California Endowment Cafe in LA Chinatown

California Endowment is a series of buildings designed by Rios Clementi Hale Studios. There's a cool collection of public art there including an Alison Saar piece that reminds me of the projected alien spokesperson with dreads that warns earth of the eminent catastrophe in Buckaroo Banzai. The cafe in the complex, the California Endowment Cafe, is a very non-imaginative cafe, with decent salads and hot meals but what makes the experience is the outdoor courtyard. Bathing in the sun for a bit after spending hours in a cubicle is a bit heaven. It's located at 1000 Alameda St LA CA 90012.