wokcano opens march 6 (no, we’re serious)
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After a long and rocky road, the new Wokcano at 7th and Flower has finally received City inspection approvals to open its doors this Thursday, March 6.
Originally aiming for a holiday opening, the small but growing chain was bogged down by red tape and inspection delays while it sat nearly completed for many weeks. Last time we checked in with Assistant Manager Richard Querney, the cafe was retraining employees in preparation for the launch.
Wokcano, one of the more substantial businesses to hit 7th Street recently, will have hours until 2:00am daily.
We’ll update with more information on the official Grand Opening as it becomes available.
Wokcano Cafe
800 W 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Open until 2:00am daily
213-623-2288
wokcanocafe.com
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YEAH! Finally - that yummy lunch salad is back in downtown. Alex - are you reading this - can we have lunch there on Saturday?
looking forward to late nite sushi dinners with fellow downtowners :-)
Does anyone know if whether or not they will have delivery??? I know some of their other restaurants deliver. Open till 2AM, awesome!!!!
I’ll believe it when I see the first bowl of rice cross the counter; my office is in the same building, and they’ve been “about to open” for a year or so, now; restaurants have opened and closed downtown in the interim (Mode, for instance…)
Silverlake, Wokcano has only been close to opening since late December. That was their original target. We’ve been in close contact with the managers of the restaurant since last month. They’ve been reluctant to state a date until now b/c of the health departmant delays.
If Richard tells us they’re opening tomorrow, then get ready for your rice bowl.
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hi all! i just stopped by and picked up a menu, and confirmed that tomorrow is The Day. yes, they will deliver, it says so on their take out menu! also, happy hour from 3-7. i’m so excited!!! i’m totally going there for dinner tomorrow.
phone number if anyone needs it (it isn’t on their site yet) is 213-623-2288.
Wokcano looked packed tonight. Great (reasonably-priced and no small dishes!) new dining option in the Financial District.
Only complaint is that they used the 3 street parking spots on Flower south of 7th for valet parking service. I hope this was just a one-time occurance. We cannot continue having on-street parking jeopardized for each new restaurant; it kills the “complete streets” concept.
Rich and I went with friends last night to Wokcano - had a great time! The food was tasty (just slightly cold, but probably had to do with the vent above me blowing in air from the pole). The lighting, mood and crowd was perfect! Overall, as good as I had hoped - but we knew what we were getting.
Oh, FYI - They’re only serving beer and wine for now.
Regarding valet park… Neel, don’t tell me you drove from the Skyline?
I had a great time at Wokcano, but I probably won’t go back.
Like I said there, if you want good sushi, go to Little Tokyo. If you want good Chinese, go to Chinatown.
If you want the above for double the price, go to Wokcano.
Friday - no way will I drive in downtown. Haha. I’m just not a big fan of having to build more parking lots/garages. Street parking slows cars to a reasonable speed in urban areas, reduces the need for parking lots/garages, and gives the pedestrian a buffer between the sidewalk and speeding cars. Plus, it’s kinda cool seeing people park their cars and walk on the sidewalk instead of going into parking garages.
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