Guelaguetza Restaurant used to be...
The V.I.P Palace (Young Bin Kwan).
In 1975, Hi Duk Lee opened his first restaurant, Young Bin Kwan (VIP Palace), which was an instant hit. Hi Duk Lee, was a pioneer developer of Koreatown in the 1970s. The Olympic Boulevard restaurant is now owned by the Lopez family and is called La Guelaguetza serving Oaxacan food. The building's blue-tiled roof and other original Korean architectural details remain intact (The more than 10,000 blue tiles on the restaurant were all imported directly from Korea to roof the complex.) Mr. Lee has a new restaurant E-Hwa Jang, in the heart of Koreatown.