{"id":370334,"date":"2025-11-11T00:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T00:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/370334\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T00:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T00:18:21","slug":"reunion-company-brings-a-touch-of-home-to-los-feliz-annenberg-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/370334\/","title":{"rendered":"Reunion & Company brings a touch of home to Los Feliz \u2013 Annenberg Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Hyperion Avenue in Los Feliz, a former smoke shop has been reimagined as Reunion & Company \u2013 a caf\u00e9 by day, wine bar by night. The space is the vision of Cathleen and Tyler Simmons, a couple blending coffee, wine and community into one concept.<\/p>\n

Since the couple met over 20 years ago, Tyler has dreamed of opening a coffee shop. When the couple eventually began harvesting their own wine, the idea to merge both passions \u2014 coffee and wine \u2014 into one space began to take shape.<\/p>\n

\"BaristaBarista and chef Justin Berry prepares the cactus matcha drink (Andriana Yatsyshyn). <\/p>\n

Now Los Feliz locals, the Simmons, have planted their new venture in the heart of their own neighborhood. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of places that we feel are visually beautiful, but also casual enough to bring kids,\u201d Cathleen said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have that in our neighborhood. So, last July, we started demo.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"DESCRIBEExterior of Reunion & Company (Andriana Yatsyshyn). <\/p>\n

What followed was a hands-on renovation powered by friends and family. \u201cIt\u2019s really been a labor of love,\u201d she said. \u201cSo many people came to demo with us \u2014 which was so cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inside, the design reflects the Simmons\u2019 vision for a second home. Guests order drinks at a marble island-style bar, before heading through an archway into a room lined with blue velvet walls, bookshelves, paintings and lounge couches. <\/p>\n

Candlelight and warm tones create a space that feels lived in. \u201cWe want people to come here to talk and hang out, get to know each other and meet people, as if you were having a reunion,\u201d Cathleen said. <\/p>\n

\"PhotoLocals and guests chat over drinks (Andriana Yatsyshyn). <\/p>\n

By day, the caf\u00e9 serves unique drinks and pastries like matcha over prickly pear cactus water, cardamom lattes and a Nutella croissant. <\/p>\n

Her kids are already the caf\u00e9\u2019s unofficial taste-testers. \u201cThey highly recommend the coffee cake donut and pop tart,\u201d Cathleen said.<\/p>\n

Come evening, the space transforms into a full-service wine bar, open 5 to 11 p.m., pouring the couple\u2019s own harvested wine with small bites to match. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seven or eight vintages [wine harvested from grapes in a single year] and more coming,\u201d Cathleen said. \u201cEvery season we get to go up during the harvest time and sample it all\u2026 It\u2019s really creative and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PhotoCardamom latte pictured alongside the Big Sis chilled red wine (Andriana Yatsyshyn). <\/p>\n

Even the bottles have personality. \u201cOur red is called Big Sis and our orange is the Skin Contact,\u201d she said. \u201cWe make cute characters for each wine so that it creates that family reunion feel.\u201d <\/p>\n

For now, the bar will pour only their own wines, but Cathleen hopes to expand the menu soon. <\/p>\n

\u201cI love Chardonnay,\u201d she said. \u201cI always tell Tyler I\u2019d love to make like an old-lady Chardonnay and name it some funny aunt name.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guests are invited to stop by their opening day celebration on Nov. 15, from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. and sample their coffee, pastries, wine and small bites. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe ultimate goal,\u201d Cathleen said, \u201cwas to have a place for our community. For our friends and family to come and unwind. I think we\u2019ve finally found it.\u201d <\/p>\n

And it shows. Reunion & Company isn\u2019t just a caf\u00e9 or a wine bar \u2013 it\u2019s a home-away-from-home where anyone who walks in can grab a seat, share a glass and feel like they\u2019re part of a family.<\/p>\n

By the time they leave, they\u2019ve joined the reunion \u2014 and the company. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Hyperion Avenue in Los Feliz, a former smoke shop has been reimagined as Reunion & Company \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":370335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[178549,1582,276,15713,36155,2961,224,18048,5337,87032],"class_list":{"0":"post-370334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-andriana-yatsyshyn","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-coffee","12":"tag-coffee-shop","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-feliz","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-wine-bar"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115528199106894004","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}