private industry restaurant founded 2006 headquarters santa monica california usa area served north america key people mark wain and gary chau products coffee website www.caffeluxxe.com caff luxxe is a european style caf and retailer with its headquarters at 925 montana avenue in santa monica california . caff luxxe has retail locations in santa monica and los angeles brentwood california . the company was founded in 2006 by mark wain and gary chau who met while attending the marshall school university of southern california where both earned an mba . in november 2008 caff luxxe opened their downtown brentwood location at 11975 san vicente boulevard los angeles california . the two story barry building was built in 1951 and designed by architect milton caughey . 1 despite its status as los angeles historic cultural monument 887 it has been targeted for demolition by the property s owner charles t. munger . this has caused great controversy with local los angeles conservationists . 2 in july 2010 caff luxxe opened their brentwood country mart location at 225 26th street santa monica california . a historic site which has retained its original architecture the brentwood country mart opened in 1948 . 3 contents 1 honors 2 see also 3 references 4 external links honors edit since 2006 caff luxxe has been mentioned in numerous local 4 5 6 and national 7 8 9 best of lists and articles . caffe luxxe has also been featured on local television . 10 see also edit list of coffeehouse chains coffee portal references edit architectdb architects . digital.lib.washington.edu . retrieved 2012 11 30 . advocacy issues los angeles conservancy . laconservancy.org . retrieved 2012 11 30 . the brentwood country mart history . brentwoodcountrymart.com . retrieved 2012 11 30 . restaurant awards 2007 killer coffee january 2007 los angeles magazine louis vuitton city guide 2010 los angeles first edition louis vuitton malletier paris 10 15 2009 isbn 978 2 917781 22 7 serious yay about coffee los angeles times . articles.latimes.com . 2006 10 25 . retrieved 2012 11 30 . claire thomas how to pull the perfect shot at home with a caffe luxxe barista video . huffingtonpost.com . 2010 02 23 . retrieved 2012 12 01 . 1 dead link 2 archived june 9 2008 at the wayback machine . top 7 coffeehouses around los angeles area abc7.com . abclocal.go.com . 2011 01 04 . retrieved 2012 12 01 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title caffe luxxe & oldid 702748054 categories companies established in 2006companies based in santa monica californiahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from november 2012articles with wayback machine linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 february 2016 at 12 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view