Florence by the Water opened just in time for Valentines day during the 100 year anniversary of the old Hotel Figuroa in Los Angeles. Here is a review of our experience:
Florence by the Water — tonight felt like stepping into a memory I never left.
A century-old building in Downtown Los Angeles, once born in the roaring 1920s, now alive again with music, laughter, and the glow of candlelit arches.
A soft launch, but a powerful one — where old-world elegance met modern rhythm.
Walking through the corridors felt almost like returning to Italy.
The lantern light, the tiled floors, the quiet arches — they carried whispers of Florence, Sorrento, Sicily… the summers that shaped me.
A reminder that some places don’t belong to geography — they belong to the heart.
Tonight was a toast to history and reinvention.
A 100-year-old landmark reborn with arugula pizza from the wood oven, Barolo in the glass, truffles dusted like edible art — and somewhere in the background, a reggaeton pulse reminding us we are still alive in the present.
Florence by the Water isn’t just a restaurant.
It’s a bridge between eras.
Between continents.
Between who we were and who we’re becoming.
And in that moment, under the archways of Hotel Figueroa, I realized —
you don’t always travel back to Italy.
Sometimes Italy finds you.
by Jovida Nelson and Rob Long
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