Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Anime Hype: One Piece Cafe Grand Opening & Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle x Dodgers Night


Jeez, it's great to live in LA if you love anime. We've got the One Piece Cafe Grand Opening on Saturday. Who knew it was in soft opening mode for the last two weeks? Little Tokyo is getting busy. And, right nearby will be the Square Enix Pop-Up Shop starting Aug 8th. And below, later this month, a Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle x Dodgers Night August 15th. Before that, here's the deets on your pirate anime cafe.
 
One Piece Cafe
Grand Opening: Saturday, August 2, 2025
Address: 241 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Little Tokyo
Hours: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Please note: Debit or credit only. No cash accepted.
 
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GRAND OPENING GIVEAWAY

To celebrate the One Piece Cafe Los Angeles’ launch, the first 100 guests in line on opening day will receive the following special gifts:

    First 10 guests: Free One Piece Cafe tote bag with $100 worth of One Piece merchandise
    Next 50 guests: Free tote bag with $50 worth of merch
    Final 40 guests: Free tote bag

MENU HIGHLIGHTS: STRAW HAT-APPROVED BITES

Inspired by ONE PIECE and the Straw Hat crew’s favorite foods, the Los Angeles location features an expanded food and drink menu, including these new selections:

    Sanji’s “Diable Jambe” Chicken Katsu Sando – Spicy chicken katsu sando on honey milk bread with house-made katsu sauce.
    Sanji’s Beef Yakisoba – Savory garlic soy beef yakisoba with sautéed veggies and house pickles.
    Hatchan’s Takoyaki – Octopus fritters with house sauce, bonito flakes, and seaweed
    Robin’s Flower-Flower Power Refresher  – Blueberry lavender lemonade with butterfly pea tea.
    Assorted artisan donuts: Gum-Gum Devil Fruit Delight (ube icing with vanilla cake topper), Luffy’s Passion Punch (passion fruit, blood orange, pomegranate), and Zoro’s Gold Mark (chocolate ganache with matcha crumble).

LIMITED-EDITION MERCHANDISE, ONLY AVAILABLE IN LOS ANGELES

    Exclusive merchandise only available at the One Piece Cafe Los Angeles location includes character-themed T-shirts, tote bags, drinkware, and more.
    Other One Piece Cafe exclusives, like keychains, plushies, pins, lanyards, and a ONE PIECE puzzle set, are also available while supplies last.

Fans can dine, shop, and soak in the immersive design that features nods to beloved ONE PIECE storylines and characters—from the Grand Line to the Thousand Sunny."
 
 

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle x Dodgers Night
Friday, August 15 at 7:10 PM at Dodger Stadium
Dodger Stadium
 
Looks like if you get there early enough you'll snag a Demon Slayer x Dodgers hat. A nice promotion of the upcoming film that'll be in theaters in the states this September.
 
Here's more info from the press release:
 
 LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers will create a stadium-wide giveaway of co-branded hats celebrating the highly popular Japanese anime film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, for the Friday, August 15 game at 7:10 p.m. between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres.

The event will be supported by pregame and in-game promotion, an activation in the Centerfield Plaza and a ceremonial first pitch. Festivities for the night will be followed by a themed Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle drone show.