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Open late cafés in Los Angeles

Bingsu and matcha on West 6th Street, Thai desserts in Thai Town, boba on Sawtelle to midnight and crêpes on Second Street in Little Tokyo.

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Late cafés in Los Angeles are mostly dessert, tea and boba rooms rather than espresso bars. Koreatown has the most, ahead of Los Feliz, Westwood & West LA and Downtown. LAist calls Koreatown the neighborhood with more 24-hour spots per square foot than anywhere else in town.1

Expect 22:00 as the usual last call and 23:00 at the weekend. A few go later: Volcano Tea House on Sawtelle Boulevard and Fun Ol’ Cakes on West Sunset stay open to midnight.

Local tip: On a weeknight on the Westside, Literati Cafe in Brentwood stays open until 23:00 and Volcano Tea House on Sawtelle until midnight, every day of the week.

Where these cafés are: Koreatown (7), Los Feliz (6), Westwood & West LA (6), Downtown & Arts District (6), South LA & USC (3), Culver City (2), Atwater Village & Northeast LA (1), West Hollywood (1), Fairfax & Melrose (1), Santa Monica (1), Silver Lake & Echo Park (1), Hollywood (1).

At a glance

36Cafés listed
35With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: DRNK, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–22:00 · Sat–Sun 06:30–21:30).
  • Closes latest: Volcano Tea House, until 00:00 (Daily 10:30–00:00).
  • Most listed streets: West Olympic Boulevard (3), Sawtelle Boulevard (2), Santa Monica Boulevard (2).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (22%), bubble tea (17%), takeaway (11%).
Westwood & West LA

B Sweet

  • 2005 Sawtelle Boulevard
  • Mon–Thu Closed · Fri 18:00–23:00 · Sat 12:00–23:00 · Sun 12:00–22:00
  • +1 424-248-3664
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Downtown & Arts District

Miss Cheese

  • 310 East 2nd Street
  • Mon–Thu 09:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 09:00–23:00 · Sun 09:00–22:00
  • +1 213-757-7463
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Silver Lake & Echo Park

Stories Cafe

  • 1716 West Sunset Boulevard
  • Mon–Thu 09:00–21:00 · Fri 09:00–22:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–21:00
  • +1-213-413-3733
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Culver City

Wonder Cha

  • 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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Koreatown: bingsu, matcha and Olympic Boulevard

Some Koreatown cafés serve coffee and food until 02:00.2 Oakobing, at 3300 West 6th Street, makes bingsu (빙수, Korean shaved ice) fresh, daily 13:00–23:00.3 Melo Melo, two blocks west at 3470, stays to 23:00 on Friday and Saturday, and Boba Story at 701 South Western Avenue to 23:00 every day.

The name of rōk, at 3435 Wilshire Boulevard, comes from 초록 (chorōk), Korean for green, and the café pours ceremonial-grade matcha from Uji; it is open daily 08:00–22:00.4

On West Olympic Boulevard, Concerto Cafe & Bakery at number 2740 runs daily to 22:00 and Motiq at 2789 to 22:00 from Friday to Sunday. 3THYME Coffee & Herbs, at 600 South Harvard Boulevard, closes at 22:00 on Friday and Saturday.

Thai Town and Los Feliz

The City Council voted unanimously on October 27, 1999, to designate Thai Town, the first place in the United States with that name.5 Along its stretch of Hollywood Boulevard, Kanomwaan at number 5261 serves khanom (ขนม, Thai sweets) until 22:00, or 22:30 on Friday and Saturday, and CoCo’s Kanom Thai at 5155 is open daily 11:00–22:00.

In Los Feliz, DRNK at 1530 North Vermont Avenue runs 06:00–22:00 on weekdays; WKNDR at 1820 is open daily 08:00–22:00, and All Time at 2040 Hillhurst Avenue serves until 22:00. Fun Ol’ Cakes, at 4963 West Sunset Boulevard, opens 19:00 to midnight from Tuesday to Friday and 13:00–20:00 on Sunday.

Sawtelle and the Westside

Sawtelle was designated Sawtelle Japantown in 2015, and Sawtelle Boulevard is the commercial center of the Japanese American community in West Los Angeles.6 Volcano Tea House, at 2111 Sawtelle Boulevard, is open daily 10:30 to midnight, and B Sweet at 2005 serves desserts until 23:00 on Friday and Saturday.

Literati Cafe, at 12081 Wilshire Boulevard in Brentwood, has been a neighborhood café since 2000, advertises strong Wi-Fi and stays open until 23:00 every day.7 Churros Calientes at 11521 Santa Monica Boulevard opens at 17:00 and closes at 23:30, Tuesday to Sunday.

Little Tokyo and Downtown

First and Second Streets, which border Japanese Village Plaza, have restaurants that stay open later than those inside the plaza.8 On East 2nd Street, Millet Crepe at number 330 serves to 22:30, or 23:00 on Friday and Saturday, and Miss Cheese at 310 keeps the same weekend closing.

One Piece Cafe, at 241 San Pedro Street, closes at 22:00 from Friday to Sunday. BASE at 731 South Broadway is open daily 10:00–22:00, and Steep, a tea room at 970 North Broadway in Chinatown, to 23:00 from Wednesday to Sunday.

Sources

  1. Nearly every restaurant that's open late in LA, by neighborhood, LAist (March 28, 2025), accessed October 2026
  2. Our Social Calendar: K-Town Late-Night Cafes, The Pantages, Pre-Spring Gardening, LAist (March 1, 2024), accessed October 2026
  3. Oakobing: Korean Bingsu & Shaved Ice in Los Angeles, Oakobing, accessed October 2026
  4. rōk coffee and tea: Our Story, rōk coffee and tea, accessed October 2026
  5. Thai Town, Los Angeles, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. Sawtelle, Los Angeles, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  7. Literati Cafe: A Bookish Cafe in West L.A., Literati Cafe, accessed October 2026
  8. Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Open late in Los Angeles: questions

Which cafés in Koreatown, Los Angeles stay open late?

Oakobing at 3300 West 6th Street serves bingsu daily to 23:00, Boba Story at 701 South Western Avenue is open daily to 23:00, and Melo Melo on West 6th Street stays to 23:00 on Friday and Saturday. rōk on Wilshire Boulevard and Concerto Cafe & Bakery on West Olympic Boulevard close at 22:00.

Where can you get dessert and tea after 22:00 on the Westside of Los Angeles?

On Sawtelle Boulevard, Volcano Tea House at 2111 is open daily to midnight and B Sweet at 2005 serves desserts until 23:00 on Friday and Saturday. Literati Cafe at 12081 Wilshire Boulevard in Brentwood stays open until 23:00 every day, and Churros Calientes on Santa Monica Boulevard until 23:30.

Which cafés in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles are open late?

On East 2nd Street, Millet Crepe at number 330 serves crêpes until 22:30, or 23:00 on Friday and Saturday, and Miss Cheese at 310 stays open to 23:00 at the weekend. One Piece Cafe at 241 San Pedro Street closes at 22:00 from Friday to Sunday.

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