LA Mill is LA Late

Because I'm nothing less than an unrepentant coffee fiend, I've been waiting for the new LA Mill store to "open-open-open" as anxiously as someone hopped up on caffeine—not that I am. Right now.

OK, so I don't live anywhere near the Silverlake location. And, it's not that I can't brew a cup of the yummy coffee myself. I just love the existence of places that aren't Star-sucks, especially in a city that's sorely lacking in coffee culture. I don't anticipate that it'll ever be like what I had at Berkeley—spending four winters there pouring over Trollope and the Brontes obviously did nothing to curb my coffee enthusiasm—but with Intelligentsia and LA Mill (eventually) on one side of the city, it's a good start.

Oops, but I'm getting ahead of me-self. Here, let me dig up the lede.

Despite what the banner says below:

LA Mill won't be opening it's doors until after the New Year. Construction is taking longer than expected, the LA Mill folks told me last week. While Eater LA's report on LA Mill's Craiglist posting for baristas estimates the opening as "only days away," it does look like after the hiring and the training and all the "honest mistakes" (see below), I won't be trekking out to Silverlake any time before January. Unless everyone's trying to throw this caffeine hound off the trail.

Meanwhile, I did get a kick out of reading LA Mill's company policy included in the job posting: "We love what we do, we believe in honesty and honest mistakes, we believe in promoting within, we believe if you work hard success will come, and we believe in treating our co-workers with respect and dignity. We also have great health benefits. (emphasis mine)" Dude, a place that will let me eff-up and give me health coverage. Where do I send in my resume?

—Jiyeon Yoo