Mediterranean-inspired rooftop bar and restaurant opens in downtown LA

Diners looking for an escape from the hustle and bustle of downtown Los Angeles can escape to a Mediterranean garden at the ...

Snapped: Midnight Lovers Reimagines DTLA’s Bar Franca (A Photo Essay)

Purveyors of “high energy sublime dance-floor euphoria” Midnight Lovers have relaunched Downtown LA’s Bar Franca with a new ...
Food & Wine

After ICE Raids and Curfews, Downtown LA Bars Struggle — but Refuse to Break

Los Angeles hospitality bands together after months of chaos. On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted several controversial immigration raids in and around downtown Los ...

DTLA's once-famed nightlife is flailing. Can this cozy DJ bar bring crowds back?

If you squinted, you could have sworn it was 2019 again, back when downtown L.A.was the heart of the city's nightlife before ...
Los Angeles Times

Keep that downtown Los Angeles dining reservation. It’s safe to go to dinner

Little Tokyo, the epicenter of the recent protests over President Trump’s immigration policies, is showing signs of life again. Even with the curfew lifted, restaurants are still struggling. I spent ...
Los Angeles Times

Precinct DTLA, well-known gay bar, warns it could close after former employee claims discrimination

A downtown Los Angeles bar known as a haven for the gay community is warning it could soon shutter as it faces a costly legal fight with a former employee. “We’re a couple of slow weekends away from ...