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Construction is underway for the arrival of the London-based Japanese Brazilian chain Sushi Samba in West Hollywood. The restaurant is opening on the expansive rooftop of the La Peer Building located next door to Ladyhawk at 639 North La Peer Drive. Slated to open in 2025, the restaurant spans 17,500 square feet with a 360-degree view and retractable roof.
The West Hollywood restaurant marks an ambitious return for the international brand as its last U.S. location opened in 2008 in Las Vegas.
Sushi Samba debuted in New York in 1999 with a Japanese, Brazilian, and Peruvian menu. It has since expanded to Dubai, Singapore, and Doha, Qatar. Dizon Collective is designing the West Hollywood space with terrazzo flooring, marble bar, lush plants, and a canopy cover made from recycled materials.
The open kitchen, sushi bar, and robata grill will allow diners to watch live food preparation. The restaurant is leaning into LA’s celebrity culture by offering a private dining room, private elevator, and separate entrance. Guaranteed celebrity sightings The Hollywood Restaurant & Bar at Madame Tussauds opened over the summer and SF Gate captured the scene at the wax museum’s on-site eatery.
After trying the burger, Buffalo chicken flatbread, pumpkin cheesecake while sipping on an Old Fashioned, editor Karen Palmer hung out with Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, and braids-era Zendaya. Palmer writes, “The rooftop restaurant debuted in early August, and while it’s not exactly four-star dining, hear me out: It’s weird. It’s fun.
It feels quintessentially Hollywood.” Celebrity restaurant owners In more celeb news, ever wonder which LA restaurants are backed by celebrities? LAist compiled a breakdown that includes Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen by actor and producer Issa Rae, Anderson Paak’s Andy’s, Goop by Gwyneth Paltrow, and more. Hollywood fire destroys two restaurants CBS-2 reports that a fire on the 1300 block of Highland Avenue on Sunday caused significant damage to Fat Sal’s Hollywood location and Sushi Ajito.
The Los Angeles Fire Department first reported the fire which destroyed the adjacent AutoZone at 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, November 17; no one was hurt.
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