When The Boo Room at Hello Kitty Grand Cafe debuted in 2018, it attracted quite the spotlight, both here in Southern California and in the wider, Hello Kitty-obsessed world. For not only was it a ...

Emily Delicce and the Bow Room’s cocktails. Photo by Greg Nagel At Irvine’s new Hello Kitty Grand Cafe Bow Room, I’m not sure which is more consumed: the delicate tea-service bites or megabytes of ...

Spring usually brings a mix of good and bad. For instance, taxes, is it just me or did everybody owe upwards of five grand? Then there’s the good, where all of my favorite craft cocktail bars come out ...

Taiwan has been a treasure trove of quirky urban finds for us, most recently our article on the bathroom themed restaurant, Modern Toilet. The Washington Post’s Gene Weingarten said the piece was ...

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. A Hello Kitty tea room, cafe, and parlor for grown ups is ...

Hello Kitty fans have been able to enjoy karaoke in themed rooms at Energy Bistro & Karaoke in Hacienda Heights since last January, and now they can have fun at the company’s Alhambra location, too.

Thanks to some singing Sanrio employees, Hello Kitty’s empire — which already includes permanent cafes, Barbies and even toilet paper– has expanded to a Hacienda Heights karaoke spot. A group of Los ...

While the world continues to debate Hello Kitty’s feline and human attributes, Roy Choi will be busy crafting his version of a super-cute Spam musubi in her honor. It’s all connected to Hello Kitty’s ...

Thanks to some singing Sanrio employees, Hello Kitty’s empire — which already includes permanent cafes, Barbies and even toilet paper– has expanded to a Hacienda Heights karaoke spot. A group of Los ...