DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The five cent diner here in downtown Los Angeles opened in 2008. And for the last 15 years, customers have been going there and loving it. Now, it's closing its doors.

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Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

UPDATE, July 29, 2025: Cole’s French Dip, the oldest restaurant and saloon in Los Angeles, was originally slated to close its doors Aug. 3. The last day of service for the landmark restaurant, which ...

The Original Pantry Café, a historic downtown Los Angeles diner that closed six months ago during a labor dispute, will reopen at the start of next year, it was announced Thursday. The diner on ...

Piles of rotting fruits and vegetables dumped on a downtown Los Angeles street were cleared out by crews overnight for a second time this week in another case of illegal dumping that has plagued the ...

The invention of the French dip is one of the most contested debates in Los Angeles food history: Two LA restaurants — Cole’s French Dip and Philippe the Original — have both made the claim that they ...

The Los Angeles Times Food Bowl Night Market will bring tons of delicious food to downtown Los Angeles this weekend. Danielle Dorsey, the Times' senior food editor, "Sunday Gravy" chef Sol Bashirian ...

Diners looking for an escape from the hustle and bustle of downtown Los Angeles can escape to a Mediterranean garden at the top of the Hoxton Downtown hotel when they check out the newly opened Inanna ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. Muscoy is a semi-rural ...

Happy hours are banned in some states, but not California. At these nine L.A. restaurants, happy hour is about more than discounted drinks and snacks. Smart diners are enjoying happy hour prices at ...