Korean in Koreatown Los Angeles
California, New York, and Texas have the highest numbers of Korean-owned businesses, with California being home to over 600,000 Korean-owned firms in 2012.
Korean-owned businesses are concentrated in certain industries, with 12 percent of all Korean-owned firms operating in the accommodations and food services sector.
D선생 Food Boutique and Lounge Bar D 先生 Bar & Lounge D Seonsaeng Food Boutique and Lounge Bar Menu: beers, mojitos, spicy Korean bar food Former space of Spot Bar in the Westlake area east of Koreatown. Opened May 2014.
MIGA LUNCH AMERICA Located between O Jang Dong restaurant and Angel Beauty Salon.
Taekwondo and hapkido studio on 3rd & New Hampshire
Closed as of June 2014. Restaurant famously run by North Koreans who’ve left that country. Specialty: Soondae (blood sausages) Health rating of A as of 09/27/2012. “U Hyang Soon Dae” where Arirang restaurant used to be. Located in Southwest Koreatown. Space taken over in 2014 by Tang Seafood Restaurant.
Phone number disconnected in 2014: (213) 384-1007 H# Total Beauty Care. H Sharp Beauty Salon. H Shop Total Beauty Care. Hours Open: Monday to Saturday: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm Established in February 2012.
Also called “Cuckoo” Korean Soju Cafe or Bbuk Ghoo Ghee. Inspect the “Happy Hour” prices closely. They’re not as they seem. Located on the second floor of the strip mall known as “Wilshire Plaza” on 8th & Vermont. Across the street from the Latino market Liborio and from the Madangsae Korean BBQ restaurant. Health rating […]
Korean-run bakeshop. Out of business as of July 2014
3240 Wilshire Boulevard, 4th Floor. Mon 5:00 pm – 2:00 am Tue 5:00 pm – 2:00 am Wed 5:00 pm – 2:00 am Thu 5:00 pm – 2:00 am Fri 5:00 pm – 2:00 am Sat 5:00 pm – 2:00 am Sun 5:00 pm – 2:00 am Part of Palm Tree
Chicken nuggets in the Koreatown Plaza food court. Disconnected phone number: (213) 427-4324
SI GOL BOB SANG, 3915 1/2 W 6TH ST, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90020 Date Closed: March 10, 2014 Date Reopened: March 14, 2014 Reason for Closure: Imminent health hazard to public health or safety Vermin Harborage
On the second floor of the strip mall known as ChungKiWa Plaza.
JA JUNG GUH CAFE 4653 BEVERLY BLVD LOS ANGELES 90004 01/26/2012 82 Restaurant Application for extension of ABC permit hours to 2 a.m. Disconnected number for Jung Ta Gun Cafe: (323) 871-4101
Southwest Koreatown. Cash only. Disconnected phone number as of May 2014: (323) 737-0097
UPDATE: Closed by April 2014. Opened in 2013 in the former space of Dae Sung Oak restaurant, which had closed in 2010. Just east of Koreatown’s formal borders. DAE SUNG OAK :2006-2010
Korean-run automotive service in North Koreatown, aka East Hollywood west of the freeway.
Korean flea store selling cheap CDs, etc. Named after Hwagae Market of Seoul. Phone number of Multiplus, which used to be a few blocks north on Western, just north of 6th Street.
Korean-run appliance store. Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am – 8 pm Sun 10 am – 7 pm
UPDATE: Moved to 125 North Western in 2014. Used to be by the car wash on 4th & Western. Site of a robbery in December 2012.
Hair salon that carried Aveda hair and skin care products in the retail front. Ground floor of the Solair building at Wilshire and Western.
Animal clinic located in Southwest Koreatown. English, Korean and Spanish spoken. Business Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Closed Thursday Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m
Korean business at the Alexandria Plaza strip mall
Korean restaurant serving black-goat meat stew.
GREEN LIFE PLUS, 940 S WESTERN AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90006 Date Closed: January 14, 2014 Reason for Closure: No potable water supply or no hot water No Public Health Permit TEL: 323-735-0224 | FAX: (213) 387-8808
MU GLE LE SSA GLE LE, 4429 BEVERLY BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90004 Date Closed: May 23, 2013 Date Reopened: May 24, 2013 Reason for Closure: Sewage
Korean-run karaoke bar in the Westlake / Pico Union area, east of Koreatown proper.
