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Bottega Louie is open downtown

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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Aswarm with waitstaff and managers circling the floor of the 10,000-square-foot space in the Brockman Building at 7th and Grand streets downtown, Bottega Louie opened this morning at 6:30 a.m.

The deli case hadn’t been filled yet, but breakfast and a full array of pastries (including orange or vanilla caneles and Earl Grey madeleines) were on offer, and the first customers dropped by for coffee and croissants or took their seats at the marble-topped cafe tables in the bar area. Three hostesses manned the host’s stand at the 185-seat restaurant. If anything, the restaurant/gourmet market/patisserie is well-staffed.

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700 S. Grand St., Los Angeles, (866) 418-9162.

-- Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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