New York Times on L.A.'s Growing Coffee Scene

The New York Times goes on a Los Angeles coffee crawl (although it didn't get a chance to hit one of my faves, Cafe de Leche in Highland Park).

A few of their picks:

Bru Coffee Bar
1866 North Vermont Avenue (Los Feliz), Los Angeles; (323) 664-7500.

Coffee Commissary
801 North Fairfax Avenue (Fairfax District), Los Angeles; (323) 664-8633.

Cognoscenti Coffee at Proof Bakery
3156 Glendale Boulevard (Atwater Village), Los Angeles; (213) 986-6624

Espresso Cielo
3101 Main Street, Santa Monica; (310) 314-9999

Espresso Profeta
1129 Glendon Avenue (Westwood Village), Los Angeles; (310) 208-3375.

Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea
3922 West Sunset Boulevard (Silver Lake), Los Angeles; (323) 663-6173.
1331 Abbot Kinney Boulevard (Venice Beach), Los Angeles; (310) 399-1233.
55 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena; (626) 578-1270.

Paper or Plastik
5722 West Pico Boulevard (Mid-City), Los Angeles; (323) 935-0268.

Spring for Coffee
548 South Spring Street (Gallery District), Los Angeles, no telephone.
817 South Los Angeles Street (Garment District), Los Angeles, no telephone.

Back in March, the LA Weekly came up with its own list for best coffee in Los Angeles.