Short-lived Honeyboba abandoned the space at 11573 W. Santa Monica Blvd. (corner of Federal) in West LA (officially Sawtelle) quite some time ago.  Now a plucky new contender is going to give the tricky corner a chance.  Signs are already up announcing the arrival of Bonsai Coffee Bar.  Not much info yet on this establishment, so if you know more, pass it along…

Update:  A rep for Bonsai reached out to me with more information.  ” [Bonsai is] owned by two first-generation Asian Americans, and it’s a spacious, minimalist cafe serving Andytown Coffee (from the owner’s old neighborhood in SF) and Ippodo matcha (the legendary tea house in Kyoto). They have some really cool specialty lattes that might not be familiar to a lot of LA coffee drinkers–like a mango espresso latte and a matcha/espresso combo latte. There’s a range of seating inside from the hightop bar (tons of outlets, great wifi) and cozier nooks for coming in with friends or meeting for work.”  They are currently in soft opening.  (02/07/2024)