LA Mill Coffee Boutique

This trendy, high-concept coffee shop -- decorated to look a bit like a French bordello -- specializes in gourmet coffee and delectable bites such as potato-leek soup with Manila clams and Kentucky goat cheese panini with black-olive tapenade.Coffee offerings are particularly creative. Try the Coffee and a Cigarette: a rich espresso topped with tobacco-infused whipped cream. Located across the street from cozy Michelangelo Pizzeria and down the street from club Spaceland, LA Mill drew stand-in-line crowds from the moment it opened. Some say its high-priced, dainty plates conceived by Providence chef Michael Cimarusti, signal the end of Silver Lake as a viable option for artists in need of cheap rent but others are just pleased to have another option to consider when contemplating food and caffeine. For the latter Intelligentsia just wasn't enough.

TIPS: Come alone and grab a counter seat to watch the highly trained baristas in action.