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Elf Cafe is a Mediterranean restaurant owned by Scott Zwiezen and located in Echo Park, California. [1] It opened in 2006, closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was the subject of a 2022 episode of the NPR podcast In the Weeds. It reopened with a new menu and look in 2023. [2] [3]
That tradition ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California, and the restaurant had since been open from 7 am to either 3 or 5 pm, depending on the day. [citation needed] The restaurant was owned by former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan and served many celebrities and politicians. After 101 years in operation, the restaurant closed on ...
Arthur J. Simms (who headed the commissary at MGM Studios in the 1950s), his son Thomas Simms, Brian Taylor, and Paul Kurz opened the first Mimi's Cafe in December 1978 in Anaheim, California. Bob Evans Farms, Inc. purchased the Mimi's Cafe restaurant chain (operating under SWH Corporation) in July 2004 for USD$182 million. [4]
The menu includes several kinds of steak (including a 40-ounce prime tomahawk) from Brandt Beef in Southern California. Oysters on the half shell, clam chowder and other dishes are available.
Irish coffee at the Buena Vista Cafe. The Buena Vista is a café in San Francisco, California, credited with introducing Irish coffee to the United States in 1952. [1] The Buena Vista Café originally opened in 1916 when the first floor of a boardinghouse was converted into a saloon. [2] The current owners also operate the Trident in Sausalito. [3]
California-style pizza, baked in an in-house pizza oven and topped with a variety of local ingredients, was created at the cafe in 1980. [ 15 ] Goat Cheese Salad : first offered in the late 1970s, the salad contains rounds of chèvre marinated in olive oil and herbs, coated in bread crumbs, and baked, served with lightly dressed mesclun .
The Homemade Cafe is a casual restaurant in Berkeley, California that serves comfort food. It gained national attention for its "Everybody Eats" program to provide free meals to those in the community experiencing food insecurity. It closed in January 2024, but as of February 2025, it has re-opened with a limited menu.
Paul and Nancy Fong prepare meals for the lunch rush at the Chicago Cafe in Woodland. The family diner, established in 1903, was recently recognized as California's oldest Chinese restaurant.