Like the Ace Hotel down the street, where a carefully restored 1927 facade covers a wholly new interior conceived by the design firm Commune as a fashionable marriage of Viennese Secessionism and ...

Clifton’s Brookdale, as it was once known, was part of the Clinton family’s cafeteria empire, which had a 79-year run that ended with the sale of a long-term lease to Meieran in 2010.

In the mid-20th Century, Clifford Clinton ran a chain of 12 cafeterias across LA, the last remaining of which is Clifton’s on Broadway, which opened in 1935, when it was believed to be the ...

Meieran has vastly expanded and updated Clifton’s fanciful interiors, as with a new 3-story open space dominated by an artificial redwood tree designed to accommodate both a fireplace and occasional ...

Clifton's had been offered a stall in the new food court, but the company's president said that would be "impractical," noting that to do so "would be like trying to put a 747 into a garage," (Baird).

When Clifton's Cafeteria closed back in 2011, it was a sad day for classic Los Angeles. The legendary Downtown eatery, which had lived since the early 1930s serving generic but beloved fare to ...

Clifton’s upscale new Jell-O dessert is an awkward but nonetheless apt metaphor for the building’s spectacular new interior. Executive pastry chef Michael Luna found a way to “elevate” modest staples ...

LOS ANGELES — As downtown Los Angeles’ Broadway completed a decades-long decline from a bustling theater and shopping district to a grungy strip of discount stores and rundow… ...

It was a big moment today for the face of a famous restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. At a special unveiling ceremony, the historic original facade of Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria was revealed ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - After more than 70 years as a family business, Clifton’s Cafeteria has changed hands. At a press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 21, Robert Clinton, whose family opened the ...

For four years, hipsters and history buffs were left wondering if the iconic Clifton's Cafeteria — a magical-forest-themed behemoth in downtown's Historic Core — would ever reopen. On Sept. 22 ...

We all pretty much love Clifton's, it is true, for its affordable dining, its woodsy interior, and that famous wobbly red gelatin (please feel free to fill in your own reasons, if you like). So ...