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 ...

Petal Puzzle” is a Friendship Quest in Hello Kitty Island Adventure that will eventually open up the area for the Crane Craze ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unlike other puzzle rooms, there are actually two entrances to Temple Ruins. Also, there are three puzzles inside the structure. This makes it quite similar to the Red Hot Ruins. When you hop over the ...

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 ...

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Spring usually brings a mix of good and bad. For instance, taxes, is it just me or did everybody owe upwards of five grand? Then there’s the good, where all of my favorite craft cocktail bars come out ...

Thanks to some singing Sanrio employees, Hello Kitty’s empire — which already includes permanent cafes, Barbies and even toilet paper– has expanded to a Hacienda Heights karaoke spot. A group of Los ...