20 Restaurant Closings (Mostly Pre-Covid) That Still Break My Heart
20 Restaurant Closings (Mostly Pre-Covid) That Still Break My Heart
by CodMilt
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AnotherPattern
I miss hungry cat so much!
hashby
Wow. What a list. What memories. Do you mind me asking how long you’ve been in LA or if you’re a native? Some of these places go a ways back.
holdstil
Chego
agen_kolar
Umami Burger? Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. A long time.
RandomActor84
Damiano’s was my late night after work spot around 2011. It was the best!
stillish
OP please tell me where to eat. From the post title I thought it would be pointless but every photo looks like fantastic food.
lightsareoutty
Church and State when it first opened.
Pizza Paul
Mexico City Silverlake
Nightshade
Pok Pok pop up
bullarums
Grilled cheese truck… man… I didn’t even realize they disappeared. Sad 🙁 I remember 15ish years ago when they were THE hot ticket at abbot kinney first Fridays. Always had to wait like an hour to get one of those cheesy godsends.
Jazzlike_Resident307
beer belly’s fish & chips were phenomenal.
LadyTanizaki
I didn’t realize about Damiano’s! And Mo Better was the child of Mo Better Meaty Meat Burger and wow were they stealth awesome, but it was indeed the passing of an era.
cadamr
+ Beverly Soon Tofu
trojanusc
We have such similar taste. All of these were my favorites.
LOVED Church Key. The chef/co-owner now owns DTown Pizza in weho. Every now and then they’ll run some Church Key-related specials like the donuts or the pierogis.
Cal Mare was great but suffered the curse that befalls all the fine dining places that try to into the Beverly Center. Shocked that ABSteak has survived.
Not sure if you ever went to Asia de Cuba but that’s my #1 most missed restaurant. The lobster boniato mashed potatoes and calamari salad were to die for.
Beer belly was such a gem and Hatfields was outstanding.
But Umami and Grilled Cheese Truck suffered the same fate due to the sale of their company and new owners completely ruining the concept, flavors, and quality of ingredients. The last few years of both their existences were mediocre
taiksal0t
I miss Broken Spanish so much
triciann
I loved that from the Bazaar. I think they still serve it at their Vegas location? Damn I need to go.
SnooPies5622
One of my best friends as a kid lived in Sherman Oaks, every time I spent the night his family would go to dinner at the Hamlet. That place is a part of me like few other restaurants.
jackjackj8ck
I haven’t lived in LA in about 7 years and I’m surprised by how many of these I’ve been to, haha. I impressed myself!
Add Village Idiot to the list and OB Bear (rip) 😢
And there was a Spanish restaurant on Melrose I used to love but cannot remember the name of.
Rosewood Tavern was also great for awhile (you can guess what hood I lived in)
hannainthecity
The Ramen Burrito at Komodo had me in a chokehold in 2015
Perfect_Rate_206
Animal 🥺
LosAngelista2
Lucques on Melrose. I once went there on date and had their pancetta wrapped trout on a bed of lentils. It was so incredible we went back the next night and ordered the exact same dinner. I still think about that entree…
bfrazer1
Greenblatt’s Deli. Was almost 100 years old, and the best darn matzo ball soup I ever had.
kappakai
Baco Mercat still kills me. I really want a pistachio cheesecake.
Castingjoy
Ugh I miss Bazaar so much. The others around that are Bazaar Meat just aren’t quite the same menu-wise.
KWash0222
A-Frame!!
Been in LA all my life, but only really started having the income to splurge on eating out within the last 10 years or so.
It’s been tough seeing some of these places go. Made a lot of memories as a young adult at some of these spots, and it just kinda reminds me of how the time has flown. Still remember bottomless brunches at A-Frame with my friends, most of whom no longer live in LA
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I miss hungry cat so much!
Wow. What a list. What memories. Do you mind me asking how long you’ve been in LA or if you’re a native? Some of these places go a ways back.
Chego
Umami Burger? Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. A long time.
Damiano’s was my late night after work spot around 2011. It was the best!
OP please tell me where to eat. From the post title I thought it would be pointless but every photo looks like fantastic food.
Church and State when it first opened.
Pizza Paul
Mexico City Silverlake
Nightshade
Pok Pok pop up
Grilled cheese truck… man… I didn’t even realize they disappeared. Sad 🙁 I remember 15ish years ago when they were THE hot ticket at abbot kinney first Fridays. Always had to wait like an hour to get one of those cheesy godsends.
beer belly’s fish & chips were phenomenal.
I didn’t realize about Damiano’s! And Mo Better was the child of Mo Better Meaty Meat Burger and wow were they stealth awesome, but it was indeed the passing of an era.
+ Beverly Soon Tofu
We have such similar taste. All of these were my favorites.
LOVED Church Key. The chef/co-owner now owns DTown Pizza in weho. Every now and then they’ll run some Church Key-related specials like the donuts or the pierogis.
Cal Mare was great but suffered the curse that befalls all the fine dining places that try to into the Beverly Center. Shocked that ABSteak has survived.
Not sure if you ever went to Asia de Cuba but that’s my #1 most missed restaurant. The lobster boniato mashed potatoes and calamari salad were to die for.
Broken Spanish.
https://preview.redd.it/dllp9zp0zufe1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b00fc4570fc0a8ba290e432dcc10f529bd71464
Tinga!!!
Beer belly was such a gem and Hatfields was outstanding.
But Umami and Grilled Cheese Truck suffered the same fate due to the sale of their company and new owners completely ruining the concept, flavors, and quality of ingredients. The last few years of both their existences were mediocre
I miss Broken Spanish so much
I loved that from the Bazaar. I think they still serve it at their Vegas location? Damn I need to go.
One of my best friends as a kid lived in Sherman Oaks, every time I spent the night his family would go to dinner at the Hamlet. That place is a part of me like few other restaurants.
I haven’t lived in LA in about 7 years and I’m surprised by how many of these I’ve been to, haha. I impressed myself!
Add Village Idiot to the list and OB Bear (rip) 😢
And there was a Spanish restaurant on Melrose I used to love but cannot remember the name of.
Rosewood Tavern was also great for awhile (you can guess what hood I lived in)
The Ramen Burrito at Komodo had me in a chokehold in 2015
Animal 🥺
Lucques on Melrose. I once went there on date and had their pancetta wrapped trout on a bed of lentils. It was so incredible we went back the next night and ordered the exact same dinner. I still think about that entree…
Greenblatt’s Deli. Was almost 100 years old, and the best darn matzo ball soup I ever had.
Baco Mercat still kills me. I really want a pistachio cheesecake.
Ugh I miss Bazaar so much. The others around that are Bazaar Meat just aren’t quite the same menu-wise.
A-Frame!!
Been in LA all my life, but only really started having the income to splurge on eating out within the last 10 years or so.
It’s been tough seeing some of these places go. Made a lot of memories as a young adult at some of these spots, and it just kinda reminds me of how the time has flown. Still remember bottomless brunches at A-Frame with my friends, most of whom no longer live in LA