This from the folks at Levain Bakery, at 1161 Abbot Kinney Blvd:

Levain Bakery on Abbot Kinney will open Friday, April 4th!

“And as a special flavor… we will be offering our Black & White Chocolate Chip Cookie ONLY at the Venice bakery, for a limited time

Our co-founders, Connie McDonald & Pam Weekes will be here for the occasion

We’re doing a ribbon cutting at 8am

The first 100 people in line will get a free Levain tote bag!

ALL proceeds from our opening day will be donated to St Joseph Center in Venice.”