Summary • Café Tondo's design, led by Aunt Studio, embraces the building's history, blending old and new elements • The interior features original scuffed floors and exposed brick, linked by new earthen red plaster • Custom furniture and textured ceramics add a warm, handcrafted feel

Located in Los Angeles’s Chinatown, Café Tondo unfolds as an all-day gathering place—shifting effortlessly from morning coffee to evening wine. Led by Creative Director Abraham Campillo of Mouthwash Studio with Mackenzie Freemire, Alex Tan, Ben Mingo and Mike Kang of Locale Partners, the café answers the void left by fading “third places” with an ethos of warmth, generosity and true “mi casa es tu casa” hospitality.

The interior and exterior spaces, designed by Aunt Studio, unfold as a series of interc

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