LAist: The Coffee Buzz

Megpie

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:33:40 -0800

A past coworker of mine was working at one of the other studio city coffee beans when they opened the one on whitsett. Her first reaction was why the hell would we need another one there? Now she's working there, and I'll be joining her soon. And that politeness? It's most likely real, they make it a point to hire really cool people there.

Phil Wallace

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:26:51 -0800

This is the weirdest Coffee Bean around. Natives of Studio City like myself were already used to the Coffee Bean at Laurel Canyon and the Coffee Bean at Coldwater, and suddenly this sprouts up so close to both of them on Whitsett. That picture may look nice, but the Coffee Bean doesn't go with the enormous parking lot behind it, or the LA River in its view. But I guess if you don't want to hang out with the high school kids on Coldwater, or the CBS Studio employees at Laurel, Whitsett can offer a nice refuge. But with three Coffee beans, two Starbucks, and a Seattle's Best Coffee, all within 2 minutes of each other, one wonders if Studio City isn't suffering from coffee overkill. I recommend trying the Belwood Bakery at the Coldwater Canyon shops.

Paul Davidson

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:06:58 -0800

Then again, now that I think about it -- the politeness could be mistakened for "Stepford-esque Corporate Training."