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Cafe Maghreb applies for beer-and-wine license at Hollywood Blvd location

Cafe Maghreb applies for beer-and-wine license at Hollywood Blvd location

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New cafe at 5158 Hollywood Blvd seeks California's type 41 permit, required to serve alcohol with food

September 22nd, 2026: Cafe Maghreb license application appears on state list

Overview

Updated Sep 22

A new cafe called Cafe Maghreb has applied for a California license to serve beer and wine at 5158 Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles. The application appeared on the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's public list on September 22, 2026. It is applied for, not yet granted.

The permit is a type 41 license: on-sale beer and wine at an eating place, served with food. Until it clears, the cafe cannot pour drinks. The outcome decides when this stretch of Hollywood Blvd gets a new dining option, in a neighborhood already marked by Middle Eastern and Armenian bakeries.

Why it matters

If the license clears, East Hollywood gains a new beer-and-wine cafe on Hollywood Blvd—another dining option in an immigrant-run food corridor.

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Key Indicators

Applied
License status
Type 41 application on California ABC list; not yet issued
Type 41
License type
On-sale beer and wine for an eating place, served with food
5158
Address
Hollywood Blvd location in East Hollywood's dining corridor

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Organizations Involved

California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
State regulatory agency
Processing Cafe Maghreb's type 41 license application

The state agency that licenses and regulates the sale of alcohol in California.
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Cafe Maghreb
Restaurant (applicant)
New business seeking a beer-and-wine license at 5158 Hollywood Blvd

The new cafe applying to serve beer and wine with food at 5158 Hollywood Blvd.

Timeline

1 event Latest: September 22nd, 2026 · 2 months ago

  1. Cafe Maghreb license application appears on state list

    Latest Licensing

    California ABC posts Cafe Maghreb's type 41 application for 5158 Hollywood Blvd; status is applied for, not issued.

Scenarios

1

State grants Cafe Maghreb its beer-and-wine license

Likely Resolves by May 1, 2027

Discussed by: California ABC's public licensing reports; local LA dining coverage

The ABC processes the type 41 application and issues the permit, letting Cafe Maghreb open serving beer and wine with food. Type 41 licenses are routine for restaurants in California; approval is common once the applicant clears background checks and local zoning.

2

Cafe Maghreb license application withdrawn or denied

Unlikely Resolves by May 1, 2027

Discussed by: California ABC licensing records

The applicant abandons the bid, or the ABC denies it after a background check or local objection. Landlord issues or a change of plans could also stall the project. The cafe would then need a fresh application to sell alcohol.

3

Cafe Maghreb opens food-only before license clears

Possible Resolves by May 1, 2027

Discussed by: Yelp and Google Maps listings for 5158 Hollywood Blvd

The cafe opens serving food and non-alcoholic drinks while the license stays pending, a common path for restaurants that want to start earning revenue. It could add beer and wine later once the permit arrives.

Historical Context

2 moments from history that rhyme with this story — and how they unfolded.

2020s

Le Goût bakery opens on Hollywood Blvd (2020s)

Lebanese immigrant DJ Zaarour, who ran bakeries in Lebanon and Mali, opened Le Goût at 4945 Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles. The shop sells Middle Eastern, Armenian, French, and American pastries.

Then

It became a neighborhood draw for Middle Eastern sweets.

Now

It joined a Hollywood Blvd corridor stacked with immigrant-run food businesses.

Why this matters now

Cafe Maghreb sits a few blocks east on the same street, part of the same wave of immigrant-owned cafes and bakeries.

October 2000

Los Angeles designates Little Armenia (2000)

The Los Angeles City Council designated a stretch of East Hollywood as Little Armenia, honoring the Armenian immigrants who settled there from the 1970s onward. The area around Hollywood Blvd became a hub for Armenian and Middle Eastern restaurants, markets, and churches.

Then

The designation gave the neighborhood an official identity.

Now

East Hollywood's Hollywood Blvd corridor became known for immigrant-run Middle Eastern and Armenian dining, stretching east toward Thai Town.

Why this matters now

Cafe Maghreb's name points to North Africa, extending the corridor's existing Middle Eastern and North African dining mix.

Sources

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California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Le Goût Pastry