Goodpeople

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.

• All-day brunch
• Sitting on the patio
• Thursday comedy night
• Buying beans to take home

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.

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.