Saek Dong Juh Gori
Address: 4083 W 3rd St
Phone Number: 213-637-2345
Phone Number: 213-637-2345
Korean bar that serves Korean food with soju
Thanksgiving 2019 promotion: a free fried-chicken wing for each table between 5:00 pm and 12 midnight
smoking allowed
Koreatown-area establishments where smoking is reportedly tolerated.
DwitGolMok (DGM) on Wilshire
Address: 3275 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: (213) 382-8432
Phone Number: (213) 382-8432
Open seven days a week, 6:00 pm – 2:00 am.
Mok Maru Jong Sul Jip – Closed
Address: 222 N Western Ave
Phone Number: Not submitted.
Phone Number: Not submitted.
Sports bar adjacent to Pipers Restaurant — designated by the city as a “patio” which allows it to circumvent anti-smoking laws.
Koray Billiards
Address: 401 S Vermont Ave
Phone Number: (213) 386-0402
Phone Number: (213) 386-0402
Korean-run billiards place with an ethnically diverse clientele.
Jung Robadayaki (Teum) – Closed
Address: 3526 W 8th St
Phone Number: (213) 389-0058
Phone Number: (213) 389-0058
Korean bar on the ground floor of the Oxford Center Plaza on 8th Street and Oxford Avenue
Beul Pocha (Byul Pocha) – Closed
Address: 1144 S Western Ave
Phone Number: (323) 737-0071
Phone Number: (323) 737-0071
Latest update: Byul Pocha has closed. Now in its space is Sushi Hoshi. Replaced Bicycle & Gogi in the strip mall called Sejong Plaza. (You’ll be able to see the I Heart Boba sign on the Western Avenue side). Menu includes bossam, pajeon, kimchi pasta, chicken wings, corn cheese, soju and beers. Illegally allows smoking. Allegedly only lets Koreans in because non-Koreans are likely to report the illegal sale of alcohol past 2:00 am. Nominally open seven days a week, 5:00 pm – 2:00 am.
Spot Coffee
Address: 3324 W 6th St
Phone Number: (213) 380-7200
Phone Number: (213) 380-7200
Cafe Spot is a Western-style, Korean-run coffee shop known for its patbingsoo (shaved ice). Open seven days a week, 11:00 am – 3:00 am. Located in the strip mall known as Catalina Center on the southeast corner of 6th & Catalina. Reportedly allows people to smoke illegally.
Cafe Sanjang – Closed
Address: 101 S Virgil Ave
Phone Number: (213) 387-9190
Phone Number: (213) 387-9190
Disconnected phone number: (213) 387-9190 Sanjang Coffee & Garden serves ramyeon (Korean ramen) and lavender milk tea. Open 5:00 pm to 12 midnight on most days. 산장 Located just northeast of Koreatown proper. 2007 Illegal smoking reportedly allowed and is prevalent.
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.