UPDATED 9/1/23
St. Felix will celebrate its final weekend in West Hollywood. The Santa Monica Boulevard establishment will hand the keys over to some notable new owners: Adam Lambert, along with Queen member Roger Taylor and his wife Serena, and partner Bryan Patrick Franklin.
St. Felix’s owners John and Chris shared informed their employees this week and shared the following statement with WEHOville:
St. Felix WeHo has proudly served the West Hollywood Community for the past 15 years.
WeHo warmly accepted and embraced The St. Felix Concept and our unique, award-winning food & cocktail culture. Our customers have become family and have demonstrated unwavering support and love to our staff and ownership. We are forever grateful.
The small business challenges in West Hollywood, compiled with the federal underfunding of the Restaurant Revitalization Act, with a heavy heart, led us to the decision that it is time to conclude our service in West Hollywood. We will be holding our Final Curtain Call for this act this weekend.
The venue was never intended for public sale, but when a group we knew personally approached us, who happened to share the same passion for the community and culture of WeHo, we entertained the idea. We are excited to see The New Group invest much needed energy into the area
We love and have great belief in the resilience of the West Hollywood community and we would like thank our employees who are the true face of our brand, and our guests who have defined us and continue to support and inspire us.
St. Felix Hollywood remains strong! Throughout the years, we’ve been an anchor destination for the Hollywood Vinyl District and we’ve evolved from a Happy Hour hub into a dynamic event-centric hotspot, consistently executing high quality food and cocktails in the heart of Hollywood.
We are excited to announce our partnership with J Dapper Companies in Las Vegas for the Launch of The St Felix – Sin City concept in 2024.
We were hand picked to be the outside X Factor for this project featuring Las Vegas’s finest local concepts with a focus and civic support for a thriving small businesses environment.
In gratitude to the incredible West Hollywood community for 15 wonderful years, we’re offering a ‘Turn Back The Clock’ drinks special on our award-winning signature cocktails, available at their original Happy Hour price of $6. This exclusive offer begins Friday and extends to our closing date Sunday, September 3rd. Come have a drink with us, we look forward to raising a glass with you.
Carpe Noctem
Adam Lambert, the ‘Muffin Man’ singer and lead vocalist of ‘Queen’, is exploring new opportunities to expand his business empire and open a restaurant/bar in West Hollywood’s Boystown District. Lambert first gained prominence as the runner-up in Season 8 of American Idol in 2009, and since then has sold over 3 million albums.
In 2019, Lambert founded the ‘Feel Something Foundation’, a non-profit organization supporting LGBTQ+ and human rights activism.
The current owners of the location Lambert is interested are dealing with a family emergency. They have asked WEHOville to keep the location confidential, but Lambert was spotted on the premises, openly expressing hia enthusiasm about the project.
Lambert’s venture would contribute to the growing popularity of gay celebrities in the Santa Monica Boulevard Boystown District. Other notable figures include Lance Bass, a former singer for N’Sync, who is partners in the Rocco’s and Heart businesses.
West Hollywood is also home to the Vanderpump crew, including Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz, partners in Tom Tom. Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd recently closed PUMP but continue to operate PUMP brunch at the Tom Tom location.
Celebrities have made significant inroads into owning many of the cannabis businesses in WeHo. Bill Maher and Woody Harrelson are partners in the Woods, Jay-Z is a partner in CALMA dispensary, and Patricia Arquette is a partner in Fanthom Flower.
This story is still developing, and a formal announcement is expected in the coming weeks.
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Hollywood Vinyl District and we’ve evolved from a Happy Hour hub into a dynamic event-centric hotspot, consistently executing high quality food and cocktails in the heart of Hollywood. It is either WEST HOLLYWOOD or NOT!!! Anyone with a brain knows the difference!
You can whine all you want but its called a “business” for a reason. They are meant to make money. So when people open one, they aim for a market or brand that will get to that goal. Not always do they do their research or know how to successfully run them. WEHO is unique, being a true Gayestination market, but that dynamic is changing. The community is fragmented and becoming more broad in its market. Running a restaurant, I have owned two, is super difficult and requires a deft hand. Wish them lots of success. If you love a… Read more »
I think Roger Taylor ( the drummer of Queen) and his wife Sarina , the new owners have homes in LA and England and maybe more places. Adam has been with Queen for ages now. Wishing them all good luck.
Larry Block is a kind soul but reality is money buys into industries, yet professionals in our industry are bumped out by money so Wehoville has never invited us because being a published photojournalist in top publications with 75 million viewers does not matter and the same reality stands for clubs. Club owners used to be those who actually worked in clubs, waited tables, managed, cooked, bartenders who elevated to owners but Weho sold out, and believes famous gay men should run Weho. Funny but even straight men like Woody or JayZ or others like Lisa Vanderpump are not a… Read more »
wehoville employes zero photo journalists and residents submit their stories or work for the benefit of community. none of the shareholders make any money and all work for free. and the pages are open to everybody.
It’s notable that some articles with solutions to fix city problems get 3 comments, but debating if a celebrity should invest here gets almost 70 comments.
Is it possible that residents are principally focused on celebrities and silliness? This is not a serious city. The alleged leaders, don’t take it seriously other than as a pathway that can be manipulated for personal advancement.
SAD but true, the GLBT world cares about “party party party”. NOT one iota about ‘politics’ or the overall good of the community. FEW actually support gay owed business. Many will just go online and buy from people who just want their money and go not out one red cent back into local endeavors! Yep keep buying from Amazon et al and watch more and more businesses shut down. Santa Monica Blvd. is becoming a ghost town. The only successes are bars. MANY of them are not even gay-owned. The voting record of the GLBT “community” is abysmal! Most gays… Read more »
Step away from the pipe. Breathe. Eat. Sleep. HALT.
Will Lambert allow his boy toy to continue dancing at Beaches or will he become another one like LB turning out his twinks on the side for cash? Allegedly, of course.
Who’s Will?
Oh great I’m sure another 20$ burger 20$ beer all with the fake celebrity BS
I so welcome the new ventures in WeHo.
are black trans women allowed! ? Weho welcomes black men, gay or not but black trans women…. another story! 🤣🤷🏽♀️
Awesome news. Thanks to St Felix, but the place needs a major overhaul. Are they just buying the business and lease or the actual real estate as well. The article does not make that clear.
I hope they keep it a neighborhood bar/restaurant…where people can actually talk to one another.
EXACTLY 💯 OTHERWISE IT’S JUST ANOTHER WHITE GAY BOY/BLACK GAY BOY pickup! 🙄🤣🤦🏾♀️ Very unfriendly to the rest of the LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY! AND I’M SICK OF THE FAKE PRIDE STUFF! Let’s be honest about West Hollywood!!
Yes, let’s be honest about West Hollywood. West Hollywood has become 1.9 square miles of bitching ground for the perpetually aggrieved. Authenticity of grievances need not be verified. Enabling of faux outrage always amplified by woke council.
Will it be called Queen bar?