The Coffee Bean (Wilshire & Western) – Closed
* Permanently closed during the COVID health emergency of 2020
On the ground floor of the Mercury Building on the southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue.
Across the street from the Wiltern Theater
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is an American coffee chain founded in 1963. Its corporate headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. As of 2017, the chain has over 1,000 self-owned and franchised stores in the United States and 31 other countries.
Koreatown has had at least three branches of the Coffee Bean — including this first one at Wilshire & Western, just a few blocks south of this location on 5th & Western. There is also a Coffee Bean at Wilshire & Normandie.