Homeboy Cafe
Hours
5:00 am - 11:00 pm
Alcohol
No
Finding it
Homeboy Cafe is in After Security near Gate 33 in Terminal 3 near Gates 30-39 at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gates 30-39
Terminal 3 has 10 places to eat and 5 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
Homeboy Cafe opens at 5am and closes at 11pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical LAX checkpoint queue at 9 minutes around 5am.
Across the week, LAX security runs longest around 12pm at a median of 20 minutes, and lightest around 1am at 2 minutes. This location is already open before those queues build.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Tucked past security near Gate 33 in Terminal 3, this cafe runs 5 am to 11 pm, bracketing the terminal's full span of departures. It sells sandwiches and bakery items rather than the salads and bowls at Cava or the espresso drinks at Alfred Coffee two doors down, giving Gate 33 a grab-and-go option those two don't cover. LAX carries one other Homeboy Cafe location, so travelers who miss this one in Terminal 3 have a second chance to find it elsewhere in the airport — a rarity among the mostly one-off names clustered around this gate.
One of 2 Homeboy Cafe locations at Los Angeles International Airport (Terminal 3, Terminal 4).
Other options in Terminal 3
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- LAX Terminal Maps & Guide 2026 — LAX Airport Guide (independent), checked 2026-09-07
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.