The Bun Shop
Address: 151 N Western Ave
Phone Number: (323) 468-1031
Phone Number: (323) 468-1031
Buns and fried rice in North Koreatown across from the Subway sandwich shop.
opened 2014
Business establishments that opened in the Koreatown area in the year 2014.
Awesome Coffee
Address: 3959 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: 213-674-7558
Phone Number: 213-674-7558
Specialty coffee, waffles, liquid nitrogen ice-cream, sandwiches, desserts
Jjukku Jjukku Korean BBQ
Address: 3377 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: (213) 550-3148
Phone Number: (213) 550-3148
Jjukkujjukku is a Korean BBQ restaurant that opened in 2014 in the old space of 105 Pocha at the Brown Derby Plaza on Wilshire & Alexandria. The name Jjukku Jjukku (쭈꾸쭈꾸) is from jjukkumi, a small octopus that is grilled with spicy sauce. It is often eaten in the spring, while the regular-sized octopus are for later in the year. You can see a jjukkumi on Jjuku Jjuku’s logo, which also has a smaller cow and a piglet to one side — beef and pork barbecue are on the menu as well. Open seven days a week from 12 noon to 1:00 am.
Mister Bossam
Address: 338 S Western Ave
Phone Number: (213) 388-5379
Phone Number: (213) 388-5379
미스터 보쌈
Usually open seven days a week, from 11:30 am to 11:00 pm. Last call: 10:30 pm
Koguryo KBBQ – Closed
Address: 545 S Western Ave
Phone Number: 213-383-9151
Phone Number: 213-383-9151
Northwest corner of 5th Street & Western Avenue
Toe Toe Ballet
Address: 301 S Western Ave
Phone Number: (213) 700-0544
Phone Number: (213) 700-0544
“ToeToe” offers Kpop, Hiphop, and Ballet-Stretching Classes. Dance lessons for children 3 to 15 years of age. Current schedule includes classes on Thursday 5:00 pm and Saturday 11:00 am. Call beforehand when planning to visit as office hours are not regular. Opened in 2014 on the second floor of the Western Village Square mini-mall on the southwest corner of 3rd & Western.
Sugar Nail – Wilshire / Vermont
Address: 3150 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: (213) 480-8777
Phone Number: (213) 480-8777
Opened in August 2014. The older “Sugar Nail Salon” on 6th Street (same owner) still exists. This location is on the southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. There is a third “Sugar Nail” (same owner) on Melrose near Fairfax, well outside of Koreatown’s borders. 323-852-0045
Coco Ichibanya Curry House
Address: 3500 W 6th St
Phone Number: (213) 375-7546
Phone Number: (213) 375-7546
The top “curry rice” restaurant chain in Japan opened an outpost in Koreatown on October 6, 2014. Also known as Curry House CoCo Ichibanya, CoCo Ichiban, or CoCo Ichi. The chain has restaurants all over Japan and 46 restaurants overseas, including mainland China, Taiwan, Hawaii, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Torrance, California. On the menu: chicken katsu curry
Art & Framing Gallery
Address: 381 N Western Ave
Phone Number: (818) 557-6755
Phone Number: (818) 557-6755
Wholesale supplier of art to galleries and interior designers.
In 2010, the Los Angeles City Council formally declared Koreatown's borders as Western Avenue, Olympic Boulevard, Vermont Avenue, and 3rd Street, with a business corridor on Western from 3rd to Rosewood Avenue.