Bricks & Scones Review: LA’s Best Outdoor Cafe to Work From

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Written By Amy Suto
Kyle working on his laptop under the leafy patio umbrella at Bricks & Scones in Los Angeles

When we needed a place to host in-person co-working sessions for our Make Writing Your Job subscribers in LA — live events, laptops out, coffee on us — we picked Bricks & Scones on Larchmont. Five receipts from one trip say we kept coming back even without the excuse.

Bricks & Scones is the best outdoor work environment I know in Los Angeles: a genuinely lovely patio, drinks that hold up over a long writing block, and a room that treats laptops as guests rather than pests.

What to Order at Bricks & Scones

Between our own sessions and the subscriber events, the receipts cover half the drink menu: lattes, an iced mocha, a chai, and — the tea-drinker’s corner I personally occupy — a London Fog and an English Rose, both happily made with soy. Coffee-free people are first-class citizens here, which matters to me (I quit coffee years ago; long story, documented).

The Verdict on Bricks & Scones

  • Best for: Outdoor deep-work sessions; group co-working; tea people among coffee people
  • My orders: London Fog or English Rose, soy
  • Where: 403 N Larchmont Blvd (Google Maps)

Bricks & Scones anchors the coffee-shop half of my best of LA list — alongside my longtime love Paper or Plastik, which has held my loyalty since my screenwriting days.

For more places worth your appetite: the best restaurants in San Francisco (home turf) and my LA list (old stomping grounds). Subscribe to my newsletter for new reviews as the research continues — I spent five years rating restaurants around the world in my travel guides, and old habits die delicious.