Upon entering this restaurant and hotel, it immediately becomes apparent that this is not your typical Los Angeles restaurant.

The appetizers were so amazing (and heavy) that we never made it to the entrees.  No matter, it was all great.   The restaurant is in the middle of the newly gentrifying loft district downtown.  Sketchy neighborhood, but that does not keep the crowds away. By the time we left around 10, the crowds were growing, not shrinking.  ...