A few weeks after it opened, a friend and I checked out MILK. That's, the cafe, not the store. The small cafe on the corner of Poinsettia St and Beverly Blvd is really cute. It has plenty of out door tables to make up for the limited space inside the restaurant. Probably in all there are 20 tables but not enough for a big group really. All the inside tables seat only 2-3 people.
The cuisine is sandwiches, soup and salads. But there's a twist! Milk also has a large list of Espresso drinks, ice cream and pastries. Breakfast is also served. The ice cream is creamy and delicious--although it looks like gelato on first glance, that is just the style of the serving containers--it is ice cream, no mistakes about it.
I've become almost a regular at the restaurant. One cashier even thought she knew me from past visits. I'd like to say that I have tried something new every visit, but that is not the case. Dessert-wise, I have tried something new every time. I've had an ice cream bar, and ice cream sandwich, a cookies and cream shake, a malted milk ball shake, a coffee toffee shake, the chocolate chip cookies, the chocolate chocolate cookies, the blueberry velvet cake... Every dessert I have tried have been spectacular. They are always very fresh as though they were just made/baked.
The thing is, entree-wise I have only ever gotten one thing--the Farmer's Market Salad. The thing is though, that it is different every time. The salad is truly a Farmer's Market special. There is lettuce (spinach I think) as the base and a common vinaigrette dressing, but each time I go there is some different vegetable in the salad--and if you keep up with your in season produce, you'd notice that the salad contains all things in season and fresh. And if they are short on fitting vegetables they throw in a few garbanzo beans.
A salad and a milk shake are easily filling enough to be a solid meal for the whole day. Even just the salad is filling.
I highly recommend MILK. I have never had a bad experience there. The people are nice, the food is delicious, and the setting is comfortable and relaxed.
Milk
7290 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046
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