# Cafe NELA > Cafe NELA — Restaurants restaurants in Los Angeles, CA. ## Key facts - **URL**: https://frankiapp.com/business/cafe-nela-119988 - **Type**: Restaurants - **Cuisine**: Restaurants - **Location**: Los Angeles, CA - **Address**: 1906 Cypress Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90065 - **Website**: https://cafenela.net - **Coordinates**: 34.13, -118.23 - **Claimed**: unclaimed ## About Cafe NELA is North East Los Angeles's home for Punk, Jazz, Hard Rock, and Experimental Music. We specialize in local old school punk bands but we also have new bands and bands from all over the world. We are a bar serving beer, cider, and soft drinks so we are twenty one and over. Established in 2013. In 2013 Dave Travis took over a failing bar down the hill from his house. He fixed it up and began booking bands. Since Dave Travis is an old punk he books a lot of old punk bands that he knows from playing in bands like Carnage Asada and doing sound and video for bands since the 1980s. In Cafe NELAs first year of existence they have performers from all over the world including Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, England, France, and the United States. Cafe NELA has been the place for first and last performances. We have featured lots of old school acts such as The Gears, The Controllers, Davey Allan and the Arrows, Haunted Garage, Mike Watt, Don Pre ## Hours - Thursday: 8:30pm - 12am - Friday: 8:30pm - 12am - Saturday: 8:30pm - 12am - Sunday: 7pm - 8pm ## Amenities - Cryptocurrency - Apple Pay - Credit Card - Outdoor Seating - TV