During the '90s and into the early 2000s, Cacao was a retro-themed coffee house decorated with a variety of kitschy items with a Hawaiian & tiki emphasis, combined with sci-fi. Cacao has a typical laid-back coffeehouse atmosphere, serving high-quality coffee beverages. Being a coffeehouse, there are no alcoholic beverages, and the food menu is limited. Cacao provides free wireless internet access, and periodically features musicians and poetry nights.
Cacao was opened in 1990, but didn't get its sci-fi/tiki theme until new owners Bobby Green and Alastair Newbery took over in 1993. Bobby Green went on to own The Lucky Tiki
in Mission Hills, and a thriving group of beautifully themed bars throughout the Los Angeles area. Current owner Jeremy Bell, a longtime Cacao patron, took over Cacao in 2000. Today, no tiki theming remains.
