Clifton's Republic owner Andrew Meieran sits in a boat on the top floor of the historic restaurant in downtown Los Angeles. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Andrew Meieran is about to reopen the ...

After a nearly a yearlong hiatus, Downtown’s historic multi-level cocktail destination Clifton’s Republic is set to reopen in June. The iconic venue was shuttered last year due to a burst pipe, which ...

Here we are again, mourning at yet more tombstones in Los Angeles’ culinary cemetery, the last resting place of restaurants. The newest obituary is for the oldest restaurant in the city of L.A., ...