Cyclops Coffee Verified listing

Cyclops Coffee, owner Steven Than’s original shop after overseeing Steelhead for years, has officially moved beyond its flagship location on Clark Avenue.

Taking over a dream space at the southeast corner of Anaheim Street and Belmont Avenue—the space is adorned with brick, open wood ceilings, and plenty of windows—it marks a definitive notch in Zaferia’s belt as a coffee haven. You have Good Time to the west of the Redondo Curtain, Hey Brother Baker churning out some stellar, simple brews, and, farthest on the east end, the full-service space that is Cyclops, the Second Chapter.

That chapter is one filled with equal parts full-circle and forward-looking. It’s definitively rooted in a lifetime of Long Beach memory and Chinese- and Cambodian-American community connection. And some genuinely earned hustle points after years of on-the-ground coffee leadership under Steelhead Coffee’s John Aguirre.

Written and photos by Brian Addison.

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