Jean-Marie Monfort Hebert Georges Fils Laguerre — also known as Tigeorges — says the beans he imports from Haiti make the “best coffee in the world.” He’s willing to give customers at his Glendale Boulevard restaurant a free sample from a barrel of the beans to prove his point, one of the many ways he blends Haitian culture into his business.

Center of African-American culture in L.A. bustles through the downturn with 3rd annual edition of event.