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L.A. Café in Downtown LA

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I love when my friends and I plan things for the weekend. We’ll wake up with the intent to go out and do something more than people watch at a local café shop. We may plan to go to the beach, amusement park, or shopping, Too bad we just get lazy and wind up at a restaurant instead. If we land at a great spot, I’m not too bothered by it. That’s what happened one Saturday with my friend TJ. The goal was to take him shopping so he could find some new clothes, work on his website, and then eat. We only did one of the three things and you already know which one we did: eat.

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Address: 639 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: (213) 612-3000
Hours: Daily 24 hours
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June 14, 2015
Danielle N. Salmon
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