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Café entertainment in Los Angeles

  1. A

    Abbot’s Habit

    With its crunchy, unwashed vibe – messenger bags, dreadlocked hippies, ’80s indie classics on the airwaves – scruffy Abbot’s Habit feels more Colorado mountain town than shiny LA surf city. But then you see the flip-flops, dude, and it all seems right. The coffee’s strong, the pastries are fresh and the patio’s made for loitering. Check it out, bro.

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  2. B

    On the Waterfront Cafe

    For a little German-style conviviality, oom-pah-pah your way over to the lively patios at On the Waterfront Cafe, where a boisterous international crew guzzles pitchers of Bitburger and Erdinger. Lots of pub grub and a few Germanic specialties – potato pancakes, bratwurst, Swiss dried beef – keep the boardwalk-adjacent revelers going all day long.

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  3. C

    Lost Souls Café

    A keen java radar is required to track down this coffeehouse-cum-community-lab down a dark alley off 4th St (don't worry, it only looks scary). Inside, it's a cool spot where local latterati hang out for a chat, to check their email or to listen to poets or bands.

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