Café Lovi is a charming neighborhood café nestled in the heart of Santa Monica. Owned and operated by a French proprietor, they offer a fusion of French and American flavors featuring freshly made sweet and savory crêpes, bagels, hearty sandwiches, and pastries, all paired with organic brewed coffee and premium teas. Café Lovi, also offering catering services, opened their doors in 2021.
Cafe Lovi, striving to be a zero waste business, prepares food fresh for each order and composts coffee grounds and food waste via City of Santa Monica’s Commercial Organics program.
Café Lovi is powered by 100% renewable energy from Santa Monica’s community choice energy provider, Clean Power Alliance. The large café windows allow in ample natural sunlight, so artificial lights are not used during the day. Their Company Environmental Policy ensures that appliances are off when not in use.
Café Lovi procures janitorial paper supplies, such as kitchen towels and napkins, containing minimum 40% post-consumer recycled content and/or third party verified with the FSC logo. They use cleaning solvents verified by EPA’s Safer Choice label, and that are free of dyes, synthetic fragrances, sulfates, and petroleum solvents. Café Lovi wipes down surfaces with a peroxide based sanitizer approved by the EPA List N: Disinfectants for Coronavirus (COVID-19).
They encourage Reducing and Reusing, by offering discounts to patrons that bring their own bag or cup for refilling. Beyond that, Café Lovi encourages biking by giving a subsequent discount to folks that bike and take advantage of the nearby racks. Café Lovi is proud to be recognized by the City of Santa Monica and the California Green Business Network!
