Alfred Encino
Studio Sucio · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2025
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Cafe Matcha Flagship
A matcha cafe in Studio City styled as a modern take on the American coffee shop.
Walnut booths beneath emerald ripple glass.
- Practice
- Studio Sucio
- Year
- 2025
- Photographer
- Noah Webb
The project
Studio Sucio designed the flagship Cafe Matcha in Studio City, Los Angeles, a 1,200 sq ft cafe completed in 2025. Rather than lean on Zen cliches, the design reworks the classic American coffee shop with a lively, retro palette.
Walnut-framed booths in three sizes, from four-seaters to a row of single seats with mini cafeteria trays, are faced in swirling blue and green linoleum. Emerald ripple glass partitions give privacy and glow above the booths, while amber glass chandeliers and a vaulted skylight light the room.
A booth with blue seats beneath glass pendants.
A row of single seats with small tray tables.
Booths beneath tiered amber glass chandeliers.
A washroom basin beneath a tall mirror.
The shopfront with its brown awning.
Credits
- Designer
- Studio Sucio
- Architect of record
- Sheida Moradi
- General contractor
- Sunshine Builders
- Photographer
- Noah Webb
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