Side A · 7AM–3PM
The Café
Handmade sourdough pastries, house-made parathas, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, specialty coffee and matcha — in a coastal-modern room with a vinyl wall and a playlist handwritten on the chalkboard.
Side A · 07:00
Coming soon — South Bay, LA · New York · New JerseyWhere flavor meets frequency
Chef-driven food, live fire and vinyl culture under one roof — a café by day, a California dinner by night and a hidden listening room after dark.
Food + Fire · Music + Culture · Café by day · Listening room by night · Coming soon · South Bay, LA · New York · New Jersey · Where flavor meets frequency
Liner notes
Flavor first.
Vibe essential.
Tumie Coco restores the entertainment that has disappeared from modern dining: chef-driven food, live-fire cooking, music, vinyl and listening culture, all in one room. The food is soulful, clean and global, rooted in California ingredients.
- 01Flavor first, vibe essential.
- 02Our food is soulful, clean, global and rooted in California ingredients.
- 03Music is hospitality — the room should feel like your favorite song.
- 04Staff culture must be creative, respectful and empowering.
- 05Design matters, details matter.
- 06Intimate spaces create lasting memories.
- 07Great restaurants sit at the intersection of food, culture and sound.
One address · three programs
Side B · 5PM–close · five nights a week
Dinner
A chef-driven California evening of wood fire, smoke, fermentation and seasonal produce, with a tightly curated menu and music that rises with the night.
Side B · Thursday–Sunday · 24 seats
The Hidden Speakeasy
Behind a discreet entrance: a reservation-only listening room with a rotating tasting menu, a parallel cocktail flight, vinyl nights and guest DJ sets.
Food + Fire
Cooked over wood.In full view.
Wood fire, smoke and fermentation sit at the center of the kitchen — visible, theatrical and part of the experience, not hidden in the back. Menus are scratch-made and tightly curated, built on seasonal California produce and global technique.
- Live-fire cooking and smoking
- House curing and fermentation
- Scratch-made with modern technique
- Seasonal California produce, global influences
Sample menu
The tracklist
A sample selection. Final menus follow the seasons and each location.
Side A — Day
- A1Fresh Laminated Pastry & Sourdough BreadHighly curated, seasonal, made daily
- A2Wood-Fired Egg & Cultured Butter ToastFarm egg, smoked sea salt, wild herbs, caviar
- A3Paratha Breakfast SandwichSoft scrambled egg, aged cheddar, herb aioli
- A4Sweet Potato + Foraged Greens HashWood-roasted sweet potato, seasonal greens, chili oil, soft egg
- A5House-Smoked Salmon Pomme PavéLabneh espuma, pickled shallot, lemon, dill
- A6Fire-Roasted Chicken Chili Crisp Paratha SandwichCharred vegetables, herbed grains, smoked kimchi aioli
- A7Miso-Glazed Market VegetablesFermented chili, sesame, wild greens
- A8Spiced Lamb + Farro AgnolottiYogurt, pickled onion, herbs
- A9Wood-Fired MushroomsGarlic crema, soft herbs
- A10Smoked Market FishCitrus, greens, warm grains
Side B — Night
- B1Wood-Fired Sourdough FlatbreadCultured butter, smoked honey, zhug
- B2Fire-Roasted OystersGarlic butter, lemon
- B3Smoked Duck CroquettesPlum mostarda
- B4Wood-Grilled Half ChickenFermented chili glaze, market vegetables
- B5Fire-Kissed Market FishHerb broth, charred greens
- B6Smoked Bone-In Short RibRoot vegetables, gremolata, Yasuke
Bonus track
Chef’s Fire TastingSeasonal · reservation onlycold · smoke · fire · earth · grain · reset · sweet fire · a Tumie Coco moment
Optional cocktail or zero-proof pairingMusic + Culture
The room should feel likeyour favorite song.
Music isn’t background here — it’s part of the hospitality. Programming for every part of the day sets the tempo, rising with the evening and inspired by ingredients, seasons and global rhythms.
The vinyl wall
An analog listening setup
Handwritten
On the chalkboard, every day
Guest DJ sets
Artist features and vinyl listening nights
Album-inspired
Tasting events built around a record
After dark
the hidden speakeasy
Behind a discreet entrance.
24 seats · Thursday–Sunday · Reservation only
Moody light, deep textures and warm tones. The most exclusive expression of Tumie Coco — intimate, immersive and unforgettable — with tasting menus only and music at the center of the night.
Get on the listTumie Coco Products
From the tableto your kitchen.
The café connects back to Tumie Coco, the all-natural hot sauce Chef Jason took from an idea to retail. The flavors that run through the menu are ones you can take home.
- Hot sauce: Classic · Yasuke · Seasonal
- Chili oils
- Spice mixes
- Paratha kits
- Digital cookbook
The chef
Chef JasonFullilove
Celebrated Los Angeles chef with 30+ years of global culinary experience, founder of Jason George Events and creator of Tumie Coco Hot Sauce. Featured in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and on Food Network, and executive chef for high-profile events including the Grammys.
At Tumie Coco Café he leads all culinary direction: menu development, training, the tasting menu program and bringing Tumie Coco’s sauces to the table.
Jason Fullilove
Coming soon
- South Bay, LAComing soon
- New YorkComing soon
- New JerseyComing soon