Walking into Bon Vivant Market and Café feels like you’ve entered the living room of Atwater Village. Filled with cozy couches and overstuffed chairs, it’s a place for book clubs and business meetings, nights out and nights in, first dates and one-hundredth dates. It’s a place to discover your new favorite band during Live Music Weekend, or a place to devour the best mac and cheese you’ve ever tasted.

When Tricia LaBelle opened Bon Vivant in July of 2012, she wanted to create a place of comfort and community where people could gather to eat, drink, and celebrate the good life (or “Bon Vivant” in French). Along with her French partner Kelly, she infused Parisian inspiration with the laid-back atmosphere of the West Coast to create an eclectic French and Californian cuisine and ambiance.