Studio Cafe to Open in Huntington

A second Studio Cafe restaurant and nightclub, modeled after its predecessor in Newport Beach, will open July 1 in downtown Huntington Beach.

The new restaurant, at 300 Pacific Coast Highway, will feature live jazz and pop and is in the same complex that housed Peppers Golden Bear, a live music club that closed in 1991 after creating too much noise for movie theater in the same complex. The Studio Cafe does not share any walls, ceiling or floor space with the theater, as Peppers did.

Studio Cafe owner Albert Chammas said the new location’s bandstand and small dance floor have been constructed to reduce “vibration and transmission of noise.” (714) 675-7760.