BLACKBURN AND SWEETZER

Bricks & Scones interior from Eater LA

While I will continue to put out a call for an indie coffee shop on West 3rd, I am thoroughly enthused about a couple recent nearby openings: First, Brick & Scones 403 North Larchmont Boulevard, which opened on Halloween, serves up Intelligentsia coffee, Lupicia teas, and fresh baked goods from owner Jinah Kim’s mother. Eater LA reports on the “comfy and cozy lounge area, quick service, great coffee, outside patio, and free Wi-Fi,” noting there’s also a lunch take-out menu, with breakfast to follow. Though, I think being there would be a good part of the fun. Hours are Mon-Thu 7:30am-9pm, Fri 7:30am-10pm, Sat 8am-10pm, and Sun 8am-7pm.

The T Salon, plus Terroni’s new Wine Library…


T Salon’s tea-filled shelves, from Squid Ink

Over at 7111 Melrose Avenue, just west of La Brea, NYC’s T Salon is ready to service all your tea needs, along with ” cookies. And sandwiches. Farm to table soups, salads, pastry, and granola,” per Squid Ink. The blog notes that owner Miriam Novalle’s primary focus in on “tea and sustainability,” which includes eco resin shelves and “over 300 loose leaf teas, and 20 iced teas flow from the tap of its shiny fountain.” And today, Vital Juice highlights the salon’s cleanse offerings: “Miriam Novalle teamed up with Donna Karan’s Urban Zen program and ‘life foods’ guru Jill Pettijohn to create seven juices. You can request them caffeine-free, or stick with the trace added by natural tea.” I could go for the immunity-boosting Citrus Blast (Blood Orange Tea, grapefruit, orange, lemon and ginger) or the digestion-easing Taste of Thai (Whispering Heaven Tea, pineapple, lime, ginger and mint) right about now.

Back in July, we saw signs of Terroni expanding in the adjacent space north of its 7605 Beverly Boulevard restaurant. Per Urban Daddy, this is now the spot of The Wine Library at Terroni, a back room found “Past the bathrooms and almost to the kitchen,” where “you’ll see a sturdy set of blue shelves bursting with glasses and kitchen supplies. Push it to the right. Hard. It’s on wheels.” Or go the direct route and enter through the side entrance on Curson. There’s food, drink, foosball. Sounds fun. Great for private parties, or, apparently, a pig-butchering lesson…