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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

I wasn’t the only dude getting involved in the shake. Bartender Tristan Hartman (left) led the class. Photo by Greg Nagel “Oh, my God, this is the cutest thing ever!” Those words come from the table ...

Hop on board one of the decked out Hello Kitty airplanes from EVA Air. Everything from the boarding pass to the exterior of the plane to the food for the in-flight meals are covered in Hello Kitty.

There’s no denying the appeal of a cute whiskered face. Hello Kitty received a celebrity’s welcome Friday as the Sanrio character’s first branded namesake cafe in Northern California opened at ...