Marmalade Cafe Has Closed at The Commons at Calabasas After 28 Years

Marmalade Cafe served its last meal at The Commons at Calabasas on Sunday, August 2, closing after 28 years at 4783 Commons Way. The restaurant announced the closure to customers over the weekend.

In its note, the company framed the closing as the end of a chapter rather than the end of the brand, and pointed customers toward its remaining rooms in Westlake Village, Malibu, Sherman Oaks and El Segundo. All four remain open.

A long run at The Commons

The Calabasas location opened in 1998, starting as a roughly 1,400-square-foot bakery and grab-and-go counter before growing into full service. Over nearly three decades it became a default neighborhood table, known for California-leaning breakfast and comfort cooking including spicy chilaquiles, chorizo Benedict, fried chicken and waffles, and its breakfast tacos.

Marmalade Cafe was founded in 1990 by Selwyn Yosslowitz, Robert Burns Jr. and Bonnie Burns, starting on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica before expanding across Southern California. The founding partners sold the chain in 2007.

The company has not publicly stated a reason for the Calabasas closing. Local coverage has pointed to ongoing construction at The Commons and the resulting parking difficulty as a contributing factor, though that has not been confirmed by ownership.

For a shopping center restaurant to hold the same address for 28 years is not a small thing, and the Calabasas dining room had outlasted a great many of its neighbors.

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