Coming after a huge wave of restaurant closings in Los Angeles in 2023 including The Palm Beverly Hills, Woodspoon, Animal, Off Vine, Mohawk Bend, Kinn,…
A brutal year for Los Angeles restaurants saw dozens of closings across the city. Inflation, actors' and writers' strikes and higher rent, utilities and labor costs all were cited.
They are where regulars are born, where out-of-towners can find a taste of home, where romantics dream up first dates launching lifelong partnerships however noisy or filled with distractions the atmosphere becomes, a booth in L.A. remains a sanctuary.
The menu at people-watching hangout the Ivy, open since 1980, is unfocused enough that it works in the restaurant's favor. But did you really come for the food?