On Fine Ground

Café Dulce has evolved into a gathering place for the Little Tokyo and Downtown communities. Located near the southern entrance to Japanese Village Plaza on Second Street, the coffee shop’s small outdoor tables lining the perimeter of its corner storefront are often populated with animated clusters of friends and colleagues happily chatting while munching on bacon donuts and sipping on specialty coffees and teas.

Owner James Choi can frequently be seen chatting with customers, bussing tables, picking up trash from the ground and working behind the counter. Choi once pointedly declared, “We don’t just serve coffee. We serve people.”

published on April 8, 2019