Little LA Cafe Adds Big Late Night Hours

By Eric Richardson
Published: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at 01:24PM

New Menu at LA Cafe Eric Richardson [Flickr]

A hand-drawn menu board at LA Cafe on Spring street.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — What Spring street's LA Cafe lacks in size, it makes up for in ambition. Starting this Thursday, the tiny cafe will be staying open until 4am Thursday through Saturday nights, offering delivery until 3:30am and free regular coffee after midnight.

It's a big first step toward owner David Bakhshi's dream of seeing the eatery open 24-hours.

Bakhshi reopened LA Cafe (639 S. Spring; 213-612-3000) in late 2006, taking over the name and space in Spring Tower Lofts from a previous ownership.

In November of 2007 the cafe launched a greatly expanded menu, focusing on paninis, salads, wraps to go along with coffees, desserts and pastries.

The new late-night hours are a big move for an eatery regularly open until 9pm (and only 5pm on Saturday). Bakhshi sees the cafe as somewhere that guests will come and hang out into the night. The eatery offers sidewalk seating and free WIFI.

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1
SinoSoul writes:

this is GREAT considering 1 of the other choices is D-Town Burger. GAG

# on May.12.2009 AT 01:30 PM
2
Bartleight writes:

Congratulations to David and all at LA Cafe. They are truly a neighborhood fixture on Spring St. and we love having them so close by. With the two new bars scheduled to open at the 626 Spring address across the street LA Cafe will be the perfect late-night dining option once everyone else closes at 2 AM.

# on May.12.2009 AT 02:54 PM
3
1234 writes:

YES!

# on May.12.2009 AT 03:39 PM
4
Ankur writes:

This is awesome!!!!

# on May.13.2009 AT 07:33 AM
5
area resident writes:

This is GREAT!! They just need to improve their customer service a little.

# on May.16.2009 AT 11:52 AM
6
Benjamin Pezzillo writes:

I've been a regular customer at this cafe since it opened and have never had a customer service issue.

# on May.16.2009 AT 12:39 PM
7
Rich Alossi writes:

Shifting my coffee habit to include LA Cafe in support of their longer hours. Right now I'm split between JJ's, Spring for Coffee and LA Cafe. Thanks for supporting the community with the expanded hours!

# on May.16.2009 AT 02:00 PM
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Delivery should be free writes:

They might lose some business charging $ 1 50 delivery service when so many cafes deliver for free.

Spring for Coffee has the best coffee downtown.

# on May.16.2009 AT 07:15 PM
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Security Lofts Dude writes:

Truly excellent food, from little things like cookies to bigger stuff like sandwiches and meals. Carefully prepared with quality ingredients. Prompt delivery, great staff and never made a mistake in 2 years of delivery orders.

# on Jul.11.2009 AT 11:29 PM

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