Coffee shops in Long Beach, CA
Every shop here is open and doing something right, so treat it like a coffee crawl through Long Beach, in person or virtually: study how each bar is laid out, read the menu, and get a feel for the brand from their own site. Shops that roast their own beans are marked.
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Coffee shops & roasters
Crawl these cafes and roasters for bar layout, menu, and brand ideas.
- The Crema CafeCafe4.5(982)cremacafe.com
- 4.5(949)thelibrarycoffee.com
- Ubuntu CaféCafe4.6(728)ubuntucafelb.com
- 4.5(704)recreationalcoffee.com
- 4.6(522)rad.coffee
- 4.5(482)groundscafe.com
- 4.7(414)solidcoffeeroasters.com
- Steelhead CoffeeCafe4.6(406)steelheadcoffee.com
- 4.4(400)groundhideoutcoffee.com
- 4.6(358)sheldrakecoffeeroasting.com
- 4.3(351)shorelinevillage.com
- 4.6(342)blackringcoffee.com
- 4.7(302)commonroomroasters.com
- Birdcage Coffee HouseCafe4.6(281)
- Steel Cup CaféCafe4.6(250)steelcupcafe.com
- 4.6(244)roseparkroasters.com
- 4.7(234)confidentialcoffee.com
- 4.5(230)inccoffeeroasters.com
2 locations
- Good TimeCafe4.7(228)goodtime.cafe
- Wood Coffee Co.Cafe4.7(227)woodcoffeeco.com
- 4.8(219)wolfsbrew.com
- Wrigley CoffeeCafe4.7(212)wrigleycoffee.org
- Coffee StationCafe4.7(206)coffeestationlb.com
- 4.8(180)carmenscoffee.com
- 4.5(166)altarsocietybrewco.com
- 4.8(145)blackdogcoffeeroasters.com
- 4.7(127)slicelife.com
- 4.3(124)localgrindcoffee.com
- Cafe The ScoopCafe4.7(102)
- 4.8(91)sevensyllablescoffee.com
- Espresso BarCafe4.7(90)espressobarco.com
- 4.8(72)mementocoffeeworks.com
- Reinne's PlaceCafe5.0(68)reinnescoffee.com
- Steadfast CafeCafe4.4(64)steadfastcafe.com
- CoffeeDrunkCafe4.4(63)getcoffeedrunk.com
- Dedo CoffeeCafe4.9(58)dedocoffee.com
- 5.0(34)mijosmartinez.com
- Cyclops CoffeeCafe4.9(29)
- ONDA COFFEECafe4.5(22)onda.coffee
Coffee carts
Coffee carts, trucks, and trailers working this market — a lower-overhead way in.
- The Caffeinated CartMobile cart5.0(14)
Long Beach market snapshot
The customer base behind the coffee scene — who lives here, what they earn, and how many coffee shops already serve them. Use it to size up demand before you commit.
Long Beach has 4.4 coffee shops per 100k residents. That's below the directory median of 6.3 — a relatively underserved market with room to add a shop.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter), 2024 release. Coffee-shop density is ShopLaunch directory data. Figures describe the Census place (Long Beach, CA); college, airport, industry, and other signals are coming in a later pass.
Similar coffee markets
Cities whose demographics most resemble Long Beach, ranked by an objective match across population, income, age, education, unemployment, commute, and coffee-shop density. A close model for what might work here.
- Sacramento, CA528,706 people$87,321 median incomeClose on household income & unemployment
- Tacoma, WA222,758 people$85,884 median incomeClose on median age & household income
- Oakland, CA439,418 people$101,600 median incomeClose on commute time & market size
- Baltimore, MD573,243 people$62,177 median incomeClose on unemployment & college-educated share
Permits in Long Beach
Most coffee shops, carts, and trailers in Long Beach fall under Los Angeles County, where the LA County Dept. of Public Health - Environmental Health, Mobile Food Program issues the food and mobile-vending permits you need to open. The county guide lays out the exact permits, offices, and fees in the order to tackle them.
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