Un-Urban Cafe
(310) 315-0056
3301 Pico Blvd
(at 34th Street)
Santa Monica,
CA
90405
34.0274
-118.4547
Neighborhoods: Pico, West LA
Hours:
Mon-Thu 7:30am-12am
Fri-Sat 7:30am-1am
Sun 7:30am-8pm
Price:
$
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In Short
"Death before decaf!" is the motto of this cafe with brightly colored walls, thrift-store furnishings and amateur artwork. A young crowd reads, writes and plays with the CD-listening station and board games. At night, entertainment ranges from live music performances to community forums. Typical coffee shop fare is offered--turkey and tuna melt sandwiches sided with tortilla chips and fruit salad, and drinks like smoothies, Italian sodas and mocha blends.
User Reviews
unurbancafesucks
May 03, 2009
This place sucked completely. I'll start from the outside look of it which looked like an old abandoned place that was remodeled on the inside with bright purple, green, and orange paint. Really amateur elementary type art, followed by the people that hang out in it who know nothing about art sipping on their latte and blabbering their mouth off spewing bulls*it about not knowing anything about art. The staff wasn't very friendly and welcoming at all. I think the lady with the shaved head is the owner, not totally sure on that. But most of the night she was just sitting on the couch talking to someone else sitting next to her. At midnight when it was time to close she was being rude to customers who were in her way raising her voice and tapping whoever was in her way to move and proceeded to clean the tables. There were several bands booked for the night, and the last one on the line up for the night was all set up, and doing a little sound check before beginning to play when suddenly the lights were turned off and everyone was asked to leave. Very disrespectful thing to do to their customers, the band, and their fans. I drove all the way from the Long Beach area to see my friends play a show which turns out I didn't get to see. I'm sure I wasn't the only one that came from 25-30 miles away, so it would have been nice to at least get some free food, free drink, or $5-10 for gas, or even see the band for 10 minutes since they also had to drive a pretty big distance. And they didn't even get some kind of reimbursement. This place oughta be shut down.
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bigjeffstone
September 15, 2008
If I could give it less stars than 1, I would. The place looks like it would be relaxed and easy to fit in. Until you walk to the counter. I asked the guy there if the drinks on one board had milk...as most smoothies are. He either didn't know the answer or just didn't want to do his job. Went to sit down after ordering and set up my computer etc to get some work done. After I've gotten settled and am working, a guy flags me down telling me I've got to move because he's setting up to show some films...all the while, he was standing in the room with me while I set everything up. He blames it on me saying that he made an announcement, which I clearly was not present for. He continued to tell me that life was hard, and if it sometimes life is inconvenient. And continued to talk about it. What a b*stard. No parking either, this place is a phony hippie joint. Skip it. Go to Coffee Connection in Mar Vista, free parking, free internet, free power, nice people, quiet, and everyone leaves you alone.
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m_raven415
July 11, 2007
I met a bunch of my friends here to catch up. This was the first coffee shop that I went to since I moved to LA that is non-Starbucks. I was totally in love with the atmosphere. The food was great, in fact one of the only places that had food in the immediate area. Free wireless is a huge bonus if you want to a cool place to work. By mid-afternoon, some people started playing live music. It definitely adds to the cool vibe the place has going. Great place to go to.
read full reviewThe Details on Un-Urban Cafe
When to Go:
Call ahead to get the weekly entertainment schedule, which varies from poetry reading and board games to open-mic nights and live music.
The Extras:
The small gift shop peddles everything from Mexican wrestling masks to ant farms.
Category:
Payment Methods:
American Express, Discover, Visa, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Breakfast, Lunch Spot, Live Music, Outdoor Dining
