A number of LA restaurants — high-end and casual — are permanently closing during the pandemic, and each closing affects families of owners and employees. The closures ripple out to all the different industries that service restaurants.
Good Food host Evan Kleiman discusses these restaurants — and pays tribute to them.
Also, many of these chefs have other restaurants that are still open, which listeners could continue to support.
Not high-end but much beloved
Baco Mercat in downtown LA and Amacita in Culver City - Josef Centeno
Still open: Bar Ama and Orsa and Winston in downtown LA.
Here’s Looking at You in Koreatown - Chef Jonathan Whitener and Lien Ta
Still open: All Day Baby in Silver Lake
Lincoln Pasadena - Christine Moore
Still open: Little Flower Candy Company in South Arroyo
The elite
Trois Mec in Hollywood - Chef Ludo Lefebvre
Still open: Petit Trois in Hollywood
Broken Spanish in downtown LA - Chef Ray Garcia
Auburn near Hollywood - Chef Eric Bost
Bon Temps in downtown LA - Chef Lincoln Carson
The Bazaar in Beverly Hills - Chef Jose Andres
Somni in Beverly Hills - Chef Aitor Zabala and Chef Jose Andres