Melrose Avenue might be LA's best coffee street, full stop. In under two miles you can go from an award-winning roastery to a vinyl-listening café to a pink-walled Instagram landmark, and the coffee is genuinely good at all of them — this isn't a street that coasts on looks. Here's our walking guide to the coffee shops on Melrose Ave, running west to east the way you'd actually stroll it.
Coffee shops on Melrose Ave, west to east
1. Verve Coffee Roasters (8925 Melrose Ave)
Start at the west end with the heavyweight. Verve — Roast Magazine's Roaster of the Year — pours excellent single-origin coffee in a bright, airy space with lofty ceilings and bleached wood. The honey lavender draft latte is the signature for a reason, and the avocado toast with cultured butter has its own fan club. Great first stop: real seating, strong Wi-Fi, no rush.
2. Community Goods (8687 Melrose Ave) — our shop
Then come see us. Our Korean head barista built the menu around the Korean café drinks LA can't stop ordering — the viral Matcha Einspänner, cream-top lattes, ceremonial-grade matcha whisked to order. The line moves fast and the drinks are worth it; this is the stop your group chat has been sending you TikToks about.
3. Urth Caffé (8565 Melrose Ave)
The grand old institution of the avenue — organic since before it was cool, beloved by locals and celebrities, immortalized on Entourage. The Spanish latte and the deep tea menu are the move, but honestly, come at 3pm for the dessert case: cheesecake, old-fashioned pie, and cakes people plan their afternoons around.
4. Alfred Coffee at Glossier Alley (8509 Melrose Ave)
You can't walk this stretch without stopping at the pink gates. Alfred's Glossier Alley outpost — hidden next to the beauty brand's flagship — serves the iconic Glossier Pink Latte in what might be LA's most photographed café setting. The coffee's solid; the moment is the point.
5. Carrera Cafe (8251 Melrose Ave)
A few blocks east, Carrera is the charming patio stop — sunny outdoor seating, a good pastry case, and the iced pink chai that regulars swear by. It's the breather in the middle of the walk: sit, sip, watch Melrose do its thing.
6. Established Today (7707 Melrose Ave)
Half record store, half coffee shop, all vibe. Flip through vinyl at the listening stations while sipping a Thai iced coffee or the banana latte that reviewers call the best they've ever had. The banana cream matcha is the sleeper hit — genuinely one of the best matcha drinks on this side of town.
7. Be Bright Coffee (7311 Melrose Ave)
The credentials stop you in your tracks: U.S. Cold Brew Champion in 2021, and owner Frank La became U.S. Barista Champion in 2024. But Be Bright is really a neighborhood spot — beans roasted on-site every Tuesday, a small play area for kids, and iced lattes crowned with cold foam like the Vivid Cream Latte with brown sugar. Coffee nerds, this is your pilgrimage.
8. Coffee for Sasquatch (7020 Melrose Ave)
End at the east end with the best name in LA coffee. The futuristic, Sasquatch-themed space is bright white with plentiful outlets — a genuinely great work café — and the menu has personality: the Liverpool latte, the apricot shaken espresso, the brewchata. Grab a chocolate croissant with your cortado and call the walk complete.
Doing Melrose in one morning
The whole stretch is about two miles, flat and walkable. Realistic plan: pick four stops, not eight — your heart will thank you. Share drinks, order smalls, and go before 10am if you want seats; Melrose gets busy by noon. Start at our end with the Matcha Einspänner, end at Sasquatch with something iced, and you've had the best version of this street.
Quick answers
What's the best coffee shop on Melrose Ave for working? Coffee for Sasquatch (outlets everywhere, bright and calm) or Verve (real tables, strong Wi-Fi). Be Bright is lovely but smaller.
Which Melrose coffee shop is the most Instagram-famous? Alfred at Glossier Alley for the pink wall; Community Goods for the layered Matcha Einspänner that photographs itself.
Eight stops, one avenue, zero bad cups. Start with us — Community Goods, 8687 Melrose Ave in West Hollywood — and walk east from there.