Cognoscenti Coffee

Yeekai Lim's Cognoscenti Coffee has found a second home—the first is housed inside Atwater Village's Proof Bakery—and a space all its own in Culver City's Arts District. Located in architect Clive Wilkinson's swanky new digs, the minimalist storefront feels more like someone's—your cool, design-freak friend, perhaps—home than coffee shop with a large, wood-countered island and round communal tables with limited seating that spills out onto the outdoor patio. Expect the same meticulous precision in espresso-based drinks and pour-over coffee from roasters like Phil and Sebastian, Counter Culture, Wrecking Ball and Ritual.