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Taix French Restaurant announced a permanent closure date last week, reports the Eastsider. March 29 will mark the end of a long era for classic French cuisine in an Echo Park historic building, as well as the beginning of construction for a forthcoming multi-use building on Sunset Boulevard. Taix first opened in Los Angeles in 1927 before settling into its present structure with a banquet hall, multiple dining rooms, and an expansive lounge in 1962, one block away from Echo Park Lake.
Since 2019, questions have surrounded Taix’s future. That year, owner Mike Taix told employees that his family sold the property as part of redevelopment and promised to retain key parts of the restaurant. Though the restaurant was designated a historic monument in 2021, the classification did not protect the building from demolition. The Eastsider also confirmed that the Holland Partner Group will build a six-story complex comprising 166 housing units and a massive retail space on the ground floor, and offer 24 low-income residential units. When construction is complete in slightly under four years, the new structure will include a new Taix with a patio…