Soy-braised beef short rib on the bone, served bubbling in a hot stone pot under a blanket of melted mozzarella and rice cakes. The signature Koreatown LA reinvention.
Sun Nong Dan opened on 6th Street in Koreatown in summer 2013 and built its reputation on a tableside spectacle: a black hot pot of soy-and-garlic-braised galbi-jjim, lava-bright, topped with shredded mozzarella that staff blowtorch into a brown crust at the table. The Korean-Italian fusion topping was a Koreatown LA invention; the original 6th Street room closed in November 2025 but the 24-hour Western Avenue branch and Rowland Heights and San Gabriel Valley outposts carry the canonical version.
2 editor picks for Galbi-jjim (LA-style braised short rib) in Los Angeles, ranked by editorial score. All Los Angeles signature dishes · Galbi-jjim (LA-style braised short rib) across every city.
Park's BBQ ★ 4.6
koreatown · 955 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Jenee Kim's Park's BBQ in Los Angeles Koreatown grills USDA Prime short rib over real charcoal in a buttoned-up dining room with reliable banchan.
Sun Nong Dan ★ 4.5
koreatown · 710 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Sun Nong Dan in Koreatown, Los Angeles serves seolleongtang ox-bone soup 24 hours a day and a cheese-topped galbi jjim that built a TikTok following.