ACE HOTEL CAFE

the new ace hotel downtown LA has the best cafe... the place reminds me so much of  a modertn version of cafe flore in paris.  the staff is cute & sweet.. however the tea needs some improvment. 
very weak and served with luke warm water will not get enough flavor from the tea bags... 
i give them time to get their act together.

the best part of the cafe is the wall with numerous pencil drawing of many famous people including~
TOM OF FINLAND! i don't ever remember going to a hotel cafe and seeing a drawing of tom.

very cool indeed.

photo courtesy~ ricardo carranza~ watts/antebellum correspondent