Heard lots of good things about Nickle Diner, a retro-hip diner at downtown LA. There has been a lot of hyped for it ever since it opened, we tried to go there one time but it was closed. I love the cute window displays very much. The interior looks authentically like a small neighbourhood diner […]
Archive for the ‘06: Downtown LA’ Category
May 5, 2009
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Bottega Louie (Downtown)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LAA new restaurant + gourmet deli/market/bakery called Bottega Louie opened down the street of where my friend lives. The setup reminds me of Dean & Deluca and Fauchon, but with far less items on the shelves and deli. They sell their own brand of olive oil and balsamic vinegar on those shelves. They were giving […]
Tags: Breakfast, fashionable
February 20, 2009
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Cole’s (Downtown LA)
By Joan in 06: Downtown LAWe hopped around Downtown with the metro day pass few weekends ago. It was a good chance to try the historic landmark Cole’s for lunch. Like Philippe’s, it has been around for a long time since the early 20th century. Though unlike Philippe’s, Cole’s has been renovated recently – it’s a lot more fancy inside […]
January 28, 2009
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Wurstkuche (Downtown LA)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LAA new German sausage bar Wurstkuche has opened at the Downtown Arts District. Joan and I went on separate days for a combine report. Nite & Day. The crowd during lunch hour was mostly the architect looking types (Sci Arc is nearby). When they first started there was only a few counter seats at the […]
October 19, 2008
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Raku (Little Tokyo)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LAStunned and sad, I found out (too late) that the Little Tokyo’s Japanese-French restaurant Grill Lyon had closed down. The space was replaced by a Korean Japanese izakaya chain called Raku (the original is at Westside). The interior is slick and aimed for trendy crowd…ironically that is how izakaya is known as in LA now. The […]
Tags: Izakaya, Japanese, Okonomiyaki
