Crunchy Sea Fish Tacos – Closed

Address: 401 S Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 355-7353

UPDATE: Closed as of December 2012. Replaced by Teri N Taco. Off to the side of the 4th and Western Car Wash Specialty: $1.50 fish tacos and $1.25 beef tacos Iced Coffee, Thai Ice Tea, Horchata… Beefy Fries $6.50 Garlic Fries $4.00

Maitreya Restaurant – Closed

Address: 3500 W 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 389-0200 DISCONNECTED

Korean-run, Western-style restaurant on the ground floor of City Center on Sixth. At night, Maitreya is a bar and lounge. UPDATE: Closed in 2012. Space taken over by EMC Seafood Bar in 2013.

Pho Mania – Closed

Address: 859 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: (213) 382-6553

Replaced by Pho 6 & Roll in the middle of the year 2012.

Cafe Amsterdam – Closed

Address: 3350 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (213) 386-6543

Amsterdam closed circa 2012.

Nakzi Village – Closed

Address: 4177 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 380-8382

UPDATE: Renamed to “Ten Raku” with Korean BBQ added to Nakzi’s octopus-centric menu. The Korean word for “octopus” is nahk-jee.

Drunken Chicken – Closed

Address: 3407 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 487-7878

LATEST UPDATE: Space taken over by Insadong Galbi Noodles in 2013. UPDATE: Replaced by “Cafe DBK” in 2012. Space of BONCHON on 6th & Catalina. Business name changed to “Drunken Chicken” in late September 2011.

Hokusai Restaurant – Closed

Address: 301 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90020
Phone: (213) 381-9202

Located on the second floor of the strip mall known as Western Village Square on the corner of Western Avenue and 3rd Street. Serves Japanese cuisine such as sushi and sashimi. Opened in the summer of 2010. Closed in 2012.

Green Bee LA – Closed

Address: 3800 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Located on the ground floor of the Mercury Building on the southwest corner of Western Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard. Used to be a sports bar and restaurant serving Mexican fusion food. Re-opened on June 27, 2011, as a sushi bar. UPDATE: Closed in the fall of 2011. 그린비 레스토랑 & 바 Disconnected number: (213) 405-9785 […]

Sam Chung Dong – Closed

Address: 3901 1/2 W OLYMPIC BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90019
Phone: (323) 931-8900

UPDATE: Changed into Mahnduk’s Korean Restaurant in summer 2012. Sam Chung Dong opened in late autumn 2011. Menu included filling Korean dishes such as sujebi, kalguksu (knife-cut noodles), mandu (dumplings), ddeokbokki (slices of “rice cakes” in spicy red-pepper sauce), dolsot bibimbap (rice and vegetables in sizzling hot pot)… ranging in prices from 7.99 to 8.99 […]