Mimi's Cafe in Costa Mesa closes after 31 years

Mimi’s Cafe in Costa Mesa closes after 31 years

Dec. 19, 2016 4:29 PM PT

After more than three decades of serving French-inspired comfort food, Mimi’s Cafe in downtown Costa Mesa has closed.

The restaurant at 1835 Newport Blvd., in the Costa Mesa Courtyards center, officially shut its doors Sunday.

“We were unfortunately unable to arrive at a mutually beneficial lease arrangement and made the tough business decision to close our Costa Mesa location,” Derek Farley, a spokesman for the Dallas-based chain, said in a statement. “We want to thank our team members and our guests for the great Mimi’s memories we’ve created there since 1985.”

A representative of Vestar, the property manager for Costa Mesa Courtyards, was not immediately available for comment.

Farley noted that Mimi’s has locations nearby in Fountain Valley and Irvine.

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Bradley Zint

Bradley Zint left Times Community News in 2018. He was a general assignment reporter for the Daily Pilot, where he worked since 2010. At the Pilot, he also was a copy editor, classical music columnist and reporter covering Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. He previously worked in Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Alaska and Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach, where he served as editor-in-chief of its campus newspaper, the Daily 49er.