Support from the local community has carried Hilltop Coffee Kitchen through the pandemic, and appropriately so. The three-unit operator, based in Los Angeles, has built its business model around being ...

Issa Rae continues the building of her empire! The multifaceted businesswoman has partnered with Hilltop Coffee and Kitchen to bring the cafe to the location in Inglewood, California. Rae becomes an ...

South L.A.-based cafe Hilltop Coffee & Kitchen, the brainchild of Ajay Relan, has found success bringing quality coffee and food to an underrepresented community of color, working past the initial ...

With summer heating up, so is my thirst for cocktails. Recently, I encountered two lounges with cocktails worthy of your attention. My first stop was Smoke + Cedar for the smoky creations of Dean ...

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Hilltop Inglewood took on a split-level open floor plan with ...

1 / 13Write The Story - Ajay Relan and Yonnie Hagos, and business partner Issa Rae, are LA natives who wanted a community-centric, creative space with food and coffee in Inglewood - Hilltop Coffee + ...

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Eagle Rock gets a new cafe and daytime restaurant starting ...

Ajay Relan is one of the founders of the famous Hilltop Coffee & Kitchen locations in California. From his successes, he has become an influential member of the Crenshaw area. TheGrio caught up with ...