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Latest recorded visit2015-08-04

“Late night sugar fix cravings. Just so so but will do the job”

Roger, Google Maps review (2015-08-04)

Coffee · Korean

IOTA Brew Cafe

Koreatown, Los AngelesClosed

A Koreatown cafe Roger visited for a late-night sugar fix, rating it just so-so — it did the job but wasn't memorable; the cafe has since closed.

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IOTA Brew Cafe closed in 2016 after owner Brian Chong suffered a stroke and relocated to Texas (per welikela.com). The Western Avenue space later cycled through several short-lived businesses before Chong returned to open Dragon Boba at the same address in 2020 — a different concept (boba tea and mochi donuts), not a continuation of IOTA, so this page is kept as a closed record rather than merged with any successor.

Yelp — IOTA Brew Cafe listed as closed (checked 2026-09-21) (2026-09-21) ↗

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Checked in 1 time on Swarm, most recently Apr 9, 2015. See the check-in log

2015-08-04day precision · source explicit

★★★☆☆

“Late night sugar fix cravings. Just so so but will do the job”

Roger went for a late-night sugar fix and called it just so-so but serviceable. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)

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