Best Coffee Shops to Work or Study From in Hollywood

Inside it's one bright room with big windows and a mix of booths and communal tables, and you won't spend long hunting for an outlet. The kitchen sends out breakfast burritos and proper sandwiches, made by graduates of the Los Angeles LGBT Center's culinary training program. The Center's garage is right underneath, with the entrance around the corner on McCadden, and the baristas validate your first hour; after that it's the garage rate or a meter nearby. It closes mid afternoon, so come early and give it your best hours.

A metal Sasquatch hides in the living plant wall, so you'll know when you've found it. It's a small room with a few more tables outside, and those are where laptops tend to land. It's known for having outlets to spare. Seats go fast, so a weekday morning is your best shot at one. The valet lot next door is free for the first hour if you tell them you're a customer, which is time enough to settle in before you move the car. Get in early and it's a good room to start the day in.

Pull into the small lot out front and it's yours for as long as you're inside, which on Melrose counts for a lot. It's a little place full of armchairs, with good light and the feel of a living room more than an office. Outlets are around but not at every seat, so come with a full battery and pick a chair near a wall. The matcha is whisked by hand, and the toasts make a proper lunch. Bring one long task and it'll hold you for the afternoon.

The back patio is the reason to know about Javista. Inside is covered in art and strung with fairy lights, and seats there can go quickly. Out back is where you'll find room to spread out, and it's calm enough that a long session goes unnoticed. There are outlets, but they don't reach every table, so claim one before you order. Street parking tends to be easier early, and there's a garage in the building for when it isn't. Bagels, toasts and sandwiches cover lunch, and nobody seems in a hurry to move you along.

Sightglass is the big one. It's a working roastery with room for around 150, long library tables under reading lamps, booths that look onto the roasting floor, and an enclosed patio out back. The long tables up front are the social end and usually aren't where the outlets are, so if you need to plug in, the tables in back are the better bet. It fills as the day goes on, which is the case for coming early. A full kitchen means lunch without packing up, and the lots nearby sell a day rate, so the meter doesn't decide when you leave.

Most days the doors open at six in the morning, and they don't close until seven at night. For a day that starts before everyone else's, that's the whole case for it. The space is big and bright, with an industrial feel and plenty of seats. It's coffee and financiers and nothing else, so eat first or plan to step out at noon. If you're driving, the garage behind the building may validate an hour, and the 4 bus runs right past on Santa Monica Boulevard.

One drink on the menu is called the Lock In Latte, which tells you who Flowin had in mind. It's a bright, airy corner room at Melrose and Formosa with plenty of table space and outlets that aren't hard to find. Weekdays tend to be calmer than weekends, so save the deep work for one. Parking means the street here, and the meters on Melrose stop at two hours, so check the side streets before you commit. Croques and paninis mean you can eat without leaving, and the matcha list is built around focus.