Brief · Food & Wine
The Saddest October Restaurant Closures to Know in Los Angeles
Sora Craft Kitchen. | Matthew Kang Los Angeles’s restaurants continue to face difficult headwinds, starting in 2020 with the onset of the global pandemic and exacerbated by the Hollywood labor strikes in 2023, which led to an industry-wide slowdown that continued into 2026. From the lingering effects of the Hollywood strikes to rising costs (labor, rent, ingredients, etc.), many factors continue t