Kokomo Cafe is the Peach Pit of the new “90210”
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Whether you like it or not, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ is back. The iconic teen drama of the ‘90s has received a millennial face lift, a truncated name (it’s just ‘90210’ now) and a fresh cast imbued with the same weird plastic qualities as Brenda, Brandon, Kelly and Donna.
Also back is the Peach Pit diner, where the hormone-addled teens hang out and gossip. The diner’s exterior is actually the Kokomo Cafe on Beverly, which used to be Eat Well but morphed into Kokomo this year when the latter was ousted from the Farmers Market (Farmers Market owner A.F. Gilmore Co. decided not to renew Kokomo’s lease).
The cafe has announced some special ‘90210’-inspired menu items to debut in conjunction with the series (which begins Sept. 2) and run through September.
The thought of eating a ‘Mr. Wilson Burger’ or a ‘Tabitha breakfast,’ which is ‘named in honor of Tabitha Wilson ... an aging former Hollywood starlet who enjoys her liquor a little too much,’ fills me with dread. But I’m not in the tween demographic that will be screaming for their parents to take them to the Peach Pit.
You might catch a glimpse of these label-conscious Twitter fiends at Kokomo on Sept. 2 when the restaurant celebrates the series premiere by offering complimentary ‘90210’ menu items from 2 to 4 p.m. Just don’t try to order the ‘90210 breakfast’ (a bottle of Dom Perignon and fresh strawberries and cream, $250) -- they’re not giving that one away.
-- Jessica Gelt
