Six Los Angeles Restaurants Closed in October, and Four Had Run More Than a Decade

Six Los Angeles restaurants closed permanently in October. Four of them had been open more than a decade, and one had been serving the same stretch of Main Street for twenty years.

We keep this record because a closure list is the only place some of these rooms get a sendoff. Our earlier installments are the restaurants that closed this summer and five closures in a year on the Sunset corridor.

The Six

The Victorian, Santa Monica

2640 Main Street. Closed October 31 after twenty years. A bar and restaurant in a Victorian house that functioned as much as a nightlife room as a dining one, with a Thursday salsa class that drew regulars for years. No reason was given.

Messhall Kitchen, Los Feliz

4500 Los Feliz Boulevard. Closed October 17 after fourteen years. An American restaurant and gastropub under the evergreens on the edge of Griffith Park, with a patio that made it a default stop after a hike. It held a 4.4 rating across more than 1,100 Google reviews. No reason was given.

The Sycamore Kitchen, Mid-Wilshire

143 South La Brea Avenue. Closed October 25 after fifteen years. The bakery and all-day cafe from Karen and Quinn Hatfield, known for its pastries and its front patio. The only one of the six to hint at a future: the team said it is "looking forward to what's next. Stay tuned."

Tar & Roses, Santa Monica

602 Santa Monica Boulevard. Closed October 24 after fifteen years in the area. The wood-fired small plates room that was among the harder Santa Monica tables to get for most of the 2010s, with a 4.7 rating across more than 1,100 reviews, which is a high number to close on. No reason was given.

Wabi on Rose, Venice

512 Rose Avenue, Suite F. Closed October 14 after six years. The sushi room on Rose that leaned social, with a DJ and a happy hour that locals used heavily. No reason was given.

SORA Craft Kitchen, Downtown

1109 East 12th Street. Closed in October. This is the one worth pausing on. A roughly sixteen-seat Turkish and Mediterranean restaurant run as a one-man operation, chef cooking and serving, with a 5.0 rating across 367 Google reviews. The stated reason was problems with the building, and the owner has said he hopes to reopen somewhere else.

What the List Shows

A 4.7 and a 5.0 are on this list. So is a restaurant that lasted twenty years and another that lasted fifteen. Whatever is pushing these closures, it is not a simple story about restaurants that nobody wanted to eat at.

Five of the six gave no public reason, which is the pattern we have noted all year. The one that did, SORA, named the building rather than the business, and intends to come back. That is the most hopeful line in the batch.

FJM updates this record as closures are confirmed. If you know of one we have missed, we would like to hear about it. For more LA restaurant news, or what has opened in the same stretch, see new restaurants in Los Angeles.

Sourcing

The six closures, their closing dates and their years of operation come from What Now Los Angeles, published October 29, 2026, with The Victorian's October 31 date falling after that publication. Every address was independently confirmed against each restaurant's Google Business Profile, because the source listed three of them without attaching them to names. Google ratings and review counts are from the same profiles and were current on November 8, 2026. The Sycamore Kitchen statement is quoted from the source. Five of the six gave no reason for closing. Food Journal Magazine has not spoken with any of the owners. Checked November 8, 2026.