LA has a lot of coffee shops. Some as famous and clout-signaling as celebrities. Others more like neighborhood gems worked into a local routine. Many come and go over the years. A lot of the coolest, most popular coffee shops are more concentrated on the east side. Caffe Luxxe is not one of those. Caffe Luxxe is decidedly a westside coffee shop. And an upscale west side one at that, with footprints in the bougiest parts of the neighborhoods. Montana in Santa Monica. Brentwood Country Mart. Dotting the coast along PCH. While east side cafes battle it out along Sunset in Silver Lake and Echo Park, Caffe Luxxe’s Sunset Blvd address is on the other end of the street in the Palisades.

It’s more spread out on the west side, but that doesn’t mean Caffe Luxxe wouldn’t hold up to our east side favorites. The brainchild of two friends who quit their corporate jobs in 2006 with the intent of creating a European cafe experience in LA, Caffe Luxxe has withstood the test of time a reliable presence on the west side for good coffee and pastries. They personally source coffee from farmers around the world and pride themselves in culinary dedication to crafting espresso drinks (and to their credit, a while before it was mainstream to care so much). Plus they have a fluffy samoyed as their mascot so immediate green flag.