Chef’s Coffee Shop is a welcoming café and restaurant in the heart of Arcadia, CA, where quality food, great coffee, and comfortable hospitality come together to create a place people return to again and again.
Located at 13 E Live Oak Ave, this casual and cozy spot is known for serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, and dessert in a setting that feels relaxed yet thoughtfully cared for.
Whether guests are stopping in for a quick bite, settling in for a full meal, or simply looking for a dependable place to enjoy a great cup of coffee, Chef’s Coffee Shop offers the kind of experience that fits everyday routines while still feeling special.
With a 4.40-star rating from 783 reviews, it has earned a strong reputation for consistent service, inviting atmosphere, and food that leaves a lasting impression.
What makes Chef’s Coffee Shop especially appealing is the range of ways it serves its customers. Guests can choose dine-in, takeaway, delivery, or on-site service, making it easy to enjoy the menu in whatever way works best.
The café is recognized for fast service, great coffee, great dessert, and an excellent tea selection, along with offerings that include comfort food, coffee, small plates, and quick bites. It also stands out for serving local specialties, giving visitors a taste of something memorable and rooted in the area.
From solo dining to relaxed meals with family or friends, Chef’s Coffee Shop is designed to be a versatile destination where good food and warm service make every visit worthwhile.
Accessibility and convenience are also central to the experience. The café provides wheelchair-accessible parking, entrance, seating, and restroom facilities, helping ensure that more guests can visit comfortably and with confidence. It accepts reservations and offers flexible payment options, including credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments, making planning and ordering simple.
With table service, restrooms, and a friendly atmosphere that supports both quick stops and longer meals, Chef’s Coffee Shop delivers the kind of dependable, high-quality café experience that combines comfort, convenience, and genuine hospitality in one inviting location.
Popular Items
Frequently ordered and highly recommended items at Chef's Coffee Shop
Our Story
Welcome to a place where great food meets warm hospitality. We believe dining is more than just a meal - it's an experience to be savored and shared.
Our kitchen is dedicated to creating dishes that bring people together, using recipes that honor tradition while embracing innovation.
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A glimpse of our restaurant experience
Food & Drinks
Grilled or fried patty on a bun.
Medium oj
Served with cottage cheese on a bed of mixed greens.
Medium grapefruit juice
Served with cottage cheese on a bed of mixed greens.
Medium grapefruit juice
Medium oj
Chopped bacon, mixed with the eggs and rolled together and 1 strip laid on top. Served with potato’s of your choice and with toast or biscuits.
Served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
Ham, onions, and bell peppers mixed into an omelette served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
Served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
Homemade chili served inside and on top of the omelette. Also served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
A delightful combination of tomato, bell peppers and diced onions, topped with our own chili. Served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
Diced Ortega chilies mixed into an omelette served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
Thin pastrami, onions, and cheese. Served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
Served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
Some inside and some on top - our own recipe. Served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
Served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
A tasty creation of bacon, sausage, tomato, mushrooms and cheese. Served with potato’s of your choice and a side of toast or biscuits.
Topped with chili and cheese, served with grilled French bread.
Served with meat sauce, grilled French bread, choice of soup or salad.
Grilled French bread, slice of American cheese.
Grilled French bread, slice of American cheese.
Topped with chili and cheese, served with grilled French bread.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day. .
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with a potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with vegetable of the day.
2 pieces.
Three pancakes with strawberrys all over
2 bacon or 2 sausage and 1 egg.
Golden brown waffle.
Blueberry filling wrapped in three pancakes and some on top.
2 hotcakes, 2 crisp bacon or sausage, 1 egg any style, whipped butter and rich syrup.
3 links sausage rolled in tender buttermilk hotcakes, served with whipped butter and rich syrup.
Blueberry filling wrapped in three pancakes and some on top.
2 bacon or 2 sausage and 1 egg.
2 hotcakes, 2 crisp bacon or sausage, 1 egg any style, whipped butter and rich syrup.
3 links sausage rolled in tender buttermilk hotcakes, served with whipped butter and rich syrup.
Two pancakes with strawberries all over.
Three pancakes with strawberrys all over
Golden brown waffle.
2 pieces.
Served with potato, vegetable and Coke.
Served with Coke and fries.
Served with potato, vegetable and Coke.
Meat sauce, grilled sourdough bread, Coke and served without potato.
Fries and Coke.
Served with fries and Coke.
Served with potato, vegetable and Coke.
Served with french fries
Served with potato and vegetables of the day
Served with fries.
Served with vegetable of the day and grilled sourdough bread
Served with potato and vegetable
Served with fries
Served with vegetables and french fries
Sliced tomatoes, cottage cheese, fruit with turkey or hamburger patty.
Two pancakes, two eggs, two bacon and two sausage.
Favorite. One bacon or sausage, one egg, hash browns and toast.
One pancake, one egg, one sausage and one bacon.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato
Icelandic cod served with Spanish sauce and cheese on top. Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
6oz steak served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato, vegetable, roll and butter.
Served with tartar sauce, french fries, coleslaw, roll and butter.
Served with Spanish sauce and cheese, vegetable, roll and butter.
Served with herbs and spices. Potato, vegetable, roll and butter.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with onion ring, potato, vegetable, roll and butter.
Served with country gravy, potato, vegetable, roll and butter.
Served with potato, vegetable, roll and butter.
French fries, coleslaw, roll and butter.
Spaghetti with homemade meat sauce and garlic bread on the side.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Choice of potato, vegetable, hard boiled egg, julienne beets, sliced tomato.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese, peach half, and sliced tomatoes.
Served with cottage cheese on a bed of mixed greens.
Chicken breast, radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, black olives.
Tomatoes, Ortega chilies, beans and salad.
Salad that has been tossed with dressing.
Tuna mixed with mayonnaise and seasoning.
Crisp greens with ham and cheese, tomato, boiled egg, pickle and dressing.
Tuna mixed with mayonnaise and seasoning.
Salad that has been tossed with dressing.
Lettuce, meat, eggs, and vegetables.
Cottage cheese, hard boiled egg, tomato wedges.
Tomato, cucumbers, bell peppers and pickle.
Served with cottage cheese on a bed of mixed greens.
Lettuce, meat, eggs, and vegetables.
Tomatoes, Ortega chilies, beans and salad.
Tuna mixed with mayonnaise and seasoning.
Tuna mixed with mayonnaise and seasoning.
Tomato, cucumbers, bell peppers and pickle.
Salad that has been tossed with dressing. With tomatoes
Crisp greens with ham and cheese, tomato, boiled egg, pickle and dressing.
Salad that has been tossed with dressing.
Chicken breast, tomatoes, cucumbers.
Turkey bacon club, ham and cheese club, ham bacon club, hamburger club.
Turkey bacon club, ham and cheese club, ham bacon club, hamburger club.
2 eggs. Served with cottage cheese, tomatoes, assorted fruit and toast.
1/2 order of toast, 2 eggs any style.
1 egg, 2 bacon or sausage, potatoes. Choice of toast or biscuits.
2 pancakes and 2 eggs any style.
2 pieces.
Lettuce, meat, eggs, and vegetables.
Served on a bun with coleslaw.
Served on a bun and a side
Homemade.
Homemade.
Salt cured beef potatoes and onions.
A 6 oz. char boiled sirloin served with two eggs, choice of potatoes, and a choice of toast or biscuits and gravy.
Hamburger patty and 2 eggs includes potatoes and toast or biscuits.
Favorite.
Finely chopped or ground meat sausage.
Breaded fried steak cutlet.
Cooked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg. beaten and pan fried with seasoning.
Medium grapefruit juice
Freshly brewed black tea
Tea or your choice served on the side with honey and lemon
Medium oj
Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Diet Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Orange Crush and Lemonade.
Freshly brewed black tea
Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Diet Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Orange Crush and Lemonade.
Tea or your choice served on the side with honey and lemon
Sausage patty, 2 biscuits covered with country gravy, 2 eggs and hash browns.
2 bacon or 2 sausage and 1 egg any style.
Ham, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, refried beans, Cheddar cheese, green onions and special sauce. Special sauce is a homemade red sauce. This also includes a cup of fruit.
2 bacon or 2 sausage and 1 egg.
Served with refried beans and tortillas.
2 eggs, bagel with cream cheese and fresh fruit.
1 egg, 1 1/2 peach and a slice of toast or biscuit.
2 bacon or 2 sausage and 1 egg any style.
Belgian waffle, 3 eggs, 3 bacon or sausage, small orange juice or coffee.
2 eggs with home fries topped with Cheddar cheese and sourdough toast.
Scrambled eggs, bacon and cheese on grilled sourdough with hash browns.
Favorite. 3 pancakes, 3 eggs, 3 bacon or sausage, small orange juice or coffee.
2 French toast, 2 eggs, 2 bacon, 2 sausage.
3 large eggs, ham, tomato, onions and cheese with hash browns, toast or biscuits and gravy.
2 hot cakes, 2 eggs, 2 bacon, 2 sausage.
2 biscuits and gravy, 2 eggs and hash browns, 2 bacon, 2 sausage.
Served with nippy sauce, a potato and the vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Icelandic cod served with Spanish sauce and cheese as well as a potato and vegetable of the day.
Thin sliced roast beef with brown gravy. Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with herbs and spices, a potato, and the vegetable of the day.
Served with tartar sauce, a potato, and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Served with potato and vegetable of the day. .
Served with potato and vegetable of the day.
Cold dish made from seasoned potatoes.
4 pieces.
An extra side of our homemade country gravy with NO biscuits.
Soft white cheese made from soured milk curds.
Fried battered onion.
Fried shredded potatoes.
4 pieces.
Cooked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg.
Soft white cheese made from soured milk curds.
Fried battered onion.
Cold dish made from seasoned potatoes.
4 pieces.
4 pieces.
Cooked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg.
Fried shredded potatoes.
Cold cut ham served on rye toast with a choice of your side.
Grilled cheese served with one side of your choice.
Grilled cheese on white bread with a slice of grilled ham and a choice of your side.
Sliced beef on a French roll served with a side of your choice and a salad.
Half of a side with a choice of your meat and a choice of soup.
Crisp bacon, fresh lettuce, and ripe tomato in toasted bread. Choice of your side.
A cold creamy sandwich made with chopped eggs mayo and seasoning and a choice of your side
Grilled slice of ham and one over hard egg on white toast and a choice of your side.
Sandwich with two strips of bacon and one over hard egg on white toast with a side of your choice.
Sliced turkey on white toast and a choice of your side.
Sliced roast beef with tomatoes, cheese of your choice on grilled sourdough and a side.
Sliced top sirloin on French roll with french fries.
Grilled Swiss cheese on rye, choice of your side.
Grilled cheese served with two strips of bacon and a side of your choice.
Hamburger steak on grilled sourdough served with a side of your choice and a green salad.
Sliced pastrami on french roll served with a side of your choice and a salad.
Sandwich with thinly sliced beef served on toasted white bread and a choice of your side.
Homemade tuna salad on toasted white bread and a choice of your side.
One over hard egg on white toast served with a side of your choice.
1/2 sandwhich served with a salad
Hot pastrami sandwich served on rye toast with a choice of a side.
Sweet rolled pastry that has been seasoned with cinnamon.
Browned bread with cinnamon and sugar.
You have a choice of white, wheat, rye, or sourdough toast.
Yeast leavened bread.
You have a choice of white, wheat, rye, or sourdough toast.
Sweet rolled pastry that has been seasoned with cinnamon.
Yeast leavened bread.
Breaded cod fillet. Served on grilled bun with cheese and coleslaw.
Grilled or fried patty on a bun.
2 strips of bacon and American cheese.
Charbroiled patty served on a bun with thousand island and a cup of chili.
Served with Swiss cheese.
Tuna grilled with cheese and coleslaw.
Grilled on rye, served with coleslaw.
Served with coleslaw.
Charbroiled patty served on a bun with thousand island and a cup of chili.
Charbroiled patty with pastrami and cheese on a bun and a side.
Charbroiled patty with cheese served on a bun with thousand island and a side.
Charbroiled patty on a bun with thousand island and a side as well as a salad.
Homemade tuna with cheese on grilled sourdough with a side.
Charbroiled patty with cheese and two strips of bacon served on a bun with thousand island and a side.
Sliced ham with cheese on white toast and a side.
Charbroiled patty served on grilled rye toast and a side.
Charbroiled patty with cheese and Ortega Chilies served on a bun with thousand island and a side.
Charbroiled patty served on a bun with thousand island and a side.
Deep fried breaded cod fillet served on a bun with cheese and a side.
Ham, turkey or roast beef.
Served on a bun with coleslaw.
Sandwich with thinly sliced beef that has been cooked over a dry heat.
Hamburger steak in grilled French bread with green salad.
Sliced top sirloin on French roll with French fries.
Pan cooked eggs.
Cooked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg. hot sandwich filled with cheese that has been pan cooked or grilled.
Hot sandwich filled with cheese that has been pan cooked or grilled.
Chilled creamy mild fish sandwich.
Cooked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg.
A cold creamy sandwich made with chopped eggs mayo and seasoning.
Pan cooked eggs.
Roast beef, American cheese, tomato on grilled sourdough with french fries.
Served with french fries and salad.
Smoked and cured beef sandwich.
Pan cooked eggs.
Hot sandwich filled with cheese that has been pan cooked or grilled.
Served with french fries and salad.
Served with 2 eggs, home fries, homemade biscuits and gravy.
Hear from our valued guests
My favorite cozy diner in the whole area! Food is always tasty with generous portions; and the service is top-notch!
What a wonderful little diner to come across. The food was wonderful, the staff super friendly, the portions generous and the price was very reasonable. Met a gentleman in the table next to me who said he has been coming here since he was a little boy and it's always been this way.
Excellent food and great customer service. Wonderful old school coffee shop. Highly recommended!
Old school diner with really friendly staff, and massive pieces of pie! We ordered breakfast that came out within 10 minutes. We had bottomless coffee and beautiful, massive, delicious coconut cream pie. It was made from scratch that morning. I knew I should have bought the whole pie 😞 I’ve been dreaming of it ever since.
Love this place! Staff is always friendly even during a rush, Food is really good with good prices. Even made me fresh coffee when asked. Been to Chef’s multiple times and never had any issues.
My experience was wonderful the waitress was super nice my son ordered the breakfast I ordered the soup navy bean I felt welcomed and cozy atmosphere will definitely go back
Cute place. The pictures I'd seen didn't do it justice. The food was good. My tuna melt was unlike anywhere else I've had it. It was like a tuna salad melt which was interestingly tasty. The service was good. The server wasn't particularly friendly but she did her job promptly and efficiently. Would definitely come back.
The breakfast here is awesome. It's hard to find a place that makes a good corned beef hash and biscuits and gravy. Chef's coffee shop does a great job with both. Their pancakes are decent. Staff is friendly and the regulars who inhabit the diner in the afternoon give the place a grandparent's house atmosphere. I would definitely prefer this place over Dennys.
Delicious diner food & friendly staff. Huge portions will fill you up completely for the day. 5% discount if you pay cash.
I really enjoy coming to this American restaurant. I almost always order the chicken with potatoes and salad, and it never disappoints. The portions are very generous, so one meal is more than enough. Everything tastes fresh, flavorful, and perfectly cooked. I also appreciate that the prices are very reasonable for the quality and portion size. The staff is always friendly, the service is fast, and the restaurant is clean and welcoming. If you're looking for delicious American comfort food at a great price, I highly recommend this place. I'll definitely keep coming back.
Common questions about Chef's Coffee Shop
Chef's Coffee Shop is located at 13 E Live Oak Ave, Arcadia, CA 91006, United States, Arcadia, CA, United States.
You can reach Chef's Coffee Shop by calling +1 626-574-0257.
Chef's Coffee Shop has a rating of 4.4 out of 5 based on 783 customer reviews.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible car park, Wheelchair-accessible entrance, Wheelchair-accessible seating, Wheelchair-accessible toilet.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following service options: Delivery, On-site services, Takeaway, Dine-in.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following highlights: Fast service, Great coffee, Great dessert, Great tea selection, Serves local specialty.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following popular for: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Solo dining.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following offerings: Coffee, Comfort food, Quick bite, Small plates.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following dining options: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, Seating, Table service.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following amenities: Restroom.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following atmosphere: Casual, Cozy.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following crowd: Groups.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following planning: Accepts reservations.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following payments: Credit cards, Debit cards, NFC mobile payments.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following children: Good for kids, High chairs, Kids' menu.
Chef's Coffee Shop features the following parking: Free parking lot, Free street parking, Plenty of parking.
Business Features
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