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Groundwork Coffee Will Replace Fenjune In Santa Monica

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Remember Fenjune?  The specialty tea shop that was going into the space at 1601 Montana Ave. in Santa Monica has been under construction since 2011.  Let’s just say the City of Santa Monica has not made it easy for local businessman Josh Pourgal to open the place and it has languished in half-finished limbo.  Well construction is back on and it looks like Pourgal has changed plans.  Instead of Fenjune, the new shop will be an outpost of organic coffee purveyor Groundwork opening (hopefully) in a few weeks I’m told. Until then, read more at: Groundwork.

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Fenjune, Specialty Tea In Santa Monica

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Thanks to reader Zaine at Zaine Colour Salon, Toddrickallen has learned that a new tea shop is going into the vacant space on the corner of 16th and Montana Ave. in Santa Monica.  Hoping to anchor the other end of the block from Sweet Lady Jane, Josh Pourgal (a businessman who already has a presence on Montana with Bellacures) will be opening the tea shop in the old Sun Precautions space at 1601 Montana.  Called Fenjune, the new store will be offering specialty tea, loose leaf teas, “tea concoctions”, fresh fruit and veggie juices, smoothies, macaroons, gifts and gourmet items.  You’ll be able to sip your tea at a communal table while reading Paris Vogue from the international news stand that Pourgal will be installing on the blank wall of the store that faces 16th.  Sounds like a refreshing change to pull people away from the tired coffee chains that choke the western end of Montana.  Look for an opening sometime in November.  (Remember, this is Santa Monica… so fingers crossed!)