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(48 votes) 7:20 pm
June 20, 2007
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Sadly, the always wonderful Jin Patisserie at 1202 Abbot Kinney will close their doors on March 24th. Stop by, say "hi" and enjoy Los Angeles' iconic tea garden one more time during their last month!
From Kristy Choo of Jin Patisserie:
I would like to take this opportunity to announce that our last day of operation will be March 24th. Due to a sharp increase in rent, it does not make sense to stay open on Abbot Kinney anymore.
Jin Patisserie opened 10 years ago in Sept 2003, and since that time we have gained a lot of loyal customers who have stayed with us. I would like to thank you all for supporting us all these years. Without you, I would not have been able to fulfill my dream of doing what I love and still be able to stay in business and make a living. What more can I ask, I am blessed!
The good news is that all our kitchen staff will move to our new production kitchen facility. Since we hardly had enough space to meet the wholesale demand at our Abbot Kinney location, I will be concentrating on expanding that part of the business for our wholesale customers!
I will definitely keep you posted on all the new items we will be offering for holidays such as Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. We will still make all those fun chocolate art pieces, cakes, macarons, etc. for you to enjoy on a special occasion, party or for when you feel like spoiling yourself, so please visit our website, look us up on Facebook, or watch for our newsletters!
Once we have found a new retail location we will definitely let you all know.
We hope to see you then and have a sweet reunion.
Sincerely,
Kristy Choo
Jin Patisserie
1202 Abbot Kinney blvd
Venice, CA
310-399-8801
Hours: Tues to Sun 11 am – 6:30 pm
7:28 pm
January 25, 2012
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That's a shame -- high-quality offerings and far from a run-of-the-mill establishment. I don't drink tea and didn't exactly hang out there, but it was a great place to bring people to or to pick up little gifts (which were always well received). Hopefully they'll find a new spot not too far away.
9:32 pm
June 16, 2009
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I just wonder how our neighborhood can sustain businesses that have to pay these high rents. In Manhattan Beach,
where everyone seems to be a multimillionaire, I can understand it, but does Venice really have that kind of customer?
8:07 am
February 17, 2010
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I live near the new Restaurant Row on Rose and all I can say is not yet, but….. Maybe Jim Smith and his anti-gentrificationists had something there… Soon WE will be the "old Venice" that they will want to go away… or they will change it so much that we will WANT to go away!!!! Remember the Eagles "Last Resort" final verse..
On Sunday morning
They stand up and sing about
what it's like up there
They call it paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace paradise,
kiss it goodbye
The whole piece is sort of relevant:
11:26 am
January 20, 2012
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Anybody that is fighting gentrification in Venice lost years ago. Their are plenty of areas in Los Angeles that are not gentrified for people to live. If you don't like it you can always move.
1:44 pm
September 7, 2010
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Shane said
I just wonder how our neighborhood can sustain businesses that have to pay these high rents. In Manhattan Beach,where everyone seems to be a multimillionaire, I can understand it, but does Venice really have that kind of customer?
Average sale price in Venice is $1.18 million, up 30% year over year. Average sale price in Manhattan Beach is $1.3 million, down 6.3% over the same period. So, the cost to live in either place is pretty equal, and if the trend continues Venice will pass Manhattan Beach sometime over the next year. They might not always look like it, but there are plenty of multimillionaires all over Venice.
2:14 pm
January 20, 2012
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I believe the trend in Venice is still going to move upward. For Venice's location the properties are still undervalued. People will not have to worry that Venice will be another Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach will become the poor man's Venice when all is said and done.
6:46 pm
April 1, 2009
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To Rob and others who think it's futile to "fight against gentrification" in Venice, you are right but you also miss the point. The swift transformation of Abbot Kinney into Little Santa Monica Blvd in Beverly Hills is already happening; it's true. But that doesn't mean it's good or even interesting. It's depressing. I have lived near AK and San Juan for almost ten years now, and while I consider myself a newbie in Venice, I can't help but remember reading a quote by Tony Bill that made me want to move down here after years in Laurel Canyon and Los Feliz: "I'd rather live where the air is clean and the streets are dirty than the other way around." And the truth is, you can never have both. The air around clean, upscale, developed Venice might still be breathable, but the mediocrity will smell like a shark in mid-jump.
7:01 pm
September 2, 2010
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The air around clean, upscale, developed Venice might still be breathable, but the mediocrity will smell like a shark in mid-jump.
I understand your point and on some levels, agree. Today a longtime local homeless guy threw a lit cigarette at my 4 year old. I think what you are hearing/feeling is that some Venetians are willing to trade a Gap store on AK for a cleaner, safer neighborhood. I realize there is much more to it than that but I'll take a Wallmart… OK, not a wallmart but I'd take a Target on Lincoln avenue if it meant 75% of my daily walk didn't smell like piss and my kids could walk to a yogurt shop without some longtime \*#!%$! off his meds tossing a lit cigarette at them.
7:09 pm
August 18, 2010
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When will Ocean Front Walk become gentrified?
I await that anointed day.
We need Tiffany's on the beach!
9:01 pm
January 20, 2012
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not native said
The air around clean, upscale, developed Venice might still be breathable, but the mediocrity will smell like a shark in mid-jump.
I understand your point and on some levels, agree. Today a longtime local homeless guy threw a lit cigarette at my 4 year old. I think what you are hearing/feeling is that some Venetians are willing to trade a Gap store on AK for a cleaner, safer neighborhood. I realize there is much more to it than that but I'll take a Wallmart… OK, not a wallmart but I'd take a Target on Lincoln avenue if it meant 75% of my daily walk didn't smell like piss and my kids could walk to a yogurt shop without some longtime \*#!%$! off his meds tossing a lit cigarette at them.
Well said, couldn't agree with you more.
10:04 pm
December 17, 2010
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Venice Rob said
not native said
The air around clean, upscale, developed Venice might still be breathable, but the mediocrity will smell like a shark in mid-jump.
I understand your point and on some levels, agree. Today a longtime local homeless guy threw a lit cigarette at my 4 year old. I think what you are hearing/feeling is that some Venetians are willing to trade a Gap store on AK for a cleaner, safer neighborhood. I realize there is much more to it than that but I'll take a Wallmart… OK, not a wallmart but I'd take a Target on Lincoln avenue if it meant 75% of my daily walk didn't smell like piss and my kids could walk to a yogurt shop without some longtime \*#!%$! off his meds tossing a lit cigarette at them.
Well said, couldn't agree with you more.
I think both of you are absolute wankers – for various reasons.
( PM for the deets )
However saying that, yes, I agree.
Throwing ANYTHING at a child ( unless it's fun, sports related stuff ) is TOTALLY unacceptable.
Ps wallmart is spelled walmart and yogurt has a fucking H in it.
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