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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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We pop up regularly with no set schedule

on the streets of Long Beach, California

Our hours are generally 9AM-2PM

Some of our favorite go-to spots include:

East 2nd Street between Hermosa Ave.

and Cherry Ave.

Bixby Park Dog Park

Corner of Broadway and Cherry

1 Junipero Ave. (corner of Ocean Blvd)

Across the street from the Bixy Park bluffs

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Aerospace games with @vastspacestation #liberatedcoffee🗽☕️💛 🚀

Out in the wild today doing what we do — making #liberatedcoffee for a production crew 🗽☕️🎥 #setlife #setlifela #crafty #coffeecatering

@boldandbeautifulcbs has been filming at the same stage since it premiered in the 1980’s, and today they brought in Cafablanca to thank the crew before the show moves on to a different studio stage for the first time ever. Many veteran crew members were prompted by our #JudyGarland print to remind us that her variety show was shot in that very same studio decades prior. So grateful to get brought into such special settings for such rare occasions 🙏🏽🗽☕️📽️ 💛 #liberatedcoffee

Double booked again but we’ll see you again soon in the streets of Long Beach for more #liberatedcoffee🗽☕️💛🖤

🗽☕️🏝️ #liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Sunday 9-1 on the corner of Ocean and Junipero in Long Beach

Amidst all of the chaos these past couple weeks, @longbeachcity leaders unanimously approved Micro-enterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOS) which is a major step towards developing fair regulations for our local street vendors. Feeling gratitude to live in a place where progress is still possible, particularly when it comes to supporting the needs of our immigrant friends and neighbors. 🧊 raids are hitting our street vendors particularly hard right now, and the need to #supportstreetvendors has never been more urgent. Click the link in our bio to donate to the Street Vendor Solidarity fund, and visit us for some 100% donation-based #liberatedcoffee Weds 9-1 on Cerritos Avenue between 36th and Wardlow in Long Beach 🗽☕️⛱️

#liberatedcoffee on East 2nd St and Hermosa Saturday 9-1 in Long Beach 🗽☕️🇺🇸 #nokings #abolish🧊

Master media manipulator strikes again. Decided to wage war against his own people to make us forget about the accusation levied by his top campaign donor less than a week ago. Keep talking about the Epstein list. And as always, stand in solidarity with your immigrant friends, family and neighbors. #liberatedcoffee on Cerritos Ave between 36th and Wardlow in Long Beach, Tuesday 9-1 🗽☕️

Can you believe it?? #liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Saturday 9-1 on East 2nd and Cherry in Long beach 🗽☕️🍩💛

Huge thanks to @danisdates for helping us design our new menu! Cafablanca 2.0 is at a private event today, but we will see you all again soon on the streets of Long Beach with more #liberatedcoffee 🗽☕️💛🙏🏽

We are at Recreation Park to remind the @lbhealthdept why it is crucial to allow Micro Enterprise Home Kitchen Operations in Long Beach, as they are meeting here at 6PM for a public forum on the topic. MEHKO’s are the best way for our city to #supportstreetvendors in our fight to join the formal economy and create policies that help hard-working micro-entrepreneurs like us. #liberatedcoffee Thursday on 7th and Federation Drive til 7:30P🗽☕️

Cafablanca has expanded!

Our new mobile espresso bar is custom built into the production world’s most staple piece of equipment: The road case. Why? Because just like a sturdy, reliable road case, good coffee is a must-have for any production, where workdays (and nights) are long and demanding.

We designed our new crafty coffee cart specifically to serve the unique needs of the production industry. With its sleek, compact design, we can fit in virtually any setting. The top of our road case cafe transforms into a side table, where we take care of all your crew’s snack and beverage needs. Just like our delicious coffee, tea, and treats, Cafablanca’s crafty spread is always top tier. What sets our crafty table apart is that it always comes staffed with an expertly trained barista. For your next shoot, you can skip the coffee truck entirely with Cafablanca’s craft coffee + craft services bundle!

We are so excited to announce that we are now offering craft services for all non-union productions! To celebrate this next chapter, we are offering 15% off any booking for both coffee catering and craft services confirmed before May 15th, 2025.

Thank you to @bamcam_visuals for the video and @_tony__d__ for the music, and most importantly, thank you to our Long Beach supporters whose kindness has kept us going for almost 5 years now. See you again soon with more #liberatedcoffee 🗽☕️💛 #setlife #setlifela #mobilecafe #coffecart #crafty #craftcoffee #craftservices #coffee #mobilecoffee #coffeetruck #cafablanca

#liberatedcoffee (and tea!) Friday 9-1 on Cerritos Avenue between 36th and Wardlow in Long Beach 🗽☕️🍵

#liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Sunday 9-1 on Cherry and Broadway in Long Beach 🗽☕️🍩🐶

Solidarity with the people of Gaza. Solidarity with any person living under threat of bombs, rockets, military occupation, state violence, human trafficking, captivity. Solidarity with any person living under authoritarian rule. Solidarity with any person whose community has been reduced to ash or rubble. Solidarity with any person who is oppressed, frightened, sick, injured, starving, displaced, desperate. Solidarity with any person who is a victim of terrorism. Ceasefire now. Hostage deal now. Borders be damned. Power to the people — everywhere. Common people must unite. We must do all we can, both individually and collectively, to care for one another, to defend democracy, to fight theocracy, to fight oligarchy, to overturn fascist regimes. Our divisions only serve to help those in power stay in power. None of us are free until all of us are free. Take a stand. Speak out for those who can’t. Do not take for granted the gravity of your voice, and the ability we still have to make some noise. #liberatedcoffee Thursday, first day of Aries season, 9-1 on Cerritos Ave between 36th and Wardlow in Long Beach 🗽☕️🇵🇸🕊️♈️

🗽☕️ #liberatedcoffee Monday 9-1 on Cerritos Avenue between 36th and Wardlow in Long Beach

Sorry we’re late! Had to whip up a housemate strawberry cardamom syrup this morning now that the sunshine is back 🗽☕️🍩🍓 #liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Saturday til 2PM on East 2nd and Hermosa in Long Beach

#liberatedcoffee and @devis.donuts Sunday 9-1 on Ocean and Junipero in Long Beach 🗽☕️🍩💛🏝️

Making #liberatedcoffee on my birthday! Friday 9-1 on Cerritos Avenue between 36th and Wardlow in #longbeach 🗽☕️🎁🐴 back in Alamitos Beach this Sunday

Cafablanca has emerged 🗽☕️💫 #liberatedcoffee Thursday 9-1 on Cerritos Avenue between 36th and Wardlow in #longbeach

Don’t think, I’ve left you all behind. Still love Alamitos Beach you’re always on my mind 🗽☕️🍩💗🎶 #liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Saturday 8-1 on East 2nd and Cherry in Long Beach

The irony of using a met@ product to promote a boycott and protest against corporate greed, oligarchy and fascism is not lost on us. This platform is designed to manipulate, enrage, divide and desensitize us — it has conditioned us all to accept the unacceptable, and you and I are collective enablers by continually choosing to utilize it. SHOP SMALL EVERY DAY. Yes, we vote with our dollars, but we also vote with our time. How much of that finite resource are we donating to M@rk Zuckrbrg? Minimize and, if you are able to, eliminate your engagement with FB and IG entirely. You can always skip this digital doomsday simulator and find our most recent location at cafablanca.com/findus🗽☕️🐴 #liberatedcoffee and front yard café Friday 8-2 on Cerritos Avenue between 36th and Wardlow in Long Beach

#liberatedcoffee Thursday 9-1 on Cerritos Avenue between 36th and Wardlow in Long Beach 🗽☕️🐴

Just a quickie today! Even in the suburbs, you gotta move your cars for street sweeping. #liberatedcoffee and Front Yard Café Weds. 8:30-11:30 on Cerritos Avenue between 36th and Wardlow, #CaliforniaHeights, #LongBeach

Every day we go to work we get to be of service to others. We also get to be advocates, artists, craftspeople, photographers, DJ’s, and best of all, we get to create a hub for our community. Our job is to not be fenced off, while also maintaining good boundaries. Cafablanca is more than a street-side café. We add love and a zest for life to every cup.

#liberatedcoffee 8-1 Tuesday on Cerritos Avenue, between Wardlow and 36th in California Heights. Look for the hitching post🗽☕️🐴

Wake up, suburbia. It’s Monday and Cafablanca is all up on your side street. We are here, we are queer, and we will not live in fear🗽☕️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐴 look out for #liberatedcoffee weekdays on Cerritos Ave, between Wardlow and 36th street in #CaliforniaHeights, #LongBeach #coffee #specialtycoffee #craftcoffee #supportstreetvendors

#liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Sunday 9-2 on East 2nd street and Hermosa🗽☕️🍩💛 make sure to stop by and support Devi’s sweet-shop and café, located on Anaheim and Loma right here in Long Beach

When Biden pulled out of Afghanistan and the Taliban immediately seized power, I remember feeling helpless. The problems of the world were too big, so I decided to focus on something small. Something within my reach. That was the week I went to my first city council meeting and advocated on behalf of our local street vendors, whose hard and honest work was criminalized, I came to learn, through firsthand experience.

Fast forward a few years. Street vending is now legal. Not only in our city, but throughout our state as well. Getting here has not been a straight line, and there is still important work to do in reforming street vendor laws, but progress is always possible. Speaking up can make a difference, even when the world’s problems seem too big. #supportstreetvendors by completing the survey about MEHKO’s at the link in our bio. #liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Saturday 9-1 on Broadway and Cherry in Long Beach 🗽☕️🍩💛

Greetings from California Heights, where Cafablanca has found its new home base! We are out today waking up the North side of Long Beach, so that more folks can let @longbeachcity know that we support the permitting of micro-enterprise home Kitchen operations (MEHKO’s). Our new kitchen boasts a dishwasher for sanitation and a utility sink for waste water. We have everything we need to safely serve coffee, tea and treats for years to come, but current laws require us to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars per month renting a commercial kitchen space that we do not need, and which the city is in short supply of. Once this barrier is removed, our street vendors will finally have a real pathway to permitting. Click the link in our bio, and stop by Friday 9-2 for #liberatedcoffee in front of 3529 Cerritos Avenue, one block from Orange and Wardlow 🗽☕️⛓️‍💥🐴 *don’t worry, Alamitos Beach — we will be back this weekend

@longbeachcity is studying the feasibility of Micro-Enterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO’s) which, if allowed, would greatly help street vendors like Cafablanca to become permitted. Please take a moment and click the link in our bio to participate in an online survey that will #supportstreetvendors 🗽☕️ despite the shock and awe of the times we’re living through, it’s important to keep fighting for change — especially locally #liberatedcoffee 9-1 Wednesday on East 2nd street and Cherry in Long Beach

We stand with our trans and immigrant friends and neighbors 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏽 100% donation-based #liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Saturday 9-1 on East 2nd and Cherry in #longbeach Swing by on your way to the dog park, Farmers Market, or yoga on the bluffs🗽☕️🍩💛

🗽☕️🍩💛 #liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Saturday 9-2 on East 2nd st and Hermosa in Long Beach

Happiest of holidays to all of our supporters! As we have been catering more and more in recent years, we have been popping up less and less, and we are so grateful for your continued support of our growing small business — even though we aren’t always able to be around. As part of our expansion in the new year, Cafablanca is becoming equipped to serve #liberatedcoffee even on the days we get booked. Keep an eye out to find out exactly #whatsinthebox and enjoy spending today and every other with those you love 💛🎁

#liberatedcoffee and @devis.donuts Saturday
9-2 on Ocean and Junipero in Long Beach 🗽☕️🍩🙏🏽🏝️

Happy Holidays from Cafablanca! Catch us this weekend in Alamitos Beach for some 100% donation-based #liberatedcoffee🗽☕️🎄

Visited #neworleans this week and saw the final resting place of Homer Plessy. He was a mixed-race man with light enough skin to pass as white, but chose not to in a purposeful act of civil disobedience. In 1892, Plessy got arrested for riding a white’s-only train as part of a coordinated effort to challenge new discriminatory laws being passed in a post-reconstruction Louisiana. Fought it all the way to the US Supreme Court, but tragically lost the case, establishing the “separate but equal” doctrine that ushered in over half a century of racist Jim Crow laws.

Wandering near the cemetery afterward, I caught the kind eyes and warm smile of a man named Brandon, who invited me into his living-room café, tucked away in one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city: Tremé Lafitte. A place where people of color could live freely for decades before emancipation — but for a price. @calas_cafe wasn’t open to the public that day, but Brandon needed me to eat a Calas anyway. He popped some sweet balls of seasoned rice dough into the deep-fryer and explained how he revived his grandmothers recipe, how elders travel there to try them, then shed tears because they haven’t tasted one since they were a child. Selling these puffy, powdered, nearly forgotten confections -which blow NOLAs world famous beignet’s out of the water- is how so many enslaved people were able to purchase their freedom under French and Spanish rule in Louisiana. Perhaps even the Creole family Homer Plessy was born into, with roots he took enough pride in to stand up and fight for.

This lost culinary heritage matters, which is why Brandon is working hard to expand his café space into Tremé’s local Perseverance Hall, alongside his ongoing fight for healthy food access for the people of New Orleans. Calling on available grant writers to get in touch with Brandon if you have some time to donate to his cause, and for everyone to support him by following @harvestnola and visiting #calascafé next time you’re down in The Big Easy.

Stop by for #liberatedcoffee and @devis.donuts Saturday 9-2 on East 2nd street and Hermosa Avenue in Long Beach 🗽☕️🍩💛

Small business owners have not stopped struggling in recent years. From the pandemic to the picket line to inflation, too many of our favorite local merchants have had to cut back their operations or shutter their shops entirely. We all have whiplash imagining a near future with Kamala’s fifty thousand dollar tax credit to preparing for Trump’s tariffs and an unrestrained corporate takeover of the federal government. This #smallbusinesssaturday the vote of your dollar goes a very long way. Stop by Cafablanca on your way to the Bixby Park farmers market for some freshly baked vegan @devis.donuts and don’t forget about their shop on Loma and Anaheim. Donate for a retail bag of @heartroasters or a locally made @knitgnatslbc for the Christmas tree, and enjoy your #liberatedcoffee on East 2nd street and Hermosa Saturday 11/30 from 9-1 🗽☕️💛🗳️💲

For over two years now, our friend and supporter Laura has been supplying Cafablanca with our legendary spicy chai blend. What started as a delicious gesture of kindness has morphed into an ongoing and organic working relationship. We are so happy to announce that Laura is now an official co-owner of Cafablanca, and an investor in our small businesses expansion! Laura not only brings her delicious secret recipe and accounting expertise on board, but she adds so much brightness to our little yellow enterprise. So happy to have you on the team @lauramshannon 💛 we are thrilled to be growing, with even more exciting announcements coming soon. #whatsinthebox #liberatedcoffee Sunday 9-1 on East 2nd st and Hermosa in Long Beach 🗽☕️

#liberatedcoffee and @devis.donuts Saturday 9-2 on East 2nd between Hermosa and Cherry — swing by on your way to the Bixby Park Farmer’s Market 🗽☕️💛 #alamitosbeach #supportstreetvendors #buylocal

It’s going to be a long, bumpy ride. #liberatedcoffee Friday 9-2 on Junipero and Ocean in Long Beach 🗽☕️

Time to build a coffee shop 🗽☕️💛 #liberatedcoffee til 2PM on east 2nd street and Hermosa in Long Beach

#liberatedcoffee Wednesday 9-1 on East 2nd street and Hermosa in Long Beach 🗽☕️💛😎🤘🏽

None of us know how much time we have left. Spend it how you choose. When you’re lucky enough to leave work early, feel good about it.🗽☕️💛⏳ #liberatedcoffee Sunday 9-noon on east 2nd and Hermosa in Long Beach

#liberatedcoffee time 🗽☕️💛⏰ Saturday 9-2 with @devis.donuts on East 2nd and Hermosa in Long Beach

We’re back on the block with a little extra coconut! 🥥🥥 Today’s drink special is the Kamala latte: toasted coconut brown sugar syrup with @heartroasters espresso, steamed oat milk and a cinnamon cocoa garnish. A portion of your donations are going to keep @vp Kamala Harris in the White House🗽☕️ 💛 #liberatedcoffee and @devis.donuts Saturday 8-1 on East 2nd st and Hermosa

A little extra fuel for all you handy weekend go getters 🗽☕️💛🛠️🍩 #liberatedcoffee and vegan @devis.donuts Sunday 9-2 on 4th and Olive in Long Beach

#liberatedcoffee and @devis.donuts Saturday 9-2 on East 2nd Street and Hermosa in Long Beach 🗽☕️💛

Hersh was born in Berkeley, the same town I lived in before opening Cafablanca. Have you heard of Hersh?

Hersh is 23 years old, and he is 1 of 8 Americans who have been held captive by Hamas for the past 313 days… and counting. During the attack on The Nova Music Festival in Southern Israel, Hersh’s left arm was blown off by a grenade. Since being wounded and abducted into Gaza, he has not been visited or treated by any humanitarian organization. Every morning since October 7th, Hersh’s mother writes the number of days that her son has been a hostage on a piece of tape and sticks it over her heart.

Today, Cafablanca is partnering with the non-profit @freeourhostages who has provided cups to coffee shops all over Los Angeles with the names of the 8 Americans who remain in Hamas captivity. If you serve coffee and want to help spread awareness about Hersh and the other 7, DM me and I’ll get you a box. These Americans could be you or I, or someone we love, or someone who simply likes to travel and enjoy festivals. Learn their names. Hear their stories. Join the call for their immediate release and #bringthemhome #bringthemhomenow #hostagedealnow #ceasefirenow

🗽☕️🎱🇺🇸🙏🏽 #8CAMPAIGN #liberatedcoffee Thursday from 8-11 in on the corner of Melrose and Harper with the blessings of @carreracafe 💛

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BOOK CAFABLANCA

Cafablanca is the full service coffee shop experience, but on wheels. We come to YOU!

We can roll up anywhere in Southern California.

Our pop-up cafés are perfect in any setting, indoor or outdoor.

We cater for all occasions!

Cafablanca brings expertly crafted coffees, locally blended teas, and freshly baked treats to film and television sets, both in studio and on location.

While we specialize in production catering and craft services, our delicious offerings, sensational set-up and fast friendly service makes us a major hit at any special event. Cafablanca provides:

Unlimited drink service to the entire cast and crew
A top-tier Craft Service (crafty) table, combined with our classic craft coffee and tea selection
Highly skilled baristas who are trained to craft up to 120 drinks per hour. No crowd is too large!
Ethically sourced, Farm direct specialty coffee roasted in small batches in Portland, Oregon.
A selection of seasonal and organic loose-leaf teas blended in our hometown of Long Beach
Retail coffee bags and hand-crafted merchandise
Bistro seating, curated music, cute café vibes
A meaningful message on our marquee letter board
Freshly baked treats! Local! Vegan! GF! Delish!
A rotating exhibit of long lost Oscar photos

Cafablanca is a 100% donation-based small business. For any private or public event we require a minimum donation. This unique model allows our services to remain accessible for smaller community events, while inviting our corporate clients and media partners to partake in our mission for liberated coffee

After you inquire we will calculate your minimum based on various factors, including type of event, duration of event, location, and number of guests.

Don't wait!

Bookings are based on availability.

Direct all inquiries to info@cafablanca.com

Or send us details below and we will get in touch

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