Equator Coffees is Expanding its LA Footprint

Ahead of the opening of its second LA location, Equator tells What Now Los Angeles of plans to continue expanding in The City of Angels
Equator Coffees is Expanding its LA Footprint
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According to a recently-filed ABC application, Equator Coffees will soon open its second LA location at 456 North Fairfax Avenue, the former home of Chef Jared Simon’s Taco Vega.

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The company’s maiden LA operation resides in Culver City at Ivy Station, an exciting, 500,000-square-foot mixed-use development adjacent to the Los Angeles Metro Expo Line station. 

Co-founder Helen Russell says the incoming outpost should be open within the next two weeks. 

What’s more, Russell tells What Now Los Angeles that Equator plans to continue expanding throughout The City of Angels. 

Russell and Brooke McDonnell created Equator Coffees in 1995 in a Marin County garage. Founded on the basis that “coffee can be a force for good,” Equator has become a high-impact coffee company focused on quality, sustainability, and social responsibility – roasted better, brewed better, and sourced better. 

With nine cafes and counting, “Equator was named after the region where coffee grows but has come to mean so much more than that,” explains its website. “It’s the path around the planet that connects us all. As we tread that path from bean to sip, we try to make everything we touch better. Because we believe drinking good coffee leads to good things.”

Amanda Peukert

Amanda Peukert

Amanda Peukert is a Los Angeles-based writer with a love for tattoos, music, food, and film. She received her BA and MFA in creative writing from California State University, Long Beach. Her work has appeared in/on SPIN, LA Taco, Tattoodo, Skin Deep, and Tattoo Energy. When she’s not writing, you can catch her listening to Alice in Chains and Tupac, or watching movies like The Crow and Halloween while eating tacos and drinking a cold beer.
Amanda Peukert

Amanda Peukert

Amanda Peukert is a Los Angeles-based writer with a love for tattoos, music, food, and film. She received her BA and MFA in creative writing from California State University, Long Beach. Her work has appeared in/on SPIN, LA Taco, Tattoodo, Skin Deep, and Tattoo Energy. When she’s not writing, you can catch her listening to Alice in Chains and Tupac, or watching movies like The Crow and Halloween while eating tacos and drinking a cold beer.

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