El Limeño – Closed
Salvadoran karaoke restaurant
Closed in Koreatown Los Angeles
Coffee. Shaved Ice (Patbingsu). Frozen Yogurt.
Opened in July 2012 in the former space of Green Bee at the Mercury Building on Wilshire Boulevard, right by the Wiltern Theater.
Reputedly the nastiest pho in Koreatown, but it’s open 24 hours and gives kimchi as a side dish. UPDATE: Evicted in late 2012. Replaced by Phoever Yum / Forever Yum in 2013.
Grand opening party on November 10, without even an application for a health permit.
Coffee shop for office workers along the mid-Wilshire corridor
Made-in-LA coffee shop on Wilshire & Normandie. Closed in early 2013 after Starbucks opened a few steps away.