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Small Bites: Changes at Gelato Bar, Seed restaurant opens, LA Mill’s Obama Blend

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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Coffee and gelato: Studio City’s Gelato Bar announces that it has ‘re-branded’ itself: Now it’s Gelato Bar and Espresso Caffe. And they are now serving coffees from Sonoma County-based roaster Ecco Caffe, pulling shots of espresso from their Synesso Cyncra espresso machine. Also, drip coffees are being ground and manually brewed by the cup. There are still 24 daily flavors of gelato and sorbetto. Coffee, gelato ... bring on the affogatos. 4342-1/2 Tujunga Ave., Studio City, (818) 487-1717. www.gelatobar-la.com

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More (vegan) ice cream ... : Eric Lechasseur and his wife, Sanae Suzuki, have opened Seed restaurant in Venice. They’ve dubbed it a vegan bistro and are serving organic curry bowls, panini and Asian salads, along with a tempeh-based selection and whole-grain burgers. Lechasseur was the opening chef of M Cafe de Chaya, and he and Suzuki have written macrobiotic cookbooks. There’s soft-serve ice cream too. 1604 Pacific Ave., Venice, (310) 396-1604. www.seedkitchen.com

More coffee ... : LA Mill unveiled its new flat-screen TV today to fete the new president, and for the rest of the day they’ll be featuring their today-only Obama Blend coffee for $3 (50 cents less than the regular featured blend). 1636 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 663-4441. www.lamillcoffee.com

-- 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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