It’s the last call for an acclaimed Los Angeles bar.
Just as Everson Royce Bar in Downtown LA marks its eleventh anniversary, the business is getting ready to be part of the long record of restaurant and nightlife closures across the Los Angeles this yr, as rising working prices crush struggling native business homeowners.
The bar called the City of Angels a “disturbingly difficult” place to do business in a social media post — but did not specify any one particular motive for the shuttering.
Everson Royce Bar in Downtown LA’s Arts District will close on December 20, the bar announced. Instagram/@eversonroycebar
“On December 20th, ERB will be ending its magical run,” the bar acknowledged on Instagram.
“To our staff, please know that everything you’ve done while here at ERB is so much more than what anyone else would have done,” the unhappy announcement continued.
“The way that ERB is loved by you will never be forgotten. Caring for anything in deep meaningful ways is becoming a lost art and the way you cared for and about ERB has been an absolute masterpiece.”
The bar’s homeowners said Los Angeles is a “disturbingly difficult” place to do business, pointing to the wave of closures that have swept through the metropolis’s hospitality industry in current months. Instagram/@eversonroycebar
ERB first opened in in 2015 at 1936 E. seventh St. in Downtown LA’s Arts District, just next door to its sister business Silverlake Wine. The bar has often appeared on Time Out’s record of best bars; editors famous the business for its tasty, moderately costs cocktails and scrumptious single burger.
Fans were devastated by the sudden closure.
“Damn. Awful news. Truly one of the best bars and bar food offerings around. This sucks!” one fan wrote.
The bar first opened in 2015 and was acclaimed for its reasonably priced cocktails and signature single burger. Instagram/@eversonroycebar
“So frustrating to not see the city officials stepping in on these countless closures. LA is unfortunately not a business friendly city,” another commenter wrote.
“Dagger to the heart. One of my favorite places in LA,” said a third commenter.
The announcement comes as ERB co-owners Randy Clement and April Langford also close another business, West Altadena Wine and Spirits in Altadena. The wine store’s last day of operation was Sunday, October 25.
“So frustrating to not see the city officials stepping in on these countless closures,” one fan wrote. Instagram/@eversonroycebar
Everson is just the newest business is close amid LA’s ongoing restaurant massacre, which has seen a wave of bars and eating places shutter in current months, including Downtown LA’s Rossoblu, which will close on November 1, and Sora Craft Kitchen, which closed this month.
ERB says they hope to see as many of their patrons as potential before their December 20 closure, and that more particulars on the closure will be shared soon.
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