Les Deux Cafes closes suddenly

Les Deux Cafes, the leafy Hollywood hotspot that was a favorite with Cameron Diaz, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, Rosanna Arquette, Billy Zane and others, closed its doors without warning Dec. 30.

“It was a total surprise,” said Audrey Bernstein, who hosted the popular Monday-night club Cachet there for three years.

Richard Newton, who was running the restaurant and bar on Las Palmas Avenue when it closed, would not comment on the closure when reached by phone Friday.

He is the ex-husband of Michele Lamy, who managed Les Deux before moving to Paris last year with her boyfriend, fashion designer Rick Owens, when he was hired by luxury firm Revillon. Some former patrons report that business began to die out after the departure of Lamy.

--Booth Moore