Restaurants in Los Angeles continue to suffer sustained economic pressure beginning with the 2020 pandemic and worsened by the Hollywood labor strikes in 2023, which slowed industry activity into 2025. Rising operating costs for labor, rent, and ingredients have further compressed already thin profit margins. The 2025 fires caused slow business and property destruction for some operators. Ongoing ICE enforcement has added further operational strain. These combined forces have produced multiple high-profile closures in July, including long-running and recently opened establishments across West Hollywood, Zaferia, and Chinatown. Some operators have permanently closed while others shutter temporary locations.
Los Angeles's 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, which led to an industry-wide slowdown that's continued into 2025. From the lingering impacts of the Hollywood strikes to increased costs (labor, rent, ingredients, etc.), many variables continue to batter restaurant owners who operate on razor-thin margins.
Amour- After less than two years, upscale West Hollywood French restaurant Amour is in its last days. The restaurant, which opened in December 2023, will close at the end of August. During its run, Amour served a menu of French and Japanese-inflected cuisine from chef Dany Chavez-Bello (formerly of Spain's El Bullí and New York City's Bouley) and chef de cuisine Hendrix Vega.
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