Los Angeles’s restaurants continue to face difficult headwinds, starting in 2020 with the onset of a global pandemic and exacerbating with the Hollywood labor strikes in 2023, which led to an industry-wide slowdown that’s continued into 2025. From the lingering impacts of the Hollywood strikes to increased costs (labor, rent, ingredients, etc.), many variables continue to batter restaurant owners who operate on razor-thin margins. Los Angeles restaurants also continue to struggle with the impact of the 2025 fires, including slow business and devastating property loss, as well as the ongoing effects of ICE enforcement. Here are notable restaurant closures for November. For more closure news, read our past closure coverage.
Arroz and Fun — On October 31, Arroz and Fun departed its Lincoln Heights home. It’s not entirely a Los Angeles loss, however: While thanking customers in an Instagram post, the team announced that operations will move to their sister restaurant, Chifa, in Eagle Rock.
Citizen Public Market — Culver City’s nearly five-year-old Citizen Public Market closed permanently on November 2. It’s a stunning loss for Los Angeles — the historic building housed seven restaurants, including chef Brandon Kida’s Go Go Bird (which reopened in Riverside County), Benevento, Smokey Chance, and the Jikoni pop-up. Citizen opened in November 2020 amid steep pandemic-era challenges even as it operated in the heart of Downtown Culver City adjacent to HBO at Ivy Station, Amazon Studios, and Sony Pictures Studios.
Pono Burger — On November 10, Santa Monica’s Pono Burger called it quits. The organic burger stand expanded quickly after opening in Los Angeles in 2013. Windy “Makani” Gerardi of Ultimate Burger in Kona, Hawai‘i, grew the spot from one burger joint in Santa Monica to its now shuttered locations in Venice and West Hollywood.
Sun Nong Dan — Eater confirmed Sun Nong Dan’s closure with owner Jayson Choi; the Sixth Street location shuttered in mid-November. The original Koreatown location debuted in 2013 and expanded to Western near Wilshire Boulevards, Sawtelle, San Gabriel, and Rowland Heights. Those locations remain open.
Gucci Osteria — In a pre-Thanksgiving surprise, chef Massimo Bottura’s five-year-old Gucci Osteria Beverly Hills closed on November 22. Head chef Mattia Agazzi confirmed the closure in a post on his personal Instagram account; WWD reports that Gucci’s Beverly Hills flagship retail store will remain open after the restaurant’s closure. Massimo Bottura opened the first Gucci Osteria in Florence in 2018, before expanding to Los Angeles in 2020. The restaurant quickly became a celebrity favorite and garnered one Michelin star in 2021. Gucci Osteria’s other locations in Florence, Tokyo, and Seoul remain open. Gucci has not announced if it will replace the restaurant with a new hospitality concept.
Esters Wine Shop & Oyster Bar — One of Santa Monica’s longest-running wine bars closed on November 23. Ester’s Wine Shop & Bar operated for 10 years in an Art Deco space, where diners could find bottles from independent producers with dishes by chef Jeremy Fox. The Rustic Canyon Family group is in the midst of change, as the influential restaurant group will also close Birdie G’s on December 31.
Bar Bohemien — Without fanfare, Culver City’s Bar Bohemian closed over Thanksgiving weekend. The Instagram announcement wasn’t too much of a surprise, given Citizen Public Market’s early November closure. Initially, the food hall noted that Bar Bohemien would remain open on the rooftop.
Holey Grail Larchmont — Another Thanksgiving closure occurred in Los Angeles with the shuttering of taro doughnut shop Holey Grail Donuts. After the Larchmont outlet ceased operations on November 30, they’ll still have two locations in Santa Monica and Long Beach. Founded in Hawaii in 2018 by siblings Hana and Nile Dreiling, Holey Grail is best known for its tropical flavors and sustainability-minded wares. The brand, which raised $9 million through venture capital financing for its current expansion, opened its first Los Angeles store in Santa Monica in December 2022. Holey Grail also operates stores in Hanalei and Honolulu.