Broome Street General Store

If I could give this place zero stars I would. Which is very unfortunate because I was quite excited to visit a coffee shop that’s not usually in my walkable parameters. They have a lot of items with minimal curation it seems, 30% of the items are the typical things you would see at a «lifestyle shop» while the other items are covered in dust and are novelty/​gag gifts of poor taste. I honestly picked up three different toothpaste boxes covered in clumps of dust! So sad! But I didn’t let that be my general idea of the shop considering they have a ‘help wanted’ sign outside. Maybe they need someone to clean up? Who knows. Plus there’s too many things out so I can imagine it’s quite difficult to clean everything. It felt like a swap meet, with the way things were arranged. Hoarders paradise. When I asked the guy that co-​owns the shop with his wife when it opened, he seems disgruntled I even wanted to know about the shop or even speak to him. He was happily chatting with a coworker but as soon as he saw me his facial expression changed. He seemed sullen and possibly annoyed someone was in his shop. I ordered a hand pie, a pour over and picked up a few Mast chocolates. He didn’t acknowledge me after that, even though I expressed its my first time in the shop. He completely ignored me.
To make matters worse, the song playing was some country/​folk song that said the n-​word twice quite boastfully I might add! AND I found a jar of chili sauce named «CHAIRMAN AVERY’S HUNAN CHILI SAUCE» featuring a picture of a white man dressed as Mao.
I quickly realized I was in a shop run by racists. Or at least a couple that felt uncomfortable around people of color.
Well I definitely felt uncomfortable. I asked him about the help wanted sign and he said «well we’re not looking for anyone really at the moment» even though I knew he had a full time position and part time positions available because one of the consultants at my shop told me this! Why have the sign out if you’re not looking for anyone?
Customer service: terrible. Because they are racist.
Food: dry, old. Inedible.
Coffee: burnt, bad preparation. Or maybe he didn’t want to serve a WOC a decent cup of coffee.
Owner: discriminatory, his views are like the objects in the shop. Dated, old and useless in these modern times.
Gentrification doesn’t just extend itself to where I can and cannot live but apparently where I can work and how my coffee will taste. I honestly felt embarrassed leaving that shop, degraded and embarrassed!
I will be sure to not recommend this racist coffee disaster of a place to any of my shop’s clients! THIS PLACE SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN. IT IS A DISGRACE TO MY COMMUNITY.

If you order an espresso on ice, don’t expect to be «allowed» to put in extra creamer of your choice without them hassling you about charging for a latte. My friend and I both went in and ordered an iced espresso on ice in a regular sized plastic cup, because I like to put a little extra creamer to water down the strong taste of espresso. The guy hassled us both, my friend more extensively than me, and said he can’t do it because he would have to charge for a late if he leave extra room for cream.
So, to add insult to injury, he gave me a small Dixie sized cup with ice and said that’s how they serve all their iced espresso– even if that’s the case, when ordering I specifically asked for a regular cup. I don’t even care if they charge me for it, but I shouldn’t feel that what I order is not allowed.
If they want to monitor the amount of creamer people put in their drinks, maybe they shouldn’t leave the creamer out for people– you obviously don’t trust your customers.
Id recommend Little Pine just a couple doors away, they are super kind and coffee tastes great.

Worst experience of all time! I was coming out of yoga having a long and beautiful morning, which apparently doesn’t matter if Broom St. Doesn’t make that extra dollar off me ordering a latte as opposed to a simple espresso! Having ordered a double shot espresso yesterday and really happy to enjoy the complimentary almond milk I was rudely denied this opportunity and the manager disgustingly interrogated me about my desire to have a lager cup to drink my espresso out of this morning! What’s the point of offering this service if your a greedy business! Sure I’m in a more expensive neighborhood but I’m not rich and I’m not selfish so I kindly ordered the latte and leave the Karma to its keeper! Namaste!

CUUUTTTTTEEEE. Everything in here is meticulously chosen and all so beautiful and perfect. I wish I had more money so I could shop here. I got a cappuccino for $ 3.75, not bad (but not my favorite). I could spend an hour in here just browsing and testing all the expensive oils and smelling the candles. They have Mast Brothers Chocolate too. It’s like a Pinterest lovers dream in here.

One of the cutest third wave coffee establishments in the Silverlake area. I’ll agree with other reviews that their coffee, pastries and shop items are WAY overpriced ($ 90 tee shirts, $ 150 kid raincoat, $ 45 candle — you get the point), but it’s a nice coffee option to the area and has a large outdoor patio.
I usually stop by BS during weekday mornings if I’m able to find a street parking (which is limited & metered), or if I need a last minute gift. They have something for everyone; kid items, women’s and men’s clothes & accessories, greeting cards, jewelry, perfume, candles, etc.
The staff is quiet & friendly, and the customers are perfect for people watching. You definitely feel like you’re in Silverlake. Lots of hipster rich moms & dads visit this shop after dropping their little ones off at the private school next door, or stay at home moms wrapping up their yoga class next door.
If you’re in the mood for additional shopping, you can walk across the street to the official Broome St. General Store — this venue in particular is a mixture of coffee shop/​retail shop. As a side note, they brew Verve coffee — have tasty cold brew and their pastries though small are delicious (they sometimes carry Donut Snob which is a treat!).

Super cute little café/​store with yummy cold brew and pastries. They don’t charge you extra for almond milk! Yay! The shop goods are on the expensive side, but I see celebrities in here all the time dropping tons of money on craft pickles and vegan face wash and cotton lingerie so like what do you expect ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Three words– DECAF COLD BREW. Super special to and much appreciated by those who love coffee but can’t tolerate the caffeine (sigh) AND it’s really good, too! This is my favorite place to buy a gift because the store is so well curated– you can just walk in and find the perfect gift for man /​woman /​child within a stone’s throw, grab a card, and they will gift wrap for you, too. The treats are so good. I recommend the zucchini bread and all time favorite is Durango Cookie. Great place to also get special treats like Valerie’s Good Mix and some tasty specialty condiments. Don’t forget to check out the jewelry!

Amazing almond Milk latte. Great little vibey place. And great place to buy unique mid to high end cool gifts. Very hip

Slow down when looking for Broom because the street numbers go by fast and the store front not visible because is covered by the outdoor patio umbrellas.
Broome is mostly a retail store with a coffee and pastry shop.
The café serves and uses Verve Coffee which was used for the Mocha and the Cold Drip Coffee we ordered.
Both were very strong and it has the bitterness that Im sure a lot of coffee drinkers look for.
Glad their Kouign Amman was so very good. Perfect accompaniment to all that coffee.
The perfume and cologne selection in this store is outstanding. I highly recommend going there for your aroma needs.
There are a lot of fashionable canvas/​leather bags available at this store though I gotta say, the aroma still stays inside my brain.
Gotta go back for that $ 180 perfume when I save enough.

I love this place! I purchased a tea, chocolate bars, and a beauty item. This place is on trend!

This place is an absolute dream. The boutique is lovely & has a cool selection of gifts. The coffee and treats are perfection and sitting outside on the little patio is divine. I would come here every day if I lived closer. I love this place.

As a coffee lover, I must say Broome Street Store is a definitely a hidden gem. Conveniently located right next to my yoga studio in Silver Lake on Rowena St. Street parkings are always available but read the signs very carefully because parking enforcement is so strict in this area…
Once you get inside the place, you’ll notice there’re so many goodies for sale from urban clothes, great books, scented candles, handmade jewelry to skin care. I mean you’ll literally find everything! I enjoyed checking out store while standing in the line for my coffee so much. I ended up pick up a chocolate bar along with my vanilla latte*
My coffee was a little bit too warm. I personally like my coffee hot! Yes, I like burning my throat… However, the latte was surprisingly good, not too sweet. Just enough vanilla flavor. I cannot wait to try other things on the menu!

Hmm. Overpriced coffee with internet that consistently disconnects when sitting just out front.
My latte wasn’t even hot. It was near luke warm. That’s not the only thing that is near cold when sitting out front with no heaters. :-/​You’d expect a little more for the crazy price.

Broome Street is just ok and it’s one of those places that I would never go to and never come back to if I didn’t live so close by. The coffee and the food is good but very over priced. They are also rather inconsistent, sometimes they inexplicably don’t have food, or are out of certain coffees, or sometimes the employees are really chill and other times they are really rude. The store part is really random and I’ve never bought anything, everything there is nice to look at but again expensive.
This place really feels like a group of people got together and decided to create the most stereotypical hipster place imaginable and charge crazy prices just to see if the people of Silver Lake would come and I guess they have succeeded.

I love this place. It’s our neighborhood coffee spot. Great coffee, many beautiful things to see and buy. I love their outdoor seating area. And don’t miss to check out their store right on the other side of the street (amazing furniture– I could buy everything).

Iced latte was not bad, not the greatest. Employees are not polite and don’t greet or act like they need the business of their patrons.
Asked for it to be decaf but the guy behind the counter said «we don’t have decaf espresso.» It was the way he said it that rubbed me the wrong way but I simply waited for my drink. Why so rude? Customer service counts for a lot. You can have a decent product but if the person representing/​selling it unprofessional and unnecessarily rude, it turns off customers. Brooke Street is close to where I live but I doubt I’d go out of my way to buy anything there again.
The two stars are for the coffee, which was marginally decent.

I put this coffee in me once a day… even twice a day.
I’m going to put more inside me right now.

I went in today and felt like I was in the midst of a scene on Portlandia. But an episode where the members of Mumford & Sons all decide to open a store together to sell leather spoons and glass belt buckles, but no one in the neighborhood realizes it because they are all too busy texting the whole time to notice. And then one of the girls with a tattoo of a feather on her thigh wearing a fedora and thread-​bare white v-​neck t-​shirt and ripped jean shorts spills coffee on herself because a chubby guy with a beard in an ironic super-​hero shirt bumps into her, but the barista (let’s call him the «banjo player») happens to have that same outfit on the rack next to the plates that have maps of Polish concentration camps printed on them and offers to sell it to her for $ 999.
(Dear Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, yes, you can have this idea for free, but only if you shoot the scene at Broome Street Café).
Oh, the latte was very very good too and the hand pies are the best around.

I feel like the people that run/​work here are a little bit too snobby for my taste.
Why is it an issue every-​single-​time I come and order a decaf that 75% of the time they don’t have the cold brew and the rest of the time they seem to sigh with contempt that they have to do a drip. I mean I get it, I’m ordering decaf, it’s not cool– whateves, no need to be rude. Why is it soo hard to have decaf espresso, good lord.

Throngs of yoga pant-​clad parents from the local elementary school climb over each other to obtain a taste of freedom and ground coffee after dropping their children off at school.
The little old house sits across the street from blairs and next to Raven giving refuge and energy to the tired masses of moms (and dads) who need to decompress after arguments over backpacks, shoes and hairclips…
Inside this cute little house are an assortment of high end gifts, coffee accessories and unique, boutique foods.
The coffee is solid, the baked goods are baked good enough and the patio has shade.
What more do you need for a neiborhood coffie spot.