At Lovesong Coffee, the bold and beautiful gather to sip caffeinated concoctions and peck at laptops in a space as bright and minimal as a stage set.
As I approached the crazed face, I found longtime North Park local Jay Lind already on the sidewalk, grabbing photos with his phone. The neighborhood “has really blossomed,” he told me. In the 1960s, suburbanization and the completion of Interstate 8 in Mission Valley began draining the area of money and homeowners. Look-alike apartment buildings multiplied where bungalows once stood. . Owner Elexia de la Parra began this business as a farmers market stall, then moved to North Park in 2017. You can’t miss the selfie-ready mural outside proclaiming “You are radiant!” or the Frida Kahlo mural inside .
Tafazoli grew up in San Diego and knew of the LaFayette long before buying it in 2021. To bring new life to a site that’s been “held together with love and Scotch tape” for decades, the Consortium team is mixing styles, eras, patterns and materials with a creative promiscuity that will make you smile or run away screaming. Rates begin at about $300.