Deja Brew

Deja Brew was a coffee shop in Little Seoul that was operated by Billy Phresh, Mario Hernandez, Arya Shah, Mercury Frost, and Lilly Pandia.

History
The successor to Lil Gatos, Deja Brew was located in front of the Chang Gang Compound, across the street from Maldini's Pizzeria. The storefront opened on May 12, 2022, being one of the first storefronts in the city.

By late 2022, the store was mainly operated and restocked by Lilly Pandia of Hydra Gang and Arya Shah and Mercury Frost of Street Team. Relations between Hydra and Street Team deteriorated in late 2022 which saw key access and management to Deja Brew become a point of contention and source of drama. Allegedly with Deja Brew owner Billy's permission, Arya took money from the business account to help purchase Street Team's meth lab, but Lilly was not properly informed. Lilly began removing key access by Street Team members, which eventually resulted in Arya no longer being associated with the store. Mercury Frost Billy eventually left Street Team and were ocean dumped during the blood-out. This resulted in Lilly, who was also broken up with Billy but cared about him and the store, removing keys again, and around this time the employee roster was cleaned and only Billy was on the employee list. After losing access to the shop, Street Team believed Mario Hernandez was the co-owner, but Judge Siobhan Fitzpatrick confirmed Billy was the sole owner according to the paperwork.

During all this, residents of Little Seoul, including Chang Gang leader Mr. Kebun, became annoyed that Deja Brew's doors were always locked and the store was no longer being stocked regularly. After Jaylen Carter Jr informed Mr. K about the shop becoming derelict and no longer in use while taking up property space, K contacted Rosa Garcia and Chief Justice Alan Crane about evicting the store.

On January 11, 2023, the Deja Brew storefront in Little Seoul was seized by the state after an inspection by Chief Justice Alan Crane and John Miller upon request by Mr. Kebun. Notice was sent to owner Billy Phresh. Billy retains ownership of the company.