Kat Palen, 27, is a barista at Cafe Grumpy, the real-life coffee shop featured in HBO’s “Girls.” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Cafe Grumpy is located in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Kate Weinberg, 27, is a regular at Cafe Grumpy. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Liam Singer is the head roaster at Cafe Grumpy. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Danita Rogers, left, and Lizinke Kruger, both from South Africa, visit Cafe Grumpy. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Cafe Grumpy is the real-life coffee shop featured in “Girls.” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
