Goodpeople
Curator’s note
The shelf is where GoodPeople says the most: a natural Mokka from Colombia, a washed Heirloom from Guji, a Castillo macerated in Mokka cherries, all of it roasted in house, a habit that started within six months of the doors opening in 2018. The bar has not caught up: brewed coffee is one $4 'Filter Coffee' line with no method and no origin printed against it, so order it and ask at the counter what is in the cup.
House-made smoky bourbon vanilla syrup with milk and a choice of espresso or first harvest matcha, finished with a dusting of cinnamon.
Creekstone Farms marinated rib-eye beef bulgogi with cage-free scrambled eggs and house-made gochujang aioli, wrapped in a 14 inch organic flour tortilla.
The coffee
Roasting began within six months of opening, and the homepage claims 89-point-plus sourcing; the seven retail bags carry country, growing region, varietal and process (Mokka, Castillo, and Heirloom lots washed, natural, and honey), well past origin-only labeling. What the listing never gives is a producer name or a roast date, and the roasting itself moved out to Eagle Rock in 2019.
- F*ck The 405 Blend (1Lb)
- Medium-dark
- Washed
chocolate · toffee
- Ethiopia, Guji Natural Process
- Natural
blackberry · peach · watermelon
- Kenya, Muranga Washed
- Fully Washed
mixed berries · lemon cake · peaches
- Colombia, Huila Pink Bourbon
- Pink Bourbon
- Long Fermentation Washed
plum jam · gala apple · sugarcake
The room
Chuck Herrera came out of graphic design and drew the shop's logo and look himself; in 2020 he rebuilt the room around a custom bar and a re-routed layout, then expanded into the old Le Saigon next door for a 100-seat patio. Brick runs down one side and the coffee bar down the other, and on Thursdays that patio becomes a comedy room.
The vibe
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People
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