Sanrio, a global lifestyle brand best known for pop icon Hello Kitty, announced the opening of the highly anticipated Hello Kitty Grand Cafe on September 14. Housed within the Irvine Spectrum Center ...

When you think of Sanrio's Hello Kitty brand, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn’t a craft cocktail bar. Luckily for the adult Hello Kitty fan wanting to celebrate the Sanrio brand, there ...

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 ...

IRVINE, Calif. -- The only Hello Kitty Grand Cafe in the United States is coming to Irvine, and it'll serve everything from coffee to cocktails. Cat lovers, mark your calendars. The Hello Kitty Grand ...

IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- The Hello Kitty Grand Cafe will open at the Irvine Spectrum center on Friday. The hype is already stirring up quite the buzz. And for good reason. The pink oasis serves up ...

Well, hello! Following the success of the Hello Kitty food truck and international Hello Kitty cafes, the first and only permanent cafe is opening in the United States on Sept. 14. Located in the ...

In an entirely pink room, a glowing Hello Kitty silhouette loomed over a white bar. Lights slowly dimmed and dance music shifted the vibe from serene catwalk to sexy nightspot. “Club Kitty!” shouted ...

From dustpans and suitcases to hairbrushes and chopsticks, one would be hard-pressed to find a type of item that hasn’t been brought into the Hello Kitty craze. The ubiquitous character produced by ...

The pop-up café closed in January but the pop icon scratches her way back when the Hello Kitty Grand Café Sanrio opens on Friday, Sept. 14 at the Irvine Spectrum Center. It’s the first and only ...

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 ...

Now here’s a cat cafe even a cat hater could get behind. Sanrio, the Japanese company behind Hello Kitty, is set to open its Hello Kitty Grand Cafe on Sept. 14 at the Irvine Spectrum Center. The shop ...

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