California Marketplace

Upon completion, California Marketplace is expected to be a three-story 213,000-sf commercial complex on 5th & Western in the lot formerly occupied by the historical and iconic Gaju Market.

The design calls for fifty-four (54) retail stores ranging in size from 239 to 36,848 square feet. It will have a five-level parking structure. Among confirmed tenants are Tous Les Jours, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and Rodeo Cosmetics. The food court will have at least eight stalls.

California Marketplace plans to be open 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.

The original Gaju Market was opened in 1987 by the late Richard Rhee.

California / Gaju Market

Address: 450 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 382-9444

New edifice in the old space of Gaju Market on the northeast corner of 5th & Western

Thanks Pizza

Address: 450 S Western Ave, 305 FC-1, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (510) 292-4119

Korean pizza shop…

Pizzas, salted condensed milk hoagies, and banana pudding.

Kimbap Udong

Address: 450 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: 213-568-3128

Inside California Market on the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Western Avenue… as of August 2016.

Tous Les Jours – Western

Address: 450 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: 213-487-3500

Sandwiches. Sesame rolls. Sugared donut twists. Red-bean buns. Bread loaves. Castella. Soboro. “The Milk” Bread.

Happy Family 2.0

Address: 450 S Western Ave, Ste 305, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (323) 648-8448

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The Coffee Bean – 5th & Western

Address: 450 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 995-9809

Newest location of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Koreatown LA.

Inside the California Marketplace on the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Western Avenue.

Caffe Bene at California Marketplace – Canceled

What would’ve been the third location of Caffe Bene in the Koreatown LA area was announced in 2015 as one of the tenants of the reopening California Marketplace. As of April 2016 / February 2018, there is still no Caffe Bene at Gaju Marketplace. Instead, there is a franchise of The Coffee Bean & Tea […]

Rodeo Cosmetics – Status Unknown

It had been announced in 2015 that Rodeo Cosmetics would open a location at California Marketplace. Gaju opened in December, but still no Rodeo Cosmetics. The original store is in the 800 block of Western Avenue, at Rodeo Galleria. Rodeo HandbagsHong Kong Banjum – Rodeo GalleriaOntrée: Natural & Organic Cosmetics