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Customize your

latte art in

Carrera Café

In September 2016 brother and sister team, Kia Illulian &
Kathy Illulian, opened their Carrera Café, a charming European
style place with delicious coffee and Italian subs, on Melrose
Avenue, Los Angeles . The name comes from the very opulent
marble that is used on the counter tops of the cafe, Carrera
Marble which comes from Carrera, Italy. Interior design was
done in house by Kia and his wife Jessica Illulian, inspired by
their trips to Paris and New York. Given that Illulian’s have some
Italian roots, they decided to give the cafe an Italian theme.
Carrera Cafe uses high-end commercial Nespresso pod
system for all of their espresso-based beverages. Carrera Cafe’s
specialty is to do customized foam art on lattes. The custom latte
art comes by way of a proprietary machine that can take any
image and print it on the top of foam. It works just like an ink
jet printer does but on foam. Customer can choose images
from our preselected options that changes monthly or
they can download the “Coffee Ripples” app and send
custom images. The picture can be anything, how-
ever it has to be in black and white in order to
make the design come up darker on the latte.
It’s that easy and makes your coffee feel much that will engage customers and offer them a nice back drop
more personalized. for a memorable photo opportunity. The wall has gone 4
Carrera’s art wall is Instagram- transitions since inception, the most famous for now are
famous all over the West “Hello” and “La La Land” murals and one more amazing work
coast, it is a unique by MRBRAINWASH will be coming in the next few months.
place for local artists Melrose Avenue has always been hip and trendy,
to express their skills which is why the owners chose Melrose for Carrera. The
on meaningful images famous Paul Smith Pink Wall is also across the street which
is a big plus.
Carrera Cafe has increased the foot traffic to the com-
mercial stores by 10 fold since it’s opening. Bloggers, Fahioni-
stas, Instagrammers and tourists all stop by to take their
picture at their mural, taste delicious espresso beverages,
lunch or nibble on our decadent pastries and photo worthy
waffles. All of these people get to experience the joy of outdoor
dining and shopping in one of LA’s coolest neighborhoods,
“Melrose Heights”.

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