MEET LITTLE TOKYO: Mike Gin, Co-Owner of FAR BAR

Sitting on a wooden bar stool inside FAR BAR, Mike Gin talks about the historic building that houses the restaurant. He begins by explaining how the Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), in 2004, restored the building, which had sat vacant since the 1994 Northridge earthquake. He then pauses and asks, “Or should I go back further?” Restarting, he backtracks to the 1930s, when the place was called Far East Café,

published on February 26, 2019