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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.
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.
OrderMarinated boneless short rib (yangnyum galbi) and the seafood pancake to share.
TipBanchan refills are free and generous; ask for the live abalone if it's on the spec sheet by the door.
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.
OrderGalbi jjim braised short rib with cheese, finished tableside.
Tip24-hour, two-hour wait at 22:00 Friday; come at 23:30 instead, lines clear.
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