Patrons were still walking up on Thursday evening to say goodbye to Café Tropical, but found it already shuttered for good. Recovery meetings happened here for decades. (Lucas Kwan Peterson / Los ...

Neighborhood residents snapped pictures of their guava cheese pastelitos and greeted old friends inside Café Tropical in Silver Lake on Thursday. It was a sweet reunion for the cafe’s patrons who have ...

Starting as a small smoothie store in Florida in 1993, even the founders, Eric Jenrich and David Walker, might not have ...

Tropical Smoothie Cafe is welcoming the new year with a boost of flavor and feel-good fuel. The brand is rolling out ...

A line snaked out the door all Saturday morning, with guests peering in the front windows at trays of guava pastelitos cooling on racks. Families, dates, babies and the occasional puppy filtered ...

Maintaining steady momentum throughout the year, Tropical Smoothie Cafe achieved 161 new cafe openings, with over 70% driven by existing franchisees, showcasing strong confidence within its franchise ...

CEO Max Wetzel cited 2024 as a “transitional” year for Tropical Smoothie Cafe for many reasons. He talked about the company ...

As first reported by local blog Hear in LA, Silver Lake’s Café Tropical is officially back in business as of March 16. Over the last few weeks, the café has quietly been serving free pastries and ...

Tropical Smoothie Cafe announced that Max Wetzel, a restaurant industry leader with a proven track record driving growth and innovation at some of the most iconic quick service restaurant brands, has ...

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Cafe Tropical, Silver Lake’s indomitable Cuban corner ...

Tropical Smoothie Cafe named several new executive officers on Monday, including a new chief financial officer and a new chief marketing officer, as the Atlanta-based chain plans to expand to 1,000 ...

Silver Lake's Café Tropical on the last day it was open, Nov. 30, 2023. It returns on Saturday. (Lucas Kwan Peterson / Los Angeles Times) Neighborhood residents snapped pictures of their guava cheese ...