A Mar Vista surf cafe and shop is getting a lot of attention thanks to “Love Island.”
On Thursday, people lined up at Saba Surf and Coffee because it's co-founder, Gal Tshnieder, who was a contestant on the hit show. Tshnieder co-founded the shop with Laura Quintana, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“Happy to see business is booming because of the show,” he told KNX News’ Karen Adams. “Really happy with where we were at before, but obviously this is like a blessing. I'm still kind of taking it all in because I just got back.”
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He also said he’s grateful for the employees who kept the place running while he was on the show. He was voted off the show after his messy split with Jen. The cafe poked fun at the split by giving free coffee to anyone named “Jen.”
Adams spoke with some customers who came out to see the shop for themselves and were surprised to see Tshnieder there in person.
“I didn't think he was gonna be here,” one girl said.
“All of our friends watch the different episodes whenever they come out, and then we saw that he was from Venice and we're like, ‘Oh, and he has his own coffee shop,’” another girll said. “And since he got out, I've been seeing, like, a lot of people post about how good coffee is too…so we just decided we would stop by and lo and behold, who's here?”
The season finale of “Love Island” is on Sunday.
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