Trendy cafes and trendy people tend to gravitate toward the same pockets around the city. Perhaps Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake or Echo Park. Or Melrose, west of Fairfax, of course. Or perhaps somewhere in Venice. Or the increasingly populated parts of Culver City. But then there are some places that are trendsetters, paving the road for hipsters (and gentrifiers, let’s be honest), to explore a less frequented part of town. Highly Likely was an early entry into the strip of West Adams that has over the years come to flourish.

The all day cafe is airy and spacious. There’s ample street parking nearby. They serve great coffee and food. There’s plenty of seating to go around for all those creative entrepreneur types that have the time to be taking a meeting out here on a weekday afternoon. In the context of West Adams, it has earned its place as a neighborhood mainstay. And now they have a second and third location in Highland Park and Studio City.