Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Signage alert: Archives Of Us on 2nd Avenue

A new coffee and matcha shop is in the works at 84 Second Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Streets.

Archives Of Us, which got its start in downtown Los Angeles last year, is taking over the storefront. 

According to the business, the café will serve "ceremonial-grade" matcha sourced from Kagoshima, Japan, along with coffee in a minimalist, design-focused setting. The menu is expected to focus on coffee, matcha and a small selection of specialty drinks. 

Nai closed here last November... they were the first retail tenant here in decades at the once-mysterious address.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 15, 2026 at 6:01 AM

    Good luck with that...

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  2. Carol from East 5th StreetJuly 15, 2026 at 11:02 AM

    Woopee! Another coffee shop. Hope they can afford the rent.

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  3. Scuba DivaJuly 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM

    So this was the "Dress Suits For Hire" store? With a second level?

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    1. AnonymousJuly 16, 2026 at 11:27 AM

      Yup. Owned by the Sopolsky family. In the end, poor Betty was whisked away by her lawyer "to live with his mother" and ;probably bilked out of the 5.1 million that the building was sold for.

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