# Stuff near LA Union Station **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125 "2025-06-25T15:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/21 "2025-07-02T04:22:34Z")
Don’t be too hard on yourself. Sometimes you have the energy and gumption to do a little exploring, and sometimes you don’t and you simply need to recharge. Many of us do, if not all of us. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/22 "2025-07-02T18:58:19Z")
> [@X.L.Lent](#): > > Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokoyo I second this recommendation. The last time I was there the docents were really great. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/23 "2025-07-02T20:20:04Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I took Amtrak from Chicago to LA, then changed to a train going up the coast. I had an hour between trains in LA, and I… You only had an hour, that is what I would do too. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/24 "2025-07-03T21:57:00Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You only had an hour, that is what I would do too. Same here. In fact, given Amtrak’s on time record, I’m amazed you got there in time for your next train! ---
**Author:** ![Tokushizu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tokushizu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokushizu)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/25 "2025-07-07T23:58:44Z")
Cole’s, LA’s oldest restaurant at 117 years old, is closing next month. > **[Cole’s French Dip, the Oldest Restaurant in Los Angeles, Is Closing After 117...](https://la.eater.com/restaurant-closings/286195/coles-french-dip-los-angeles-closing)** > > The legendary restaurant that once claimed to invent the French dip sandwich will close in August ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/26 "2025-07-08T00:44:10Z")
Well…fuck. And The Varnish closed, too. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/27 "2025-07-09T16:39:33Z")
I got an email from Norman Langer lamenting the loss of Cole’s. It’s sad. It also made me wonder if the stupid ICE stunt at McArthur Park affected Langer’s. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/28 "2025-07-10T15:17:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You only had an hour, that is what I would do too. Me too. I’d have wandered around the station, maybe grabbed a bite to eat - nothing more than that. My friend and I will have most of a day, assuming we get out of our hotel in time. Amtrak is supposedly now enforcing no lounge access until 3 hours before departure, which is annoying - we’d hoped to leave our carry-on luggage in the lounge while we went sightseeing. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/29 "2025-07-16T03:16:39Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Basically straight from the hotel to the station. That’s how it was for us at the other end, going from Seattle to L.A. And we had only arrived late the previous night on the Cascades from Vancouver. Itvwas the shortest hotel stay ever. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125/30 "2025-07-16T15:34:45Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > That’s how it was for us at the other end, going from Seattle to L.A. And we had only arrived late the previous night on the Cascades from Vancouver. Itvwas the shortest hotel stay ever. Yep. I think we got to the hotel pretty close to midnight. We were feeling vile - grubby and sweaty from a day of travel - and were desperate for showers. And the shower was DANGEROUS. It was a new build, and the tub was frighteningly slippery. Thank heaven there were grab bars or I’d have come out of it with some extra broken bones. I think we got maybe 6 hours of sleep before it was time to head right back out. Amusingly, the hotel had a print that was very much an unauthorized knockoff of Pixar’s lamp characters - I think Pixar is (or was) headquartered in Emeryville. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-near-la-union-station/1020125.md?page=1)