Cafes

Mingles Tea Bar

Former location

A former Inglewood tea bar remembered as a neighborhood gathering space.

Location history

Listed as permanently closed by Eater; exact closing date has not been confirmed. Official website still retains old hours.

Closing date not established by the sources reviewed.

Last checked October 3, 2026. Source dates below refer to the reporting, not necessarily the date a business opened or closed.

Mingles Tea Bar — official site ↗
Current address/hours and origin story.
Mingles Tea Bar — Eater venue record ↗
Marks the Crenshaw Boulevard location Permanently Closed.
PBS SoCal Wanderer — Mingles owner Lara Curtis ↗Published October 28, 2021
Publisher interviews owner Lara Curtis; transcript discusses patronage of this Black-owned community business.
AARP Sisters — Black-owned tea cafés ↗
Publisher explicitly includes Mingles among Black-owned tea businesses; historic ownership source, not current operating evidence.