Staff photo by Jesus Sanchez
Echo Park—Taix Restaurant, one of L.A.’s oldest eateries serving up classic French cuisine, will be closing at the end of March, one year shy of its centennial, as a developer prepares to begin construction on a large residential and commercial complex.
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Owner Mike Taix announced the closure to the staff this afternoon at the Sunset Boulevard restaurant, which opened in 1927 in Downtown Los Angeles before moving to Echo Park in 1962. The new project will include a new version of Taix, but it will be at least 3-1/2 years before construction is completed.
The closure was not a surprise since plans to demolish the restaurant to make way for the new, six-story project were announced in 2019. But the restaurant, where waiters and bartenders have served long-time customers for decades, continued to operate under a lease with the developer, Holland Partner Group, which owns the property.
Taix, who now lives in Utah, flew to Los Angeles to today to break the news to his staff one day after he was notified that construction would be beginning.
“They knew the end was coming, but they didn’t know when,” said Taix, 67, of his staff. “There is some sadness, for sure.”
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The latest design concept for the Taix development, presented in September 2020.
Courtesy Holland Partners
Holland Partner Group plans to build a six-story complex with 166 units of housing (24 units would be reserved for low-income residents) and 13,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 220 automobile parking spaces, according to city records.
The only elements of the building that will be preserved and incorporated into the new development are the outdoor “Taix” and “Cocktails” neon signs and the cherry wood bar top from the lounge. The new Taix will have outdoor dining, which it lacks now.
The development will also mean the popular flea market held in the restaurant parking lot will close in the middle of April, Taix said.
Taix says the restaurant will remain open Wednesday through Sunday through March 29.
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