After 21 Years, West Hollywood Restaurant Lucques Is Closing

Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne’s Melrose Avenue mainstay says goodbye on May 6
Merle Ginsberg • Los Angeles Magazine • March 12, 2020
Here’s one restaurant closing that has nothing to do with Coronavirus and is, very unfortunately, permanent. Lucques, owned by famed chef Suzanne Goin and equally famed restauranteur Caroline Styne, will close its doors at 8474 Melrose Avenue on...
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