"What makes Granada so unconventional is the fact that it's located on the lower level of their actual home, a situation enabled by LA County's relatively new Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (also known as MEHKO) permit. The permit allows Wayser and Watters to legally serve coffee and food out of their house, with limitations on the number of staff and total annual earnings."
"[We were] feeling isolated for so long, post-COVID, and then we had a daughter right after. There was a big chunk of time when we felt we were really missing community and we watched some of our favorite bars, restaurants, and coffee shops close. When we heard about the MEHKO permit, it felt like maybe we could make a community space. Having someone come over and have tea and a pastry in your house-that's the coziest entry point to community space."
Sydney Wayser and Isaac Watters opened Granada in early January, a coffee shop housed on the lower level of their Los Angeles home under LA County's Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO) permit. The permit allows them to legally serve coffee and food from their house with limits on staff and annual earnings. Customers in their Angelino Heights backyard sip cortados and eat pastries from baker Sasha Piligian. The couple launched the space partly in response to post-COVID isolation and the loss of neighborhood venues, aiming to create an intimate, salon-like community hub for sharing art, ideas, and culture.
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