To mark the opening season of the new David Geffen galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), a new café by the beloved organic grocer Erewhon will open on the museum’s W.M. Keck plaza. Located in the plaza’s northeast pavilion with a view of Alexander Calder’s 1964 kinetic fountain sculpture, Three Quintains (Hello Girls), the Erewhon café opened on April 19th for member previews and will be open to the greater public beginning May 4. It will run through the summer.
The family-owned Southern California grocery chain is celebrated for their organic, ethically-sourced groceries and prepared foods. It has been around since 1968, but in recent years has become a runaway success as people flock to the markets for sea moss gel and strawberry smoothies with pearl powder. The LACMA location, Erewhon’s first museum café, will offer organic coffee and matcha, pastries, smoothies, cold-press juices, and other takeaway snacks like their signature buffalo cauliflower or ranch kale chips.
“We’re so proud to partner with LACMA, a meaningful milestone as our first museum collaboration,” said Erewhon’s CEO Tony Antoci and its president and owner, Josephine Antoci, in a press statement. “It really feels like a celebration of Los Angeles, bringing Erewhon and LACMA together to nourish and inspire the community we love.” Michael Govan, LACMA’s CEO and director added that “Erewhon is a Los Angeles icon that values creativity and wellbeing…A moment of respite at Erewhon at LACMA, surrounded by public art, will be a vital part of the LACMA experience.”
The Erewhon café is the first of three new dining concepts to open at LACMA, with a restaurant and wine bar slated to open later this year.
