Booooooooo
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At least there is enough time to go back!
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The writing has been on the wall, sadly.
From back in May:
They did everything they could to pivot, stay fresh, bring in new business, but it just wasn’t enough. I will miss this place.
As with many of L.A.’s restaurant closures in 2025, a series of events that included the pandemic, inflation and entertainment-industry strikes led to the decision. Drastic drops in business following the nearby Palisades fire in January “felt like the nail in the coffin,” said Fox, who is also chef-partner of the restaurant Rustic Canyon.
In 2025 the weeks following the fire felt like a repeat of COVID-19, he said: No customers came in to dine, and Fox and his team didn’t know whether they should furlough staff until business picked up again. Fox estimates revenue fell by 80% during that time.
“That was a bloodbath, how much money we lost,” Fox said. “It was an ungodly amount of money. It was that bad.”
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I honestly think that we could have been the most perfect restaurant and it still wouldn’t have made a difference, with where we were located.
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I agree bad location. I went once opening week and never went back and part of that was that the location just didn’t jive with me.
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What was it about the location you didn’t like?
The parking of course and it just seemed “hidden,” but not in a charming way. It felt a bit desolate.
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32 posts were split to a new topic: Who to blame for restaurants closing?
Since the place will be open until the end of the year, please use this topic to discuss its food etc. and put discussion of why it’s closing in the split-off topic.
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There is an E line stop right in front of it. It’s not more than a 5 minute walk. So… enjoy that extra cocktail! 
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Thanks for posting this!
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Had no idea Jeremy had a new book. On Vegetables is my favorite cookbook I own so that’s an immediate pre order for me.
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He’ll also be at the Hollywood Farmers Market this Sunday promoting it. I’ve seen these Now Serving events there before and it rarely seems to be crowded:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO4pTWjj5nU/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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Now Serving is a small space but their author events are always well produced.
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Last one 
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“Jordan Kahn of Destroyer”
Factually true, but funny to omit Vespertine nonetheless.
On first glance, none of these are rocking my world as much as in past years. Maybe the Wylie Dufresne night? I am sure some of you have insight that would be helpful.
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Cosentino.
Too bad it’s not Dufresne and Stupak.
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In for Trevor Moran and Alex Grey for sure. Maybe Wylie and Stupak (but I don’t care for Kahn 
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