A Guy Fieri food favorite is making way for a new Hollywood high-rise
Locals strolling Hollywood’s Young Circle may have noticed changes afoot within the aging La Piazza complex, a low-slung shopping strip crowned with apartments on Hollywood Boulevard.
A Cricket phone retailer is shuttered. The FedEx facility is gone, too, having moved to Tyler Street. And one of La Piazza’s last holdouts, J28 Sandwich Bar — an 11-year-old Peruvian eatery and TV-famous favorite of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” host Guy Fieri — is expected to close its location by the end of May.
They’re clearing out to make way for a long-promised demolition. In La Piazza’s place will rise Soleste Young Circle, a sleek, 23-story apartment tower and the latest luxury residences to spring up along the busy traffic circle. At 1845 Hollywood Boulevard, Soleste Young Circle will feature 378 units, swanky spas, resort-style pools with cabanas, a fitness center and roughly 7,000 square feet of ground-floor restaurants and shops.