Kitchen 24 West Hollywood, located at 8575 Santa Monica Boulevard next to the Ramada Hotel, is expected to close at the end of October.
Staff was told that the owners do not plan on renewing the lease.
The restaurant opened in 2012, and its brunch has become a mainstay for many WeHo diners. The COVID pandemic severely affected the restaurant’s operations and led to the closing of the Hollywood Boulevard location in fall 2021.
Kitchen 24’s departure is the latest in a continual string of business closings in WeHo.
Just last week Wrapstar closed their doors after only four months in business.
Most of the businesses in the Ramada complex in the heart of West Hollywood have closed.
Within the Ramada are vacant storefronts which include the Big Gay Starbucks, Supercuts and Cousin’s Maine Lobster.
Across the street from the Ramada complex has seen the closing of Sprouts, the Wing, and Powerzone leaving a wide swath of Santa Monica Boulevard empty.
Sad news what you excel in a certain flavour. I’m here. LA’s nightlife leaves much to be desired safety in numbers.
West Hollywood City Council are experts at killing local businesses, but they are at a loss at how to keep the city safe, clean and open to all.
In my opinion, our minimum wage is acceptable but for restaurants with tipped employees it seems to be excessive and the final nail in the coffin for restaurant viability. Combined with greedy property owners who keep raising rents, our city may start to look like Beverly Hills; sooner than later. Gross.
Kitchen24 is a staple of the community. So sad to see it go, one of my go to’s. Dont get these negative comments. West Hollywood’s minimum wage is just too high, restaurants and retail operate with razer thin margins.
This is a shame. Despite the occasional lackluster service and wait times, it was a pleasant neighborhood restaurant. We’ve lost too many of those, and have very few left.
The focus on minimum wage and the restaurant is just bad etc is just off base. Their lease is up, they either don’t want to sign for a shorter term and/or pay market rates. The idea they were offered similar terms to 10 years ago is NOT true. This is a turn key operation and will have a new operator by Christmas. I just hope do a deep clean.
They set records
The longest wait be acknowledged
The longest wait for a waiter
longest wait for your food
longest wait for a check
longest wait for waiter to return
And the worst aditude for waiters in the food business.
Thomas S., for all of us that have loved and enjoyed Kichen-24, your comment expresses the worst service in the history of Judisim. As we say, now that you cannot dine at Kitchen-24, “may you have an easy fast.”
I tried over and over to ignore the service till I said I can not go there. The waiters did not smile or say thank you or do you need anything else I am not kdding
Let me say something as the manager that ran it… all these negative comments are disgusting… no one knows what it was like to be open during Covid to serve the community the way we always have. kitchen24 was and is a staple and the longest running restaurant in that location. The brand was always ending this year and we were going to rebrand and come up with a new concept which is still in the cards. Blood sweat and tears went into this and it will always hold a special place. Please respect the legacy that we have made… Read more »
“The brand was always ending this year”
Thank you for making this clear.
I wish you the best of luck and really hope you are able to come back with your new concept and that it can somehow still be in WeHo.
What are you talking about?… Its a restaurant, not a lovely old woman who died after a life of service to the community,
When you love what you do – and spend more than ⅓ of your life dedicating your energy to it – it feels like a death when taken away from you. Grief is not reserved for just the loss of a person.
Respect the legacy? It was a restaurant with horrible service and long waits. McDonald’s has a longer legacy and better service
Like I said boo
Don’t listen to the haters. This was a great spot and I’m excited for the new concert!
This has gone on since it opened night or day. Were they not staffed properly WHO CARES
Just when I thought our 2 lively & exciting neighborhood blocks were coming back to life, it’s dying again. It’s now as depressing as it was exciting before.
At this point, it will take years for it to revive itself again, if ever.
The closing of Starbucks was the death knell. Another coffee house in that Starbucks spot would be a godsend for the neighborhood.
I know it is easy to blame our leaders, if you can call some of them that, or the high wages and benefits they put in place, but the truth is the same for most of these businesses that have closed in and around SMB.. None of them invest in their business or change with the times, They and or their landlords do NOTHING to improve either the inside or outside of their restaurants/businesses to draw customers in. Kitchen 24 was a good concept initially but they let the food quality slip never changed up their menu and had terrible… Read more »
I thought the food and service were fine, but I agree the patio was starting to look nasty. And the patio was so open to the homeless people just waltzing in, grabbing food laying out on tables, and just dirty smelly people where they are not wanted or welcome. The homeless would also engage customers over the railing, and I suspect a lot of people stopped going because of that. I agree the building looks dated, but it was the homeless along with the Council’s desire to have other people pay staff more than what they are really worth that… Read more »
It’s the rent. Landlords are suffocating businesses.
tenant had option to renew. its the wages and slow traffic, homeless and costs of doing business.
…and it’s slow traffic due to the high cost of goods and services, the homeless, crime, etc.
This establishment blamed everyone and everything for lack of customers.
I have it on good authority they blamed rainy winter, Shake Shack, Tale O The Pup, COVID, interest rates, supply chain and minimum wage. They had the opportunity to do room service for Ramada, open a bar at the Ramada (for no added charge), up their food quality and more.
Instead, they didn’t raise their food quality, service quality and overall quality. That’s a recipe for 0 customers.
They are not blaming anybody. Where do you see that? Its all the commenters doing the talking.
Excuse me, you are aware they voluntarily signed their lease. No landlord forced them. I’m so glad I’m not you.
Kitchen24 gave me Salmonella poisoning 2 years ago. When I informed the manager, they offered me a free meal, AS IF I would EVER go back to a restaurant that poisoned me. Good riddance K24!
I’ve been there many times and never had any food poisoning. I will take your word that you did, but my hunch is it was an isolated incident that could have happened anywhere. That is not a reason to wish failure on a business that employs people in the area. I’m not sure what else you would want a manager to offer you where you felt you got food poisoning.