Fans, get ready: a One Piece cafe will be opening this Saturday, August 2, in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles. This is only the second U.S. cafe themed around the manga series by Eiichiro Oda, which became an anime TV series and, most recently, a live-action series on Netflix. Plus: 15 feature films, video games and trading cards. All versions of One Piece have a fervent fan base who adore the worldbuilding and get emotionally involved in following the characters on their quest to find one piece… of gold. The first One Piece cafe opened in Las Vegas in May 2024, and now Los Angeles gets its turn to share the love of a pirate and his crew trying to find treasure, while eating awesome themed food in an immersive setting.
Already, the One Piece Cafe Los Angeles has been making alert fans happy through its soft opening over the last few weeks—and now the grand opening happens in just a few days with tons of giveaways of merch and limited-edition collectibles. The first 100 people in line will receive the following valuable goodies: the first 10 guests get a free One Piece Cafe tote bag with $100 worth of themed merchandise inside; the nxt 50 guests receive a free tote bag with $50 worth of merch; and the next 40 guests receive a free tote bag. That sounds to us like an incentive to bring a sleeping bag and stake your place in line if you’re a rabid fan. The doors open at 11am at 241 S. San Pedro Street in Los Angeles, the former site of Dragon Bowl Sushi & Teriyaki, and close at 10pm.
If you aren’t one of the first 100, don’t worry: the food is still amazing and worth attending for. It’s all inspired by the ONE PIECE and “approved by the Straw Hat crew,” according to the cafe’s press release. You’ll find Sanji’s “Diable Jambe” chicken katsu sando, Sanji’s beef yakisoba, Hatchan’s takoyaki, Robin’s Flower-Flower Power Refresher (blueberry lavender lemonade with butterfly pea tea) plus assorted artisanal donuts: gum-gum devil fruit delight (ube icing with vanilla cake topper), Luffy’s passion punch (passion fruit, blood orange, pomegranate) and Zoro’s Gold Mark (chocolate ganache with matcha crumble).
The cafe is completely cash-free, so bring a debit or credit card (leave behind your pieces of eight).
The merchandise you can purchase here is only available here for heightened cachet, including character-themed T-shirts, tote bags and drinkware. There are goods, too, like keychains, plushies, pins, lanyards, and even a ONE PIECE puzzle set to get your brain seeing patterns. It’s going to be epic!
