{"id":27982,"date":"2025-06-30T20:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27982\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:13:08","slug":"the-saddest-restaurant-closures-to-know-in-los-angeles-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27982\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saddest Restaurant Closures to Know in Los Angeles, June 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles\u2019s 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<\/a>, which led to an industry-wide slowdown that\u2019s continued into 2025. From the lingering impacts of the Hollywood strikes to adverse weather and 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 from the 2025 fires<\/a>, including slow business and devastating property loss. Here are notable restaurant closures for June. For more closure news, visit our 2024 round-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nusr-Et<\/strong>\u2014 Nusret G\u00f6k\u00e7e, better known as Salt Bae, has sprinkled his last steaks in Los Angeles<\/a>. The Beverly Hills outpost of G\u00f6k\u00e7e\u2019s global steakhouse chain, Nusr-Et, suddenly closed on June 4, four years after opening in 2021. The closure comes as the restaurant chain eyes further international expansion into markets including Mexico City, Rome, and Ibiza.<\/p>\n

Verve<\/strong>\u2014 Verve Coffee Roasters closed its Downtown LA location on June 1<\/a>, marking the end of a decade in the neighborhood. The Santa Cruz-based coffee roaster opened its Spring Street cafe in January 2015<\/a>, serving a signature lineup of coffee drinks made with its own beans, as well as pastries, and juices from Juice Served Here. The cafe\u2019s closure was announced in an Instagram post<\/a>, which reads, \u201cWhile the evolving landscape of Downtown has made it no longer sustainable for us to continue operating at this location, we remain deeply committed to our LA community.\u201d Luckily, Verve has another location just a few miles away in the Arts District.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Looking at You<\/strong>\u2014 Groundbreaking restaurant Here\u2019s Looking at You closed on June 13<\/a> after almost a decade on Sixth Street in Koreatown. The restaurant, opened by the late chef Jonathan Whitener<\/a> and Lien Ta, has occupied its corner of Los Angeles since 2016, serving an ever-evolving menu of cross-cultural dishes like uni panna cotta and salsa-negra-crusted frogs\u2019 legs alongside an inventive cocktail program to match. The closure coincided with the end of a 10-year lease on the building.<\/p>\n

Elf Cafe\u2014 <\/strong>Echo Park restaurant Elf Cafe closed after 19 years on June 1<\/a>. Scott Zwiezen and his bandmates Astara Calas and Evan Haros, first opened Elf as a vegan restaurant in 2006, serving a Mediterranean-ish menu, with dishes like a vegetable tagine and morel risotto. In 2020, amid COVID-19, Elf suspended operations indefinitely<\/a>, transforming into a space for roving pop-ups, before reopening in early 2023. Zwiezen says that over the years, the restaurant has shifted into a place that people only go to for special occasions, instead of a daily stop, though he doesn\u2019t point to one specific reason for the closure.<\/p>\n