Genghis Cohen, the 42-year-old beloved establishment – frequented by everybody from multi-generational households to celebrities, musicians, and skate boarders – has formally reopened in its new house on Fairfax Avenue. Since first opening in 1983, the restaurant has been a fixture of LA’s eating scene, and house owners Marc Rose and Med Abrous (of La Dolce Vita and The Spare Room on the Hollywood Roosevelt Lodge) have remained steadfast of their mission to protect this slice of native historical past, which they’ve owned and operated for the previous decade.
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The temper: a time warp into an old-school Chinese language diner
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With design enter from Jared Frank (of Wildcrust in Highland Park), the group has resurrected the kitschy, retro Fifties Chinese language-American hang-out only a few blocks down from its unique website – now neighbours with Jon & Vinny’s, Badmaash, and the brand new Lucia. The brand new location retains most of the unique’s quintessential particulars: pink cubicles, silk dragons suspended from the ceiling, and an array of pink paper lanterns in diversified sizes. Newer additions embrace extra neon, mirrored partitions, daring pink carpeting, and teal accents, with just a few giant spherical tables on the entrance fitted with lazy Susans for straightforward sharing.
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The bar space is now considerably bigger, seating 12, and incorporates a fishtank alongside an expanded cocktail record, together with the brand new frozen, Dole Whip-inspired Dole Survivor. Whereas there’s now not house for the long-standing Genghis Cohen Stay periods (previously held on the Kibitz Room within the outdated venue), the dwell music custom continues throughout the road at Canter’s Deli – one other Fairfax legend – each Wednesday and Thursday.
The meals: don’t neglect the egg rolls
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The menu is intensive, and narrowing down selections will likely be a problem; finest to come back with associates, because it’s one of many few cool LA spots the place you’ll be able to order a beneficiant unfold with out breaking the financial institution. Outdated favourites return, together with New York egg rolls filled with shrimp, pork, and greens, Crackerjack shrimp, and Queen rooster. Different standouts embrace sautéed inexperienced beans with garlic, chilly sesame noodles in a light-weight peanut sauce, and the triple kung pao – a vigorous mixture of rooster, beef, shrimp, and candied walnuts – or the candy and bitter pork.
A brand new addition, the Szechuan rooster sliders – made with crispy fried rooster, Szechuan mayo, the restaurant’s signature slaw, and pickles on a King’s Hawaiian bun – can be found completely from the late-night bar menu after 10pm.
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Traditional ‘foo foo’ cocktails endure: the lychee martini, Szechuan margarita, and a timeless mai tai, plus a devoted martini part. For the indecisive, the trio of mini ‘tinis gives a playful sampler, whereas teams can share the Seinfeld, Get together of 4 punch bowl. And for a contact of Hollywood lore: Seinfeld creator Larry David is a long-time common, and the unique Genghis Cohen famously impressed the present’s legendary ‘The Chinese language Restaurant’ episode.
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Genghis Cohen is positioned at 448 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States.
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