Guda BBQ

Korean BBQ restaurant
Closed in Koreatown Los Angeles
Date Closed: August 06, 2014 Reason for Closure: Vermin Harborage, Vermin infestation For older Korean men. Most recent update: 2016-07-16
“Go for the board games, not the hookah.” Located at Chapman Plaza on 6th & Alexandria.
All-you-can-eat menu options
IOTA Cafe on Western Avenue was a Korean eatery known for Western-style desserts and Korean fusion dishes like kimchi carbonara. Health department closure in 2014. Finally closed for business in 2016.
International Filipino-Chinese franchise restaurant that opened in North Koreatown in 2013.
Took over the space of the defunct Mat Goeul in early 2016. The house specialty of this new eatery is soondae (traditional Korean blood sausages).
A well-known hairstyle authority in the Philippines, where it opened its first location in 1989. The Los Angeles branch opened its doors in 2008.
UPDATE: Closed. As of early 2016, space is occupied by Klat Cafe.
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Korean-Chinese fusion food franchise. This location inside California Market on Beverly Boulevard in North Koreatown / East Hollywood
MAT GOEUL, 361 S WESTERN AVE #101, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90020 Permanently closed as of February 2016.
Closed on February 29, 2016. Opened in Summer 2014.
Korean-Chinese food restaurant franchise with other locations still open around Koreatown LA.
“Myeong-poom Soondae” is the new name for the longstanding “Western Soondae” restaurant on the northwest corner 6th Street and Western Avenue.
New name in 2014 of the space of “Noodles & Company” eatery in the mini strip mall on the northwestern corner of 6th & Western. Likely a mere rebranding because order-taker still answers phone with “Noodles” instead of “Pho Hanoi.” Korean establishment, not Vietnamese.
Branch of the South Korean chain of coffee shops… at Wilshire & New Hampshire, a block west of Vermont
Taekwondo martial-arts studio at the Lux Plaza complex on Western, just south of 3rd. Mainly Korean-speaking staff. Choong Hyo Mission Taekwondo U.S. Black Belt Center World Mission Taekwondo Association There are at least two other Elite TKD centers that remain open in the Koreatown area — one on Wilshire, the other on Olympic.