Treated Like Royal/T

ROYAL/T is a playful collision of spaces- café/shop/art space - presented in stunning fusion and the areas  first Japanese inspired Maid Café. Located in Culver City, California, an LA area that has emerged as a new arts district with galleries, theater spaces, and indie retailers. Takaya Goto and Lesley Chi of Goto Design in New York, were approached by art collector Susan Hancock to envision a space for exhibiting her contemporary art collection. Hancock's collection is an encyclopedic collection of contemporary artists among them Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Tracy Emin, Tom Freidman, Chris Ofili, and Lisa Yuskavage among others. Inspired by the Meido Kissa (Maid Café) phenomena of Akihabara, (Tokyo’s electronic district) they came up with a 10,000 square foot concept art space/store/cafe that brings a part of Japanese culture to the City of Angels. Know before you go, ROYAL/T is open 10 to 6 everyday, except Mondays. Opening event on Thursday August 14, 6-9pm Special DJ Set by Masaya Nakahara (aka Hair Stylistics)