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 […]

Gospel House Cafe & Music – Closed


Address: 4251 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: (323) 426-9254

“G-House” was founded by Reverend Kwang-won Choi & Ok-hyun Choi in Seoul in 1986 in order to give people a place to enjoy gospel music. Established in Los Angeles in 2012.

Yogo Zone – Closed


Address: 549 S Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020

After a change of ownership in early 2011, Yogozone (요고존) finally closed in the fall of 2012.

Manna KBBQ on Olympic – Closed


Address: 3377 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: (323) 733-8516

Manna Korean BBQ closed its Olympic Blvd location in 2011, moving to Little Tokyo in Downtown LA. Phone number remains the same: (323) 733-8516 Update: Manna eventually opened a location on Wilshire & Wilton. Last received a health rating of C, on 08/20/2010. Space is to be taken over by U2 Chunchon Jip AYCE Korean […]