Three treat counters on Larchmont Boulevard have changed hands in under a year. Holey Grail Donuts left 148 N. Larchmont and Go Greek Yogurt replaced it. Pressed Juicery left 201 N. Larchmont after 13 years, and Alfred Coffee is building out the space. Jeni's Ice Creams served its last scoop at 123 N. Larchmont on Sunday, September 27, and Chamberlain Coffee is expected there next year.
Two of those three spaces will end up serving coffee, and the third serves frozen yogurt. Larchmont's afternoon sweets are making way for morning coffee. Once both new tenants open, almost every block between Le Pain Quotidien at 113 N. Larchmont and Great White at 244 N. Larchmont will have a coffee counter. For anyone who walks the boulevard every day, that changes where the morning stops are. It also leaves fewer places for an after-school cone.
The coffee counters, block by block
Here is the morning lineup heading north from Beverly, with the two new arrivals in place:
- 113 N. Larchmont: Le Pain Quotidien. The bakery-cafe still lists Larchmont as an active location with posted hours, online ordering and catering.
- 123 N. Larchmont: Chamberlain Coffee, expected in 2027 in the former Jeni's.
- 124 N. Larchmont: Peet's Coffee, directly across the street from that future Chamberlain.
- 139½ N. Larchmont: Clark Street Bakery & Cafe, listed with daily hours in an October 2026 directory of the boulevard.
- 201 N. Larchmont: Alfred Coffee, in the former Pressed Juicery.
- 206 N. Larchmont: Starbucks. The Larchmont Chronicle reported that its interior was updated in December 2025.
- 230 N. Larchmont: Go Get Em Tiger.
- 244 N. Larchmont: Great White.
The 100 block is the denser one. By next year a walker could pass a sit-down bakery-cafe, two coffee counters facing each other across the street, and a bakery within about 30 street numbers. The 200 block has Alfred and Starbucks almost facing each other at its south end, with Go Get Em Tiger and Great White further up toward First Street.
The three swaps
| Address | Was | Now or next | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 148 N. Larchmont | Holey Grail Donuts | Go Greek Yogurt | Holey Grail's last day was November 30, 2025, and Go Greek was planned for February 2026 |
| 201 N. Larchmont | Pressed Juicery, a 13-year tenant | Alfred Coffee | Announced in July 2026 for November |
| 123 N. Larchmont | Jeni's Ice Creams, open since 2017 | Chamberlain Coffee | Jeni's closed September 27, 2026, and Chamberlain is expected in 2027 |
In each case, a shop people visited for a midday or afternoon treat is becoming one that serves coffee or frozen yogurt instead. The Jeni's closure was a lease decision, not a statement about the street. A company spokesperson told the Larchmont Buzz that the shop was closing at the end of its lease. Jeni's had opened on Larchmont in 2017 as its third Los Angeles location, and founder Jeni Britton came to the grand opening.
The Buzz also reported that Jeni's often worked with neighborhood schools and nonprofits, hosting ice cream socials to raise money. Chamberlain Coffee will be the third location for Emma Chamberlain's company, after Century City and Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice. The closest Jeni's locations now are in Beverly Hills, Los Feliz, Highland Park and Playa Vista.
Alfred's walk-up window
Alfred Coffee is the next opening, and it is built for a short stop. Founder Josh Zad started Alfred on Melrose Place in 2013, and the brand now has about two dozen locations. The Larchmont shop will use the company's "window format," the same walk-up design Alfred built on Canon Drive in Beverly Hills and in Burbank. Pass-through windows open the whole shop onto the sidewalk. Zad described the idea to the Larchmont Buzz:
"You order, you talk to a friendly barista, you run into someone you know, and you are back on the street in a minute with something great in your hand. The sidewalk becomes the shop."
A walk-up window does a different job than Le Pain Quotidien's dining room or the seats at the cafes up the block. It suits someone getting coffee on the way to the Sunday farmers market or on a dog walk. Zad brought up that same market when he explained why he chose Larchmont, telling the Buzz that "the farmers market takes over on Sunday" and "people are on foot, on purpose."
Alfred is also creating a drink sold only at the Larchmont shop, which will go on the menu the day it opens. The recipe hadn't been announced when this post was written. The July announcement said the shop would open in November. A later local directory listed it as opening in October. Neither gave a specific day, and none had been announced as of late October. The Buzz has said it will post the date once it is set.
The storefront itself
How the shop looks may affect the street more than the coffee does. The 201 N. Larchmont building has four storefronts, and three of them still have their original window bays. Previous tenants altered the fourth. Zad told the Buzz he plans to keep the original bays. The design firm Studio Sucio, led by Kelly Wearstler alumni Leslie Barrett and Fernando Bracer, is designing the shop specifically for Larchmont, so that it "reads like it has always been there rather than something dropped in."
Keeping the bays is Alfred's choice, not a requirement. As the Buzz pointed out, Larchmont has no design review process to protect historic storefront features. On a boulevard where tenants are changing this often, each new lease decides how much of the old facade survives. For anyone who wants to compare, Chevalier's Books carries "Larchmont," the Arcadia pictorial history, which includes photos of 201 and 205 N. Larchmont over the years.
Where the treats are now
With Jeni's gone, the boulevard's sweets are fewer and spread out:
- Salt & Straw, 240 N. Larchmont. This is now the boulevard's main ice cream shop, open daily from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Because it opens at 1, it is an afternoon and evening stop, two doors from Great White.
- Go Greek Yogurt, 148 N. Larchmont. It serves frozen yogurt in the former Holey Grail space, a few doors north of where Jeni's used to scoop.
- AWAN, 5630 Melrose Ave. This one is off the boulevard. It scoops non-dairy ice cream daily from noon to 10 p.m., which makes it the dairy-free option within reach.
On the 200 block, Salt & Straw at 240 N. Larchmont sits between Go Get Em Tiger at 230 and Great White at 244, so its ice cream counter ends up between two coffee bars.
When storefronts like Jeni's or Pressed Juicery turn over, it changes what the blocks around them offer. Olivia Noh follows these changes for Hancock Park homeowners thinking about what's next. If you'd like to know how your home's value compares in today's market, ON Real Estate offers a free home valuation and consultation.
