"Wednesday With Leslie" Book Signing

Today our cafe was blessed with hours of storytelling, music, smiles, laughter, and most importantly, good friends!  We all gathered together to celebrate the launch of a new book by two amazing people; Leslie Perry and Kalen Tolces.  They collaborated on a series of stories that became the book "Wednesdays With Leslie"

We were fortunate to have readings from Leslie, Kalen, Fly, Laura Vega and other dear friends.  King and Forrest kicked off the day perfectly with a high energy musical performance!  Here are some photos of all the fun!

King & Forrest ROCKING the CG!

More of King & Forrest :)

Kalen starts off the readings :)

Robert Hilton entertained with his homemade music instrument

Patrick Cohey entertained us with one of Leslie's favorite tales, "The Peddler"

Laura Vega shared "Jack And The Northwest Wind" story :)

Our fearless leader Julie, showing the crowd the beautiful new book :)

CG's manager Fly Guy entertaining everyone with the story of "Pecos Bill"

Ed Lander sharing a festive story from South America

And last, but never least, the incredible Leslie Perry himself!

Another Rockin' Music Open Mic!

Today was another full house for the weekly Sunday open mic at our wonderful cafe!  Our barista Matt (aka: Madman) took over hosting duties from his brother for the night, and rocked it!  He got the night started perfectly with two boisterous Irish songs.  Jimi, Dennis, Star, Orlando and several new guests gave outstanding performances!  The packed house made for a great atmosphere and a fun time was had by all!  Caylee rounded out the evening with some amazingly soulful singing!  Here's a snapshot of the fun. :)

The evening's host!

Madman belting out the Irish

The Star :)

Our beloved cafe!

Caylee showing everyone how it's DONE!

Orlando; the deepest voice in Altadena :)

The Jimi!

Dennis time!

Chef Talli Serving His Amazing Food Tonight!

Calling all Coffee Gallery foodies!  Presidential master chef Talli Counsel will be serving his AMAZING Dipped BBQ Fried Chicken, Smoked BBQ Sliced Black Angus Beef Sandwiches and Smoked Pulled Pork Sandwiches tonight from 6-9 p.m.!  Honestly, how can you say no to this!?

Or this!?

The Chef will not be here next weekend (he will be returning the first weekend of February fortunately), so get here tonight!! :)

Friday Music Open Mic - January 20, 2012

Tonight was another AWESOME open mic!  Mr. McZeal brought the house down with two amazing songs!  King, Mac, Caylee (tonight's barista), Star, Dennis gave amazing performances!  Buz did a fantastic job of hosting and included many funny stories from his time growing up in South Dakota.

Several new performers came and knocked their songs out of the park!  Here is a quick stroll down memory lane from earlier tonight: :)

The KING!

Mac the Knife

Caylee belting out a song!

Buz!

The long view! :)

Mr. McZeal getting it DONE!

The Zeal!

Mac & King!

The Star!

Caylee & Mac :)

Welcome to The Coffee Gallery's Official Blog!

Welcome to the new blog for The Coffee Gallery!

The Coffee Gallery is a wonderful cafe/art gallery/entertainment spot up in Altadena, which is a fun section of Los Angeles above Pasadena.  The cafe is located at 2029 N. Lake Ave, and it forms the heart of Altadena's thriving artist community.  We serve amazing coffee, tea, fresh fruit smoothies, shakes, Fosselman's ice cream, fresh pastries, brownies, cookies, chili, sandwiches are MORE!

On the stage at the front of the cafe, we feature free musical open mics every Friday and Sunday night from 8-11 p.m.  Anyone is welcome to come up and perform, and every performer gets to go up on stage twice.  On Tuesdays, we host a free comedy open mic from 8-10 p.m.

In addition, every month we display the works of a featured artist throughout the cafe.

We are going to be expanding our entertainment offerings within the next four weeks, so stay tuned for exciting developments!