A sign reading “I like my coffee without ICE” is posted in the window of Cafe de Leche in Highland Park. “It’s 18, 20 bucks for, like, a hundred whistles,” Clem said, displaying a sandwich-size baggie of 100 multicolored whistles in the shape of small pencils. “We’re blowing $20 on coffee, right?” Clem said. AdvertisementWhen I asked Schodorf about joining ranks with the whistle brigade, he mentioned his wife, Cafe de Leche co-owner Anya Schodorf. “My dad fought in the Battle of the Bulge, right?” Clem said.
Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2026 18:36 UTC