It is one of Long Beach’s finest examples of mimetic architecture—or what was then called “fantasy architecture”—echoing long-gone SoCal spaces like the Wilshire Coffee Pot Restaurant and the Hollywood Flower Pot.
Sitting on 4th Street, deemed a historic landmark in 1991, the Coffee Pot Cafe building is shaped like, well, a massive coffee pot. It has long intrigued bystanders, natives, and visitors alike, sitting on one of the city’s most culturally rich stretches of bars, shops, and restaurants. And couple Craig Broombaugh and Long Beach native Danielle Towns want to bring it back to caffeinated life.
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