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Spring for Coffee is open downtown

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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3 guys + 292 square feet = 1 cute coffee shop.

It seems that every time I blink, a new spot opens on Spring Street. But it’s easy to miss this micro-coffee joint that opened a few weeks ago in the SB Lofts building at 6th Street. Jess Ritz alerted me to the goings-on of co-owners Archie Hernandez, Maru Nagano and Ken Yoshitake.

There are just a few seats and a couple of tables outside on the sidewalk; inside the tiny space are charming touches such as an antique chandelier and a music stand recovered from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. They’re pulling espressos from a La Marzocco GB5 (you can also get your coffee fix via other various brewing methods) with a rotating roster of beans from Intelligentsia, LA Mill and Equator (there are Equator teas too). The milk is from Straus Family Creamery. And Röckenwagner pastries are delivered daily.

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548 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, (213) 228-0041.

-- Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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