Pacific Dining Car Restaurant Review:
Pacific Dining Car is possibly the best (certainly the priciest) restaurant in L.A. that is open 24 hours a day. The family-owned power-dining venue (we're talking politics, not Hollywood) has been around since 1921. This downtown institution is a fun place to visit: the front room is a railway car from the halcyon days of the Union Pacific, with a warm and rather clubby ambience. The service...
“Pretend you’re part of the Rat Pack” at this “clubby”, 24/7 Downtown steakhouse in a 1920s railcar where you can get a “huge hunk of meat at 3 AM” while sipping “robust” martinis among “nostalgia lovers”, “power players” and “hungry sleepwalkers”; some call it an “overrated anachronism” (tickets are strictly “expense-account class”), but those who appreciate a “classic” will feel as if they...
Actual Agatha Christie era railroad car makes for super-noir mise-en-scene. Serving crooked cops and sleepless screenwriters choice prime roast beef hash and sometimes superb steaks 24/7 since '21. We'll go for breakfast when their extortion rates become almost acceptable. Joe's Special (zesty ground beef, onion, spinach and egg stir-fry with muffins and hash browns) will have you signing...
Wheel and deal between bites of prime-aged beef at this historic steakhouse.:
In Short
Open since 1921, this railway car recreation has always been popular with local politicos. A cozy maze of rooms provides plenty of nooks and crannies for plotting and planning...