L.A.’s Unique Pantry Closes After 100 Years, TV And Movie Appearances
The Unique Pantry Café, an iconic Downtown L.A. landmark featured in Knocked Up, Snowfall, The Million Greenback Lodge and plenty of of Michael Connelly’s bestsellers that includes Detective Harry Bosch — later portrayed by Titus Welliver on Bosch — has closed after greater than 100 years.
The closure is a results of a dispute between new house owners and the union representing the staff. The house owners determined to shut the restaurant after the 2 sides couldn’t attain a labor
settlement.
Clients waited for hours in line for a desk on Sunday to get one final meal on the well-known eatery, which was named Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 255.
The espresso store was positioned on the nook of ninth and Figueroa close to L.A. Stay and Crypto.com Area. It served coleslaw to all patrons irrespective of the time of day. The bread was scrumptious. Espresso was free till 2011.
The Pantry lengthy claimed to by no means have closed or been with no buyer, together with when it modified places in 1950 to make room for a freeway off-ramp. Administration maintain the streak alive by serving lunch within the authentic location after which serving dinner on the new location on very the identical day.
That that streak ended when the restaurant closed briefly on the order of well being inspectors in November 1997. It reopened the next day. It was later closed throughout Covid, as properly.
Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan as soon as owned The Unique Pantry Café. After he died in 2023, his belief took over and listed the diner on the market in August.
Metropolis Information Service contributed to this report.
