National Coffee Day In Venice: Where To Get Your Joe Fix

VENICE, CA — For many on the go in Venice and Mar Vista, drinking coffee is celebrated seven mornings a week.

But there’s a specific date that is specifically set to highlight one of the world’s most consumed beverages. National Coffee Day is Sept. 29 across the United States and falls on a Wednesday in 2021.

National Coffee Day gives java lovers in Venice and Mar Vista another reason to visit one of their local coffee shops.

In and near Venice and Mar Vista, local coffee shops include:

• Alana's Coffee Roasters, 12511 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles
• Alfred Coffee Abbot Kinney, 1653b Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice
• Bellissimo Venice, 68 N Venice Blvd, Los Angeles
• Blue Bottle Coffee, 1103 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice
• Blue Star Donuts, 1142 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice
• Bluestone Lane Venice Beach Cafe, 523 Rose Ave, Venice
• Bulletproof Coffee, 3110 Main St, Santa Monica
• The Butcher's Daughter, 1205 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice
• Cafe Collage, 1518 Pacific Ave, Venice
• Deus, 2318 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
• Dunkin' Donuts, 1132 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica
• Dogtown Coffee, 2003 Main St, Santa Monica
• Empanadas and coffee, 1601 Ocean Front Walk, Venice
• Fig Tree, 431 Ocean Front Walk, Venice
• Flowerboy Project, 816 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
• Gjusta, 320 Sunset Ave, Venice
• Go Get Em Tiger, 2645 Main St, Santa Monica
• Great White, 1604 Pacific Ave, Venice
• Groundwork Coffee Co., 671 Rose Ave, Venice
• Intelligentsia Coffee Venice Coffeebar, 1331 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice
• Kafe K, 2209 Main St b, Santa Monica
• little lunch coffee + snacks, 50 Brooks Ave, Venice
• Menotti's Coffee Stop, 56 Windward Ave, Venice
• The Pie Hole, 2627 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica
• Pink Elephant Espresso Bar, STE#2 801 Ocean Front Walk, Venice
• The Place To Be, 2510B Main St, Santa Monica
• The Rose Venice, 220 Rose Ave, Venice
• Randy's Donuts, 829 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica
• Shoops Delicatessen, 2400 Main St a1, Santa Monica
• Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee, 631 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica
• Starbucks, 910 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
• Superba Food + Bread, 1900 Lincoln Blvd, Venice
• TOMS Flagship, 1344 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice
• Urth Caffe Santa Monica, 2327 Main St, Santa Monica
• WFM Coffee & Juice Bar, 225 Lincoln Blvd, Venice

The exact origin of how Sept. 29 (or Oct. 1 in other countries) became National Coffee Day is cloudy, according to a NationalToday.com summary of the country’s long connection with the drink. It points to the 1773 Boston Tea Party as a key moment in U.S. history for when the country, quite literally, dumped tea for coffee.

When the people of the 13 colonies revolted against King George III’s hefty tea tax, “tea was out, and coffee was in,” the summary states.

The United States’ connection with coffee only became stronger in the years to follow. Brothers John and Charles Arbuckle started selling coffee to cowboys in the American West during the mid-1800s, and James Folger introduced the drink to gold miners in California before creating the J.A. Folger & Co. in 1872, according to NationalToday.com.

Other brands still around today, such as Maxwell House and Hills Brothers, eventually entered the coffee market. And Starbucks “changed everything” when it formed in Seattle in 1971, according to the summary.

The U.S. coffee shop market has now grown into a $45.4 billion industry, according to an account that cites the Allegra World Coffee Portal’s 2019 Project Café USA report.

A number of chain coffee shops are expected to offer deals for National Coffee Day, TheSpruceEats.com says.

Among them, Krispy Kreme will offer a free coffee and doughnut on the day, Dunkin’ Donuts a free medium hot or iced coffee with any purchase, and LaMar’s Donuts a free small cup of coffee.

Local 7-Eleven stores will offer 7Rewards loyalty members one free, any size hot coffee - including 7-Eleven’s new fall coffee lineup: Fall Pumpkin Coffee and Pumpkin Spice Latte - with the purchase of a baked good at participating stores.

Starbucks also typically offers free samples or cups of coffee on Sept. 29, Coffeeaffection.com reported this year.

Editor's Note: Did we miss a local coffee spot? Let us know in the comments.