12/27/2025
After almost 7 incredible years, Sip & Sonder’s Inglewood flagship coffeehouse will be closing its doors on December 31.
We know this space has always been bigger than us. It has been a home for community—an embodiment of Black diasporic joy, warmth, creativity, and presence. A place where people came not just for coffee, but to be seen, to rest, to connect, and to imagine.
Together, we’ve witnessed so much—first dates and forever loves, marriages and separations, deep friendships, firstborns and secondborns, heartbreaks and healing, intellectual debates, laughter, tears, and countless quiet moments over coffee that mattered more than anyone realized at the time.
Change—especially change that follows years of love and shared history—is tender. And while we are sentimental, we are also deeply proud and full of things to celebrate.
We landed on Market Street in 2017 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to make an impact through coffee. We opened Sip & Sonder in Inglewood to show ourselves and our community that it is possible to create spaces designed for us, by us—that we deserve beautiful spaces, excellent coffee, and room to simply exist and be seen. And we did exactly that. And we will continue to do so.
To everyone who has supported us in this flagship location: thank you. Every visit. Every cup. Every conversation. Every program. Every smile. Every moment of trust and presence—it all mattered more than we can say.
While we will no longer have a physical home in Inglewood, Sip & Sonder is still here. We are still roasting and distributing coffee—Sip & Sonder–branded and white label. We are still catering. Our Downtown LA location remains open, and we’d love to see you there. Most of all, we are excited to share how Sip & Sonder continues to evolve as we lean into what’s next.
We move forward. We pivot. We grow. We trust change.
If you happened to borrow a book from one of the stashes around the room, feel free to bring it back and tell us what you thought—or keep it as our thank you for being part of this chapter. Come say hello to our baristas. Grab a cup. Sit for a moment. Be you with us.
Cups Up!
Amanda-Jane & Shanita