Dong Il Jang Restaurant

"Dong Il Jang has been serving table-cooked ribeye on 8th Street for nearly 40 years, and you know it the second you walk in. All the servers wear the same brown dresses with big white collars and aprons, and they cook bright red, marbled wagyu ribeye right at your booth. The meat is especially tasty after dipping it in the sesame oil and salt. At the start of your meal, you get 12 kinds of banchan (ask for refills on nine of them, especially the cold green onion pancake), and after you finish the meat, they’ll use the leftover juice to cook excellent kimchi fried rice. Dong Il Jang is filling and fun, a fantastic place for an anniversary dinner, date night, or a meal with the entire LA Rams offensive line. photo credit: Jakob Layman" - Brett Keating

"When I learned Dong Il Jang closed, I cried. I have a photo of my grandmother and grandfather (both of whom have now passed on) eating there on a date in the 80s. My mother and her best friend would visit there. That restaurant was iconic to the Korean-American community." - Matthew Kang

"Koreatown has dealt with numerous closures of iconic restaurants, from Beverly Soon Tofu just across the street from Nak Won, to beloved favorites Jun Won and Dong Il Jang." - Matthew Kang

"After 41 years, Los Angeles Koreatown mainstay Dong Il Jang closed its doors, too." - Elazar Sontag

"Eater LA’s Matthew Kang discusses Dong Il Jang, a staple of Los Angeles’ Koreatown." - Amanda Kludt