, their popular wine bar with locations in West Hollywood and Brentwood. Available Monday through Wednesday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., to all guests presenting their union cards, those in the entertainment industry receive 20 percent off the dinner menu and wines by the glass, plus specialty cocktails with cheeky names like Walk the Line and Hard Contract .
“As an artist, I totally understand the strike, but this affects so many other businesses and people,” Richmond said. “I hope it won’t last too long.”, the sophisticated sushi bar owned by former Creative Artists Agency head Michael Ovitz. But general manager Jesse Duron said they’ve started to feel the pinch too, so they’re offering a special lunch menu to anyone presenting their union card.
“As a hub for the entertainment industry, Hamasaku has been a go-to destination for power lunches,” Duron said. “Once the SAG strike started there was a noticeable decline in clientele. Even with the decrease in business, we’re committed to supporting our WGA and SAG customers during this challenging period.”, recently noticed consumption going down in L.A., especially in areas like East L.A. where those in the entertainment industry live, and he said it accelerated in July.
“Fortunately, since we are a small business, you start to notice abnormalities pretty quickly,” Fu said. “We were very hyper-focused on Los Angeles for our growth as a Los Angeles-based company in the past couple of years. I was noticing the downtrend a couple of months ago and we started to pivot our limited resources into multiple directions—more direct to consumer and also focus on non-L.A. metropolitan areas.
“We’re up against the wall,” Styne said. “This has a huge financial impact on all of Los Angeles, on every industry. Billions of dollars lost. It’s pretty crazy.”