Bottega Louie
Bottega Louie is an Italian restaurant, gourmet market, and French patisserie, set inside the historic, 100-year-old, Brockman Building in Downtown Los Angeles. It is known for its open kitchen and extensive menu of pastas, salads, small plates, pizza, and pastries.[1] In addition, Bottega Louie includes a gourmet market where patrons can purchase packaged foods and full line of confections, chocolates, pasta sauces, dry pastas and preserves. It was named the “Most Popular Restaurant” in the country on the rating / review site Yelp.[2]
Bottega Louie opened in 2009. It has over 400 employees and serves about 15,000 guests a week in its dining room and adjoining gourmet market.[3]
Location
Bottega Louie is located in the Brockman Building and is credited with creating Downtown Los Angeles's "Restaurant Row."[4][5] This particular area of Downtown Los Angeles is currently undergoing a rapid expansion of bars, restaurants and residences[3][6][7] that some real estate developers are calling a "7th Street Renaissance."[8][9] Bottega Louie is also an integral part of the Downtown Center Business Improvement District.[10][11]
Awards
- 2016 Most Photographed Business on Yelp (Yelp)
- 2015 Top 100 independents in California (Restaurant Business)
- 2015 Top 100 Independents (Restaurant Business)
- 2015 The 25 Most Popular Restaurants of 2015 (The Daily Meal)
- 2015 Best Lasagna in Los Angeles (CBS Los Angeles)
- 2015 32 Things You Need To Eat in LA Before You Die (K-EARTH101)
- 2015 How Sweet It Is! L.A.'s Top Dessert Spots (USA Today)
- 2015 11 Exceptional Macaron Spots in Los Angeles (EaterLA)
- 2015 Runner-Up: Best Restaurant Ambiance (LA Downtown News)
- 2015 Best Brunch (LA Downtown News)
- 2015 Best Restaurant Pizza (LA Downtown News)
- 2015 Best Place to Break Bread With Friends (LA Downtown News)
- 2015 America's Top 20 Power Tables
- 2015 TripAdvisor Hall of Fame
- 2015 #1 LA Restaurant To Host The Perfect Birthday Dinner
- 2015 The Best Restaurants Near L.A.’s Convention Center (Great Eats)
- 2015 Los Angeles's 50 Most Instagrammed Restaurants of 2014
- 2015 The 30 Most Instagrammed L.A. Landmarks
- 2015 Yelp's 10 Most Reviewed Places to Eat
- 2015 Most Instagrammed restaurants in America (CNBC)
- 2014 Certificate of Excellence (TripAdvisor)
- 2014 Clean Plate Awards-Best Dish of The Year
- 2014 Top Restaurants in Los Angeles Worth Traveling For
- 2014 LA Weekly Readers' Choice for Best Brunch[12]
- 2014 LA Weekly Readers' Choice for Best Restaurant
- 2014 Most Photogenic Business on Yelp
- 2014 Best Pizza (LA Downtown News)
- 2014 Best Brunch (LA Downtown News)
- 2014 Best Place to Break Bread with Friends (LA Downtown News)
- 2014 Best LA Pizza Restaurants (Gayot)
- 2014 Best LA Italian Restaurants (Gayot)
- 2014 Best LA Brunch Restaurants (Gayot)
- 2013 Most Yelped About Business of 2013 (Time)
- 2013 One of the Best Restaurants in Los Angeles (UrbanSpoon.com)
- 2013 Great Downtown LA Brunch Spots (Foursquare.com)
- 2013 Best Los Angeles Restaurants (UrbanSpoon.com)
- 2013 Zagat Top List
- 2013 Zagat Rated Restaurants - Downtown LA
- 2013 Bottega Louie Still Reigns Supremen on Yelp
- 2013 Best Restaurants In L.A. Perfect Places to Dine Now (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2013 Best California Restaurants (UrbanSpoon.com)
- 2013 America's Most Popular Restaurant Bars (UrbanSpoon)
- 2013 Best of Downtown Readers Choice for Best Pizza
- 2013 Best of Downtown Readers Choice for Best Place to Break Bread with Friends
- 2013 Best of Downtown Readers Choice for Best Brunch
- 2013 Top Restaurant for Group Birthday Dinners in LA (Zagat's)
- 2013 Top Restaurants Near Dodgers Stadium (Zagat's)
- 2012 Best Restaurants in L.A.: Where to Eat Now (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2012 Best of Downtown (LA Downtown Magazine)
- 2012 Fodor's Choice Property (Fodor's)
- 2012 Los Angeles Downtown News Best Pizza
- 2012 Los Angeles Downtown News Best Atmosphere
- 2012 Los Angeles Downtown News Best Brunch
- 2012 Best French Onion Soup (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2012 Best Restaurant with Free Wi-Fi (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2012 Best of L.A.: Things You'll Love (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2012 City's Best Restaurants (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2012 L.A.'s Best Restaurants (Angeleno)
- 2011 Best Choreographed Dining Experience (LA Weekly)
- 2011 & 2012 Best of LA (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2011 99 Essential Restaurants - (LA Weekly)
- 2011 Bottega Louie: Best Old L.A. - style Dining Experience (LA Weekly)
- 2011 Best Restaurants in L.A.: Where to Eat Now (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2011 Best New Places to Eat, Drink & Play in The City's Hottest Spot (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2010 Top 10 Best New Restaurants (Los Angeles Magazine)
- 2009 Best Restaurant Design Winner (AIA Design Award)
- 2009 Best New Upscale Restaurant (LA Downtown News)
References
- ↑ S. Irene Virbila (2009-07-01). "Bottega Louie in downtown L.A. - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ "Bottega Louie in Downtown LA Ranked "Most Popular Restaurant" in USA". Brighamyen.com. 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- 1 2 Roger Vincent (2013-09-25). "Bustling Bottega Louie cooks up expansion plan". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ Regardie, Jon (2011-02-18). "The Downtowners of Distinction". Los Angeles Downtown News. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ Gary Baum (2012-07-25). "New Restaurant Row Emerges Along Downtown L.A.'s 9th St. Corridor". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ Roger Vincent (2012-04-16). "New owners turning Brockman Building into apartments". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ Schuker, Lauren (2014-04-10). "Downtown L.A. Goes From Gritty to Glitzy". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ "Is downtown ready for Bottega Louie?". Los Angeles Times. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ Betty Hallock (2009-04-29). "Bottega Louie opens in downtown L.A. amid downturn". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ http://www.downtownla.com/pdfs/news_newsletters/DCBIDnews-2009-April.pdf
- ↑ Richard Guzmán (2010-10-08). "For Diners, It’s Seventh Heaven". Los Angeles Downtown News. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/20141224031418/http://www.laweekly.com:80/los-angeles/readers-choice-los-angeles-2014/BestOf?oid=5112598. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2015. Missing or empty
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Coordinates: 34°02′49″N 118°15′23″W / 34.0469°N 118.2565°W