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One of the fastest growing communities in Los Angeles, Koreatown is a thriving focal point of commerce rivaling Chinatown and Little Tokyo. A diverse cultural hub centered on Wilshire Boulevard, stretching from Vermont to Western, KTown is a mash-up of traditional mom-and-pop shops, global enterprises, stylish retail, and trendy eateries. If you're looking for some unique retail therapy, get off the beaten path and shop LA's Koreatown!
Koreatown Plaza 928 S Western Ave., Los Angeles 90006
Located at Western and 9th Street, this three-story indoor shopping mall is home to some 70 shops including a grocery store, a multitude of skincare shops, home goods, jewelry, and one of the best food courts in the area. Got K-Pop fans on your birthday gift list? Music Plaza will fill the bill. Fancy House carries knick-knacks, stationery, Hello Kitty, K-pop paraphernalia, and Korean plush toys. Looking for home goods? ABC Plaza offers everything from Korean cookware to English dishware, as well as home appliances, lunchboxes, and personal goods. For high-end handbags and shoes from designers like Celine, Lanvin, Chloe, Balenciaga, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Alexander McQueen, don't miss Parashu, Rodeo Handbag and Milano.
MaDang the Courtyard 621 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles 90005
This modern three-level outdoor shopping and entertainment center is considered one of the more demographically mixed centers in Koreatown. H Mart, an Asian American supermarket, offers fresh produce, meats, groceries, and trendy Asian foods. Daiso is a Japanese chain store with a little bit of everything, including bento boxes and a plethora of utensil paraphernalia, stationery, home goods, origami tools and cosmetics. Check out Cosmetic World for a wide selection of American and Japanese brands such as Clinique, Estee Lauder, SK-II, Fresh, Shiseido, and Clarins. The Face Shop is a Korean franchise that carries lines of natural cosmetics and shares space with Chocolate Chair. For media lovers, Aladdin Books is the first L.A. branch of a Korean chain known for buying and selling old Korean books, English books, CDs, and DVDs.
Koreatown Galleria 3250 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 90006
Koreatown Galleria is the ultimate shopping destination, offering a one-stop shopping experience with over 70 stores, including apparel, beauty, pharmacy & health, video, books, and more. The Galleria Market, the largest Korean market in Los Angeles, carries mostly Korean products, as well as a good selection of Japanese and Chinese goods. There's also an elaborate seafood section with prepared sashimi, whole fish, and live fruits of the sea, including octopus, abalone, prawns, lobsters, and Dungeness crab, perfect for holiday entertaining. The market also includes Cake House (Korean bakery chain), Dong Bang Mi ln, (rice cake bakery), VNS Chicken, and an orchid shop.
Koreatown Galleria: Kitchen Plus 3250 W. Olympic Blvd. #113 Los Angeles 90006
For the best deals to stock up your kitchen, head to Kitchen Plus at the Koreatown Galleria. Located in the basement, this restaurant supply store offers restaurant quality kitchenware with a focus on the Asian kitchen. The space is filled with aisles bulging with over 15,000 items, mostly imported from Korea. Although they cater to mainly to restaurateurs, there are still plenty of treasures for the home cook including glassware, ceramic dishes, napkins, placemats, steamers, pots and pans, cooling racks, knives, trash cans, cutting boards, and plastic containers – at prices that won't break the bank.
City Center on 6th 3500 W 6th St. Los Angeles 90020
City Center on 6th is a three-story 165,000 square foot entertainment center providing retail shopping, an expansive food court and full service restaurants for the rapidly developing Wilshire Center. With over 60 tenants, including popular destinations like Cake House, EMC Seafood, and Crystal Spa, City Center on 6th features a sweeping skylight bringing in plenty of natural light.to enhance your shopping experience. In addition to providing mainstream retail for the thousands of people who live and work in the surrounding area, City Center on 6th serves as a congenial central meeting place for people to eat, shop, relax, and have fun.
Poketo@THE LINE 3515 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010
Since its foundation in 2003 by husband-and-wife team Ted Vadakan and Angie Myung, Poketo has grown from a small startup into a creative hub and online destination for design-driven goods infused with aesthetic intentionality. Collections include everything from furniture & lighting to apothecary, tabletop, textiles, books & prints, and apparel. If you can't find what you're looking for at Poketo, it probably doesn't exist!
Chapman Market 3465 W 6th St. Los Angeles 90189
With 1929 Spanish Colonial revival architecture, handsome wrought iron fences and art deco touches, you can sense Chapman Market’s history as you enter the doors. Formerly known as Chapman Plaza – often referred to as the world’s first drive-through grocery store or drive-in market – Chapman Market is now home to Korean-run establishments such as Gaam, a spacious lounge and eatery serving Korean pub food paired with soju (Korean rice wine) cocktails; and Toebang Cafe, a trendy restaurant specializing in Korean BBQ, bibimbap (rice with meat, vegetables and hot sauce), soju and beer. Ready for some Shibuya style? Shibuya LA offers over 7,000 authentic Japanese cosmetics, skin care products and more, ranging from makeup and face masks to snacks and drinks.
Sixth Sense Los Angeles 3881 W. 6th St, Los Angeles 90020
This family-owned home furnishings and accessories store has proudly provided hip and trendy furniture items since 2016. If you're looking for some really unique gifts or home decor, don't let the high end look of the merchandise scare you away – this store is surprisingly reasonable, especially given the good quality of the pieces. You'll find a great selection of smallers gift items, from cheeky scented candles to kitchen accessories, decorative accents, textiles, frames, tableware, wall decor, and other home accesories.
Karen's Garden 3877 W 6th St, Los Angeles 90020
Karen's Garden is a floral studio with a team of artisans, offering floral designs for all of life's celebrations. In addition to luscious floral arrangements, they also have a great selection of hand selected live plants. A clever complement to your home decor, plants are easy to maintain, help purify the air, and enhance your sense of well-being.
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Making plans for New Year's Eve? LA is bubbling with great ways to celebrate – from decadent dinners and swanky soirées, to epic dance parties in iconic spaces! If you're looking for a bigger bang for your NYE buck, bar and pub crawls are just the ticket – giving you all-inclusive access to drink specials at participating venues. So pop the cork, grab your noise makers, and get ready to ring in 2020 with LA's best New Year's Eve celebrations!
Classic Hollywood Roosevelt New Year's Eve 7000 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028
Ring in the New Year at the Hollywood Roosevelt, where the old embraces the new. In an age where most things do not stand the test of time, here, the trend is always sophisticated and relaxed! NYE celebration features 8 hour premium open bar, 3 rooms of music, LED WALL Countdown at Tropicana Main Stage, Giant Projection Wall Countdown in Main Ballroom, SoCal's Top DJs, VIP Bottle Service, party favors and more!
Hollywood New Year's Eve Pub Crawl Pig N' Whistle 6714 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028
Ring in 2020 at the best Hollywood bars along the Walk of Fame with the world-famous New Year's Eve 2020 Pub Crawl! Get crazy with mind numbing drink specials including $4 Drafts (Domestic & Select Imports) and 2 for $16 Premiums & Champagnes. For the best deal in town, buy your ticket, then check-in at Pig N' Whistle. At check-in, you will be given a map with the bar locations and times they are participating in the drink specials.
Downtown LA is the place to be this New Year's Eve! Celebrate with 10+ parties in one night bouncing from bar to bar to celebrate NYE at multiple venues. Each location offering exclusive drink specials to ring in the New Year. This is the best deal to celebrate NYE in Downtown LA with the NYE 2020 Bar Crawl all-access ticket! Participating bars and specials HERE
N.Y.E.L.A. Grand Park + The Music Center 200 N Grand Ave. Los Angeles CA 90012
Ring in 2020 at the West Coast's largest New Year's Eve celebration! For the 7th year, Grand Park and The Music Center’s N.Y.E.L.A. is the place to come together and party with live music, food, photo booths and amazing projection art on beautiful City Hall.
Hotel Sofitel 8555 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048
Indulge in LA’s most exclusive New Year’s Eve party at Riviera 31 inside Hotel Sofitel. Encompassing the prestigious Hotel Sofitel lobby, the chic Riviera 31, and the lounge’s resplendent garden patio, this glamorous New Year’s Eve party offers a majestic way to start the New Year. A live DJ will play crowd favorites, including hip hop, dance, and Top 40. A five-hour premium open bar keeps the drinks flowing and the bubbly replenished. Guests will be immersed in every second of the midnight countdown with the complimentary champagne toast. For those looking to indulge even further this NYE, opt for a VIP package that includes bottle service and reserved seating.
NYElectric W Hollywood Hotel Rooftop 6250 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028
This is going to be big! The W Hollywood Loft & Rooftop Lounge with NYElectric promises to be one of the swankiest New Year’s Eve dance parties that Hollywood has ever seen! Get ready to party to some of the hottest names in dance music while rubbing shoulders with LA’s most notable tastemakers. Highlights include two headlining DJs, panoramic views of the entire city, state-of-the-art sound and lighting, 4 hour premium open bar, and some incredible surprises!
Yamashiro 1999 N Sycamore Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90068
This New Year’s Eve take advantage of the unique opportunity to celebrate the holiday in the historic Los Angeles masterpiece, Yamashiro, the 1911 Hollywood hilltop mansion, is opening its doors for an exclusive party that will be talked about for months after the legendary evening. An overwhelmingly impressive exterior welcomes you into the majestic Japanese space. Inside, the spectacular evening is amenity-packed with luxuries like a five hour premium open bar. The opulent venue will fill with music from a live DJ heating up the dance floor with Top 40, hip hop, and house tracks. The evening culminates in a DJ-led live countdown to midnight complete with complimentary champagne and party favors.
NYE @Break Room 86 The LINE Hotel 630 S Ardmore Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90005
Experience the secret nightlife of LA’s trendy Koreatown with a New Year’s party at Break Room 86 that’s too cool for school. Hit the 5-hour premium open bar to kick off the celebration, then bust a move as the live DJ spins a pulsing open format selection of Top 40, Hip-Hop, House, and Mash-Ups (and maybe a few 80s hits). Count down to the New Year with a live DJ-led countdown, complete with a complimentary champagne toast. Get the VIP treatment and opt for a Table Package or Karaoke Room Package featuring VIP admission and premium bottle service.
NYE @Openaire LINE Hotel 3515 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010
Josiah Citrin's poolside oasis at LINE LA, Openaire is offering two seatings on NYE. 5pm-6:30pm: $79 for three courses. 8:30-9:30pm: $165 for five courses. After dinner, there will be music and dancing in the hotel’s lobby bar area. Both menus features the best of California’s ingredients from land and sea, embracing the seasons and presented in a shareable format. Valet parking validation available for $10 +tax for up to 2 hours.
NYE @The Bazaar by José Andrés 465 S La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles 90048
Indulge in an elegant, culinary driven celebration savoring the best of 2019 and toasting to a delectable 2020. Select from two seating options to start out the night or ring in midnight at the Spanish Masquerade. The menu includes selection of decadent tapas and festive specialties including caviar and truffles as well as premium champagne and wine package options.
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