Kafe Neo vs. Ice Cream Man

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There are plenty of reasons to love Kafe Neo: its gargantuan lentil soup; its tangy, fire-roasted red-pepper pita dip; its Czechvar by the bottle. But the Bluff Heights eatery has another claim to fame—one that’s infinitely more rare and a lot more valuable: its Clover 1s “coffee [...]

Continue your coffee-fueled creativity at Sipology

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Little-known fact: this very paper was born in a coffee shop. Or to be more precise, conceived in a coffee shop and birthed in the living rooms of The District’s founding staff. We’ve long since acquired our own proper digs inside a cold office building—aren’t they always [...]

It wasn’t until the Friends-obsessed 1990s that coffee shops truly became essential to the modern American lifestyle, go-to meeting places where you could either unwind or perk up. Since then, faceless chains have largely filled that role, though plenty of local independents endure, if not thrive. Toorak, a month-old place adjacent to Deli News, is [...]

Loosen your tie at Fresh Foods Café

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Hours in the office don’t quite suppress an appetite, but they sure stifle it—hunger blunted and bludgeoned by the electric hum of copiers and computers and fluorescent lights. By the time your brain sends out enough signals to remind itself that you’ve skipped breakfast and [...]

Officials say no-tipping policy protects students
A state judge Thursday hit Seattle-based Starbucks with a $100 million fine after she found the coffee giant illegally forced California baristas to share tips with their managers. There’ll be no such squabble at the Starbucks on the Long Beach State campus—where tipping is banned. School officials who run the [...]