SamGa / 3rd Street Chicken House

Address: 4254 1/2 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 386-1135

“The Real 3rd Street Chicken House” is a small restaurant whose specialty is chicken soups and chicken stews. The Korean name of this restaurant is “Sam-ga Dahk-gom-tang.” Sahm = three gah = street You can spot the number 3 on the Korean sign outside.

San Soo Dang

Address: 761 Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: (213) 487-1717

A ddeok-jib that sells so-called Korean rice “cakes” called ddeok and similar products.

Seoul Bakery

Address: 2897 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 382-6196

This is a ddeok-jip, not a “bakery” in the Western sense of the word.

Sells ddeok (rice “cakes”).

Also sells kimbap (“sushi” rolls).

Moobongri Soondae – Moved

Address: 2949 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 387-1600

Korean restaurant whose specialty is Soondae (blood sausages)

Olympic Korean Rice Cake

Address: 3110 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 387-3131

A “bakery” that makes tteok (떡), a traditional Korean “cake” made with glutinous rice flour, by steaming.

Last updated: August 2018

Som See Neh

Address: 4100 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: (323) 373-0650

A specialty Korean food store that sells jars of kimchi and bags of frozen handmade mandu (dumplings)

솜씨네

Hwa Sun Ji Tea & Coffee

Address: 3960 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (213) 382-5302

Hwasunji, traditional Korean teahouse on Wilshire Boulevard.

Tea, coffee and misutgaru with traditional snacks (cookies and crackers).

Sin Sae Kae Department Store – Closed

Address: 3150 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: 323.732.9006

Shinsaegae means “New World.” 신세계백화점 (선물센터/백화점)

This is not a Western-style department store, but a large gift shop devoted to traditional Korean items, such as quilts, baby hanbok clothing, norigae, masks, fans, souvenirs, trinkets, short Korean-style dinner tables, and ceramics.

Mirak 2 (Goat & Duck Meats) – Closed

Address: 1101 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 388-9291

Second location of the famous Mirak, known for goat and duck meat dishes, such as BBQ and stews.

The original Mirak is still on Western.