The Café by Mychal's Bakery & Coffee

los angeles runs on coffee in a way that's almost compulsive, and the options stretch from silver lake pour-overs to downtown espresso counters with hour-long queues. but torrance has its own rhythm, and lomita boulevard is a quieter stretch than most people expect from l.a. the café by mychal's bakery & coffee sits at that address on lomita blvd, pairing specialty coffee with pastries in a way that makes the combination feel less like an afterthought and more like the actual point. you don't have to be a coffee obsessive to find something worth stopping for here. the pastry side of the menu is a genuine reason to visit, not just a display case filler. start with whatever came out of the oven most recently.