Comments on: your favorite downtown dining standby

By: Mojito Bandito

Mojito Bandito — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:36:37 +0000

I believe The Palm is open 7 days a week past 9:00pm, although they are not open for lunch on the weekends, except when there is an event at Staples. That said, look for more restaurants to be opening later and later now that we’ve opened Nokia Center.

Nokia Center will play about 200 nights/days per year just like Staples Center. Combine that with nearly 40 conventions per year beginning in 2010, you will have MANY restaurants staying open late and opening for lunch on the weekends.

It took 50 years for our “brilliant” City Planners (the CRA!) to chase away all the Downtown residents in favor of those gleaming office towers . . . retailers and restaurateurs realizing that there’s business to be had late at night is NOT gonna happen over night . . . but trust me – it’ll happen!

Remember . . . Rome (nor L.A.) was built in a day!

By: Maxx

Maxx — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:59:02 +0000

Redwood Bar & Grill.
Standard (although it’s really not very good)
Or i just walk to little tokyo and find the first open place

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:04:10 +0000

Yorkshire Grill. Unfortunately, they are not open on weekends. (I keep pestering them about this!)

By: jim

jim — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:11:56 +0000

angelique appears to have abandoned their sunday hours, which celia and i discovered too late. thankfully, tiara cafe is open for breakfast on the weekends (and all week). they will be starting dinner service on january 11.

koraku in little tokyo is a good late night alternative. they are open until 3am or something like that. for that matter, i think that most of the restaurants in little tokyo meet the open-until-9pm every day criteria.

the 24-hour diner at the standard is pretty good, too.

By: rico

rico — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:56:46 +0000

My submission: The Bonaventure Brewing Co. Open from 11 AM to Midnight, Monday through Friday, and 5:30 PM to Midnight on weekends.

Though I don’t support the Bonaventure Hotel and its stance on the various redevelopment projects in Downtown they tend to be really sue happy. The Brewing Co. is one of the best places for a good beer and a decent burger, steak, salad, or sandwich. The hotel is in an odd part of Downtown on 5th and Flower, not very pedestrian friendly and requires some legwork to get to once you’re inside the retro-sci-fi hotel.

The restaurant has an outdoor patio surrounded on all sides by skyscrapers, and the hotel provides a built-in customer base that ensures a lively environment with a steady stream of out-of-towners looking to have fun in the city.

I recommend the burgers and the ahi tuna sandwich. As far as beer goes, you can’t go wrong with the strawberry blonde. After some seriously bad Downtown Dining Dash incidents, the Brewing Co. has never let me down.

Except for that time I wanted lunch on a Saturday.