Los Angeles is experiencing a significant wave of restaurant closures, including My 2 Cents, Mother Tongue, and Shibumi. The ongoing impacts of COVID-19, combined with the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes, have severely decreased restaurant revenues, with declines of 30 to 40 percent. This situation has exacerbated as recent fires reduced dining out, while large-scale ICE raids have instilled fear in restaurant workers, contributing to further closures and threats to operational stability across the city.
The last few years have been punishing for Los Angeles restaurants and bars, which continue to feel the ripple effects of COVID-19 and the 2023 Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes.
Mid-Wilshire's Southern specialist My 2 Cents ends dine-in service on July 31, chef Michael Mina's Mother Tongue closed in June, and Michelin-starred Shibumi's final day in Downtown will be July 19.
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