It’s a sunny, 70-degree February afternoon in Los Angeles, and crowds have been pouring into Sydney Wayser and Isaac Watters’ home nonstop.
A stereo system filters music into their kitchen, dining area and through the open doors to their backyard, where dozens of people sip coffees, chat in groups or type away on their laptops.
The couple isn’t just entertaining friends and family. Wayser, 39, and Watters, 42, are the creators behind LA’s hottest new coffee shop, Granada, which the married couple runs out of their own home in Echo Park’s Angelino Heights.
Just over a month into their venture, they say they’re having their busiest day yet.
Like usual, they opened their doors at 9 a.m. Within hours they sold out of their pastry selection, had to DoorDash additional milk and called on a neighbor to go for an ice run. It’s 2:30 p.m. by the time I arrive, 30 minutes to close, and there’s still a line to order.
