LA Mill Coffee Boutique in Silverlake, now caffeinated and boozy

LA Mill Coffee Boutique now has its beer and wine license, say owners Craig Min and Jean Shim-Min. Soon the Silverlake cafe will be rolling out a list of beer, wine, sake and soju selections -- as carefully chosen as its menu of coffees and teas.

You can also expect a new menu to follow (possibly as soon as next month), put together by Providence chef Michael Cimarusti, something maybe a little more scaled-back than his current offerings of house-cured Tasmanian sea trout (one of my favorite dishes) or pork belly risotto with apricots and pu-erh tea. "I'd like a menu with an emphasis on value," Craig Min says.

1636 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 663-4441, www.lamillcoffee.com.

-- Betty Hallock

Photo credit: Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times