26 Years on La Cienega: Bar-Restaurant The Belmont Closes at the End of August

The bar and restaurant at 747 N. La Cienega Blvd., near the West Hollywood line, posted the news on social media around August 20, 2026, and gave no reason, WhatNow reported.

A 26-year-old bar and restaurant on North La Cienega Boulevard is closing at the end of August 2026. The Belmont, at 747 N. La Cienega Blvd. near the Los Angeles–West Hollywood line, announced the closure on its social accounts around August 20, 2026, as first reported by the openings-and-closings site WhatNow. No reason was given, and the post did not name a specific last day.

Owner Dylan Leong made the announcement, inviting longtime customers in for a final night. That is roughly a week and a half of notice for a room a lot of people had been using as a default plan — Sunday karaoke, birthdays, the late drink after something else ended.

My take: 26 years is an unusually long run for a nightlife room on that stretch, and the fact that the notice came with no explanation is the part regulars are stuck on.

What the announcement said

The post listed the bar's remaining hours: operating until 5 p.m. Saturday through Thursday, and until 12 p.m. on Friday, as WhatNow relayed them. The outlet reported that the Belmont has not said why it is closing. Nothing in the announcement addressed what happens to the space at 747 N. La Cienega Blvd. afterward, or whether staff are landing anywhere else.

What the room was

The Belmont ran as a restaurant with a bar-and-lounge setup, serving American and New American plates alongside pub food, cocktails, beer, wine, brunch and late-night drinks, per WhatNow's account. It also kept a private event space called Sidecar. Regulars knew it for Sunday karaoke and generous pours.

Read the menu description and the geography together and the appeal is legible enough: a full kitchen, a lounge, a private room and a late license, sitting on the Los Angeles side of a border where the drinking crowd crosses back and forth all night.

The comment threads

The announcement pulled a wave of responses on Instagram and Facebook, which WhatNow collected. One customer wrote on Facebook: “The end of an era! Sooo many memories.” Another commenter, recalling living three blocks away, wrote: “Great crowd, great staff. It's sad to see it go.”

Comment sections are not a survey, and a closing bar always draws its best reviews on the way out. But the volume is the fact here: a mid-size room on La Cienega generated enough standing habit over 26 years that its last week became news before its last night.

If you want a last one

The Belmont stays open through the end of the month, per the announcement. Two things worth knowing before you go: the posted hours above are the ones the bar itself listed in the closure post, and no exact final date has been published. We checked the source for a stated last call and a stated reason. Neither is there yet.

Source: whatnow.com, retrieved August 28, 2026.