F.

    I really wanted to like this place given the awesome prices, and delicious looking menu. On my second day at the California Endowment Center, I grabbed my coffee and breakfast from the cafe. I ordered the "short stack," which was described as three pancakes with seasonal fruit compote and powdered sugar. It took nearly 15 minutes to get my order even though there were only two other people there. The pancakes were slightly undercooked, and had no fruit or sugar. Gave the extra star because the drip coffee was ok. The muffins, which are brought in from Homeboy Bakery, were good. I had originally planned to eat lunch there, but ended up going off site due to the lackluster breakfast experience.

    Apple cake and breakfast burrito
    Melissa R.

    I love love LOVE Rise Up Cafe! Located inside the California Endowment Center, which I have to often frequent for work, it is such a good spot to grab a good reasonably-priced breakfast. Service is always great, and everyone is soooo friendly! They often have specials, so that can be deliciously fun. I am very into their breakfast burrito, made with egg, tater tots, and cheese all wrapped in a spinach tortilla. All of their breakfast items are under $4, which is such a steal, particularly for LA! I cannot say much about their lunch, as I always go off-site for that (sorry, but I can't resist all the other places this area has to offer!), but I ALWAYS make time for breakfast here. Pastries and cookies are amazing, as they come from Homegirl Cafe. I don't think I need to say more about this, if you've tried the pastries at Homegirl... so good! Do yourself a favor, if you come to the Endowment Center, make sure to stop by Rise Up Cafe. :)

    Pastries from Homeboy Industries
    Lynn O.

    Rise Up! Cafe is located in the heart of The California Endowment Center. If you're there for an event that is not catering, they have your basic necessities to fill your gut for the time being at very cheap/reasonable prices, too! Their coffee, espresso and tea menu is rather simple and very cheap compared to neighboring cafes. They also have a selection of cold, bottled beverages. While they have ready-made salads, fruit cups, and sandwiches, they also have warm sandwiches and cooked meals to choose from such as breakfast burritos, pancakes, soups and burgers. Love that they sell Homeboy Industries' pastries! Plenty of friendly staff on deck, too. :)

    The food taste great! The service is very fast and polite. The Cafe is located inside an office building, so to enter you need to sign in with the guard. Apple Maps say that it is open on Fridays as well but it is only open Monday - Thursday.

    Cajun shrimp tacos, Mexican rice, fried zucchini
    Michelle S.

    This cafe is inside the California Endowment Center. You will need to sign in at the front desk before making your way inside toward the cafe. The cafe posts their weekly menus online with their specials. In addition to the specials, they have a variety of sandwiches, salads, and sides that are fixed items. If you're ordering from the weekly specials, you can get 1 entree and 2 sides for $5.75. It is a good amount of food for less than $6 and worth every penny. You get so much food. They also have a small selection of baked items, fruit cups, and an assortment of drinks. I highly recommend if you work around LA/Chinatown to check this place out during your lunch break!

    Exterior, within the Endowment's courtyard

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    good food. great prices. excellent service. i recommend this place prices are reasonable

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    11 months ago

    Great place to eat, great service best places to visit and enjoy some great food if your in the area stop by.

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    4.5(463 reviews)
    0.3 miDowntown
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    Came here on a Monday morning so I could get some work done while my husband studied, and it was…read moresuch a great experience. The café is located within an apartment complex and offers underground parking, which the coffee shop validates the first hour is only $3. Street parking is also available. You follow the café signs to an elevator, and once you arrive, you're welcomed into a moody, beautiful space. DOGS ARE ALLOWED which is awesome. There's plenty of seating both indoors and outdoors. The outdoor area feels like a balcony terrace combo with a small but lovely view of the LA skyline. We sat here and our doggo enjoyed a nap in the sun. It's a great spot to work, study, or catch up with friends without feeling cramped or rushed. The staff was incredibly kind, welcoming, and friendly. They offer a nice variety of drinks, and we ordered an iced matcha latte and a hot Madagascar vanilla latte. For pastries, we chose a guava madeleine and a cookie butter madeleine. Everything is made fresh, and they actually whisk the matcha for each drink, which really shows in the quality. Our drinks came out quickly and were delicious. I loved my matcha, and my husband really enjoyed his latte. The pastries were also great, especially the cookie butter madeleine. This café is dog-friendly, which is a nice bonus. Overall, it was such a pleasant experience, and we'll definitely be back.

    Parking is difficult and expensive. You have to park separately, walk over, and take an elevator up…read moreto the cafe. They only validate for 30 minutes, which honestly feels short given the setup. The vibes are immaculate though. Excellent music selection and sound quality -- it made the space really easy to focus in (unless you hate music). That alone elevated the experience a lot for me. I went on a Monday around 5 PM and they had no food available, which was disappointing because the kimchi fried rice sounded amazing. I ordered the matcha, and it was genuinely excellent. The foam had a slight saltiness to it that paired really well with the drink, and the matcha itself tasted high quality. I wouldn't change anything about it. My drink came out to around $9 including tip. Overall, I really liked this place and would probably come here often if I lived nearby. Between the expensive parking, limited outlet-to-seat ratio, and lack of food during my visit, I'd give it a solid 4/5.

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    Archives Of Us - Tiramisu cream top, matcha cream top

    Tiramisu cream top, matcha cream top

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    4.4(364 reviews)
    1.6 miEcho Park
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    Small coffee shop in Echo Park that has a serene, chill vibe. The service is friendly here and this…read moreplace looks like a great place for people to hang out as well as just picking up some beverages and snacks on the go. A friend and I stopped here because we needed to pick me up while running some errands. I just ordered an einspanner and it was delicious. It came out quickly and we were on our way.

    I went to Stereoscope Coffee Echo Park yesterday afternoon. I ordered two hot Americanos and a hot…read moreVanilla Latte (decaf with almond milk). It was really interesting that one of the Americanos was made with Ecuador Los 4 Mundos beans, and the other was made with Colombia El Diviso. When a staff member brought over my hot Vanilla Latte, I asked to make sure it was decaf. He took it back just to double-check for me, and then confirmed that it was indeed decaf. The coffee here is all delicious, and the staff are incredibly friendly, which I really liked. However, the chairs were quite uncomfortable to sit in, and the Vanilla Latte was still pretty sweet even though I ordered it "less sweet." Still, the coffee tastes so good and the staff are so incredibly kind, so it's a really great coffee shop. P.S. A funny thing: They had dog treats in a jar. I immediately thought of my boss's absolutely super, incredibly cute dogs, so I asked for an empty cup and packed some treats to bring to the office for them today. But when I finished my coffee and was heading out, I totally forgot and accidentally threw the cup of treats away along with the empty coffee cups. OMG. (But seriously, all dogs and cats always absolutely love me. Hahaha. When I get to work, my boss's dogs come over wagging their tails and greeting me so excitedly--they are just so, so adorable. And as for cats, there's a stray that I've been feeding every single morning on my way to work for over 4-5 years now. She currently lives at the Buddhist temple I attend. Every day when I go, she follows me around everywhere. She absolutely loves it when I scratch her back with a brush, and when I'm done and try to leave, she taps my foot to tell me to scratch more! It's just so totally cute and lovable. It's a completely white cat, and so incredibly pretty.)

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    Kokoro No Coffee - Matcha Latte and Latte with Coffee Jelly and Einspanner Cream I think? SO DELICIOUS

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    5.0(17 reviews)
    0.9 miLittle Tokyo, Downtown

    What an absolute treat in the Japan Town area! Not too far from the center, just a short walk away…read moreis Kokoro No Coffee- a pop-up coffee shop at Aloha Cafe. I stumbled across their Yelp page when I was visiting from out of town and checked the Instagram for their hours on a Saturday afternoon and was happy to see they were open! I am a sucker for pop-up coffee shop/cart concepts so I had to check it out. The pop-up is easy to find, it's outside facing into the parking lot, and they had a cute A-frame sign out by the street side. There was no line, and I ordered and sat down at one of the tables out front. The service was so warm, and I believe the shop is owned and operated by one man on his own! He was an absolute delight to meet, and he brought my matcha latte to me at the table when it was prepared. He suggested I get the cream top on it, and boy was that the perfect recommendation. I would say I'm a little bit of a matcha fiend... I think I got a matcha latte at 3 different places this day... and this one far surpassed the others. I think it was one of the best matcha lattes I have ever drank to-date. It was perfectly green, the matcha quality was phenomenal, both taste and look-wise. The texture was just right, perfectly creamy with barely any grittiness. The cream top only added to the drink, and didn't take away from the matcha flavor at all, which I feel like has happened at other places for me. I'm dreaming of this matcha latte days later, and need to go back to Kokoro No Coffee as soon as I am in town again. This was a spectacular find, and I hope this spot gets all the love it deserves! There is truly nothing like a great business ran by a great person and you can tell there's so much intention put into this concept. Highly, highly recommend and I could not sing praises more!

    Got there at 9am and ordered drinks. Friendly service and delicious coffee beans. Great pop up…read morespot to support located at Aloha Cafe in little Tokyo! I could see some outdoor sitting option to wait or enjoy coffee being helpful, yet currently it is only take out with paper and plastic cups available.

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    So good!!!!!!!

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    4.6(30 reviews)
    0.2 miChinatown

    Fortunately my fiancee and I were in town for the weekend and could catch Kape Lasita. They have a…read morenice compact menu with not too much going on. Since we were trying to eat at as many places without feeling food coma'ed out, we ordered 1 Corn Beef Silog. Calamansi Tonic Espresso and Black Mamba. The Corn Beef Silog was really solid, it was also deep fried in a Panko Crusted outer layer which is their take on a Croquette. We particularly like the crunch it adds to the dish. But yeah it was the corn beef has we were looking for mixed with the good 'ol garlic rice and sunny side up egg. The vinegar they used was a lot stronger than I thought and I think they could do without it. The tonic espresso grew on me, upon first sip, I could taste the tonic and I haven't had tonic before so I wasn't feeling it. Until I mixed it and it got a lot better. What was really cute too, is they have pop up vendors and it was a bread and dessert vendor that are right across the counter. What caught my eye was this apron that was a collaboration between Garden and Seeds x Lasita. It had so many pockets and it went from a short apron to a long one with just a zipper. I bought this for the sole purpose of wearing it as an accessory as Tan/Brown pairs well with black and white clothing. Staff was so nice and helpful when ordering and even inquiring about the apron since there was no price on it. Hopefully we'll be back and can catch them during their dinner service!

    My fiance and I went for their breakfast on a weekend morning and their silogs were amazing!…read more we got the corn beef silog and I love that it has a crispy exterior to it for that crunch. the garlic rice and egg was also solid. drinks: we got the calamansi espresso tonic and black mamba. the black mamba was on the sweeter side. everything came out pretty quickly and we were able to get a booth with no problem. parking: on Sunday the meter is free! but there is also a parking lot next door that is paid.

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    Kape Lasita - Outside

    Outside

    Kape Lasita - Corn beef silog

    Corn beef silog

    Kape Lasita - Iced matcha w/ vanilla-pandan

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