Actress Han Ye-seul is opening the first LA location of the South Korean coffee-shop franchise Caffe Bene in Koreatown LA on Western Avenue… It’s going to be in the three-story building right next to the Madang Courtyard, near the southwest corner of 6th & Western. She reportedly bought the property in May 2011 at a price tag of over three million dollars.
Renovation of the building (which used to house the Westmor Dance Studios and other small businesses) has begun and is expected to be completed in the summer. The first Caffe Bene store in the United States opened its doors on the East Coast in Times Square, New York, on February 1st, 2012. Han and actor Song Seung-hun have been the faces of Caffe Bene for years…
On a side note, there is a popular American-run neighborhood coffee shop called Caffe Bene that has been operating in Santa Cruz for decades. No signs yet that this American-run cafe is planning to pursue legal action to protect its brand name. They can only benefit from the Kpoppers who are likely to drive all the way there just to see the shop that has the same name as the Korean Caffe Bene.
Caffe Bene in Koreatown LA (카페베네)
607 S Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005
American Caffe Bene
1101 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95067
