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Cafés in Culver City

Espresso in the Washington Triangle Building, a bookshop café on Culver Boulevard, and coffee among the studios and the Hayden Tract offices.

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Culver City is a separate city from Los Angeles. Harry Culver founded it, and it incorporated on September 20, 1917; it had 40,779 residents in 2020 on about 5.1 square miles.1 Thomas Ince built its first film studio in 1918, MGM took over that lot in 1924, and it is now Sony Pictures Studios, which is why the city calls itself the Heart of Screenland.1

From the early 1990s the city renovated its downtown, around the meeting of Culver and Washington boulevards, and that is where most of its cafés are.1 The Metro E Line stops at Culver City station, the line's western end from June 2012 until it reached Santa Monica in May 2016.1

Local tip: Want a laptop-free coffee break? Caffe Luxxe in the Washington Triangle Building has no Wi-Fi by design; for Wi-Fi, Village Well on Culver Boulevard has it.

At a glance

30Cafés listed
8With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: The Grain Cafe, from 06:00 (Mon–Thu 06:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 06:00–23:00 · Sun 07:00–22:00).
  • Most listed streets: Culver Boulevard (4), Washington Boulevard (4), Washington Blvd (4).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (30%), indoor seating (20%), smoke-free indoors (13%).

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  • 10401 Venice Boulevard
  • Mon 11:30–20:00 · Tue–Thu 11:30–21:00 · Fri–Sat 11:30–22:00 · Sun 11:30–21:00
  • Air-con
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
  • Bubble tea
  • Open late
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Coffee chains in Culver City

Downtown: the Washington Triangle

Caffe Luxxe opened its first Culver City café on March 12, 2026, in the Washington Triangle Building at 9718 Washington Boulevard, the wedge where Culver Boulevard meets Washington. It has no Wi-Fi on purpose: the company asks customers to take a break instead.2 It opens daily 06:30–18:00.

Go Get Em Tiger at 10000 Washington serves daily 07:00–16:00, and Philz at 9300 Culver Boulevard opens at 06:00 and stays open until 20:00 at weekends. Maruwu Seicha, a tea shop with seats inside and out, is at 9430 Culver Boulevard.

Village Well and Culver Boulevard

Jennifer Caspar opened Village Well Books & Coffee in 2020 at 9900 Culver Boulevard, on the corner of Duquesne Avenue, as a bookshop with a café serving coffee, tea, juice, beer and wine.3 It has Wi-Fi and seats indoors and on the sidewalk.

Farther west, leilō at 10606 Culver Boulevard serves daily 07:00–16:30 with vegan options, Coffee Commissary at No. 11612 daily 07:00–18:00, and Mad Lab Coffee Roasters at No. 11955 daily 07:00–18:00 with Wi-Fi. On Venice Boulevard, The Grain Cafe at No. 10032 opens at 06:00 and serves until 22:00, or 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Washington Boulevard east of downtown

Cognoscenti began as a mobile pop-up coffee bar and opened its first permanent shop, about 400 square feet, at 6114 Washington Boulevard on December 12, 2012, pouring coffee from roasters such as Ritual and Counter Culture.4 It now opens at 07:00 from Monday to Saturday and 08:00 on Sundays.

Along the same boulevard, Blue Bottle at No. 8830 opens at 06:30 on weekdays, Petite Juliet at No. 8888 serves daily 08:00–15:00, and Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. is at No. 5879.

The Hayden Tract and Helms

East of downtown, the Hayden Tract is known for the office buildings Eric Owen Moss designed there, and the city also keeps the 1930 Helms Bakery building, in PWA Moderne style.1 Destroyer, at 3578 Hayden Avenue, serves daily 08:00–16:00 with outdoor tables, and Bar Nine is at 3515 Helms Avenue.

The city's second lot, the Culver Studios, was built in 1918–1920, with offices in a building styled as a Colonial Revival mansion.1 On the city's western side, Tanner's Coffee is at 4342 Sepulveda Boulevard and The Spot Cafe at 4455 Overland Avenue.

Sources

  1. Culver City, California, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Caffe Luxxe brews up buzz on Culver City's triangle corner (Ben Levine, March 12, 2026), Hoodline, accessed October 2026
  3. The Village Well Books & Coffee Announces Virtual Opening (June 10, 2020), Culver City Crossroads, accessed October 2026
  4. L.A. Pop-Up Cognoscenti Coffee Finds Home in Culver City (December 12, 2012), Daily Coffee News, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Culver City cafés: questions

Is Culver City part of the City of Los Angeles?

No. Culver City is a separate city, founded by Harry Culver and incorporated on September 20, 1917, with 40,779 residents in 2020. MGM took over its first film studio in 1924, now Sony Pictures Studios. The Metro E Line stops at Culver City station on the way to Santa Monica.

Which cafés in downtown Culver City open early?

Philz at 9300 Culver Boulevard opens at 06:00 every day, and Caffe Luxxe, in the Washington Triangle Building at 9718 Washington Boulevard since March 2026, opens at 06:30. The Grain Cafe on Venice Boulevard opens at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday, and Blue Bottle on Washington Boulevard at 06:30 on weekdays.

What is Village Well Books & Coffee in Culver City?

Village Well Books & Coffee is an independent bookshop with a café at 9900 Culver Boulevard, on the corner of Duquesne Avenue. Jennifer Caspar opened it in 2020. The café serves coffee, tea, juice, beer and wine, and the shop has Wi-Fi and seats indoors and outside.

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