Beethoven Market. (Ye Rin Mok)
WHEN IT OPENED IN MARCH of last year, Beethoven Market — a stylish Cal-Ital restaurant on a quiet residential corner in Mar Vista — was celebrated as the kind of walkable neighborhood restaurant Los Angeles needed.
The establishment, which received an expedited liquor permit under the city’s new Restaurant Beverage Program, was built for locals. But it quickly became a citywide destination, becoming one of Los Angeles’s most in-demand reservations.
Some neighbors loved it, delighted to have a place to drop in on a Tuesday night and order pasta for the kids and a glass of wine for themselves. But other nearby residents fumed about the noise and the traffic. Some of them began filing complaints with the city. And some of them eventually sued the restaurant’s owners for creating a nuisance.
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