Tarzana’s caffeine game is about to level up. Philz Coffee is planning a new neighborhood shop for later this year at 18640 West Ventura Boulevard, according to the chain’s locations page, which would bring its made-to-order pour-over routine to a busy stretch of Ventura Boulevard that currently leans on smaller local cafés.
On the Philz locations page at Philz Coffee, the Tarzana spot is listed as “Tarzana (Coming Soon)” at 18640 West Ventura Blvd. A Philz spokesperson told What Now Los Angeles that the team is still locking in the opening timeline but expects to debut the shop later this year, and the outlet notes that Philz currently runs about 17 Los Angeles-area locations. The company is also posting retail jobs for Tarzana on its careers board, a sign that hiring is underway; see Philz Careers.
Where it will sit
The new café address lands inside Village Walk Tarzana, a multi-tenant shopping center along Ventura Boulevard. City and neighborhood planning filings for the center label 18640 Ventura Blvd as a “potential future restaurant” suite and include a tenant matrix that spells out seating capacity and future alcohol-license allowances for operators in the complex. Tarzana Neighborhood Council materials detail the center’s tenant layout.
What to expect
Philz typically sticks to its core playbook: made-to-order pour-over coffee, a small lineup of pastries and straightforward breakfast and lunch items, so the Tarzana shop is likely to follow that template. For now, the closest Philz locations to Tarzana are in Studio City and Calabasas, according to the company’s locations page, which lists Studio City at 13005 Ventura Blvd and Calabasas at 26787 Agoura Rd. The Tarzana store would add to a neighborhood footprint that has been steadily expanding across Southern California in recent years.
A quick Philz primer
Philz got its start in San Francisco’s Mission District in 2003 and has since grown into a multi-state chain as it pushes beyond its Bay Area roots. A recent company press announcement spotlights continued expansion and strategic partnerships as Philz opens new locations and staffs up across California and Chicago. A release via Nasdaq lays out that growth strategy.
Details like the exact opening date and daily hours have not yet been made public. This story will be updated when Philz posts that information. Until then, the company’s locations page and the Village Walk planning packet remain the clearest public clues on the Tarzana storefront’s progress.
