On the Scene at Blue Bottle Coffee … Venice, Los Angeles

This Blue Bottle Coffee outpost on fashionable Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, California is probably the smallest branch of the coffee chain’s many locations around the world. It’s so comparatively small that the word “cafe” hardly applies here. “Espresso bar” or “coffee bar” is probably more apt and in keeping with the spirit of traditional espresso joints in Italy, where customers come and go quickly, staying just long enough to quickly consume their coffee rather than lingering for hours while nursing a cappuccino while working from a laptop.