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Barbacoa Breakfast Burrito
Barbacoa, scrambled eggs, sharp cheddar, fingerling potatoes, and pickled onion wrapped in a flour tortilla with tomatillo salsa.
Thursday8 AM – 3:30 PM
Curator’s note
Alex and Alan Morales came to Los Angeles from Chihuahua at three and a half and one, and Santee Alley, a few steps from this corner, is where the family went on Sunday outings for school polos, churros and paletas. Coffee began with an espresso at Intelligentsia Pasadena while Alan studied engineering at PCC, then a cart with a GS3 La Marzocco, Coachella, and a two-year Beats by Dre contract, a year into which they found the Highland Park room.
The Coffee
The board runs italiano, americano, cortado, cappuccino, latte and cold brew, and beside them the Figueroa, the Arroyo, the Ganache Mocha, the Liquid Gold (matcha on house almond milk with a dash of lavender syrup) and a house chai made with puerh, fresh ginger and orange zest. The matcha is an organic ceremonial grade sourced direct from Kagoshima, and the leaf list runs jasmine, Assam, rooibos and lemon ginger.
- Mico de Noches
Mexico, Tapachula & Jaltenango de la Paz, Chiapas · 1,400–2,000 m
- Roast
- Medium-light
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Caturra, Catuaí, Typica
- Process
- Washed
nectarine · brown sugar · milk chocolate
- Rio Verde - GuerreroPour-over
Mexico, Sierra Madre, Guerrero · 1,550 m
- Varietals
- Typica, Bourbon
- Process
- 36-hour anaerobic natural
purple grape · yellow fruit · almond butter
- La Union- RositaPour-over
Mexico, Atoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero & San Mateo Yoloxochitlán, Oaxaca · 1,200–1,900 m
- Varietals
- Typica, Mundo Novo, Caturra
- Process
- 70% Anaerobic Natural and 30% Washed
cantaloupe · clementine · honeysuckle
- La Union- Mexico Espresso
Mexico, Atoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero & San Mateo Yoloxochitlán, Oaxaca · 1,200–1,900 m
- Varietals
- Typica, Mundo Novo, Caturra
- Process
- 70% Anaerobic Natural and 30% Washed
honeycomb · vanilla · chocolate · green apple · orange blossom
- Civilian 2.0
Mexico, Oaxaca, Chiapas & Veracruz · 1,000–1,800 m
- Varietals
- Typica, Bourbon, Caturra, Mundo Novo
- Process
- Washed
piloncillo · graham cracker · dried fruit · chocolate
- La Angostura - DecafPour-over
Mexico, Chiapas highlands · 1,550 m
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Caturra, Mundo Novo, Typica
- Process
- Mountain Water Process (MWP)
- Producer
- Near La Angostura Dam
dry berries · sugarcane · cocoa · burnt caramel · citrus zest
The Vibe
The downtown room is the glass box Stumptown built at 8th and Los Angeles, and Civil's bar curves through it in black with brass taps, against a wall of dark green tile and a menu lettered on a panel of weathered steel. Along the windows a channel-tufted brown leather banquette takes brass-topped round tables and white chairs beside a gold-framed glass door, under white ductwork and globe pendants on brass arms.
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