Queen Violet, the Asian fusion restaurant known for its floral patio and color-changing noodles, is closing its West Hollywood location for good on August 31, ending a five-year run at 8543 Santa Monica Boulevard. The restaurant's team isn't disappearing from the neighborhood entirely, though — they've already begun operating a new concept called BKK Table a few blocks away in Beverly Grove.
Queen Violet opened in fall 2021 and quickly built a following for its butterfly pea flower-infused dishes, including its signature “Magic Noodles,” which shift from blue to purple when diners pour on an acidic lime sauce, according to Wanderlog. The restaurant posted a sign thanking customers for their support, writing, “Thank you for your love and support over the past 5+ years. We're so grateful to have you with us as we begin our new journey,” as reported by WeHo Times. That message doubles as an announcement of the team's next chapter: continuing under the name BKK Table.
A New Address in Beverly Grove
BKK Table now operates at 8101 1/2 Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, according to the same WeHo Times report, and is available for delivery through both Uber Eats and DoorDash. The new spot occupies a space with its own culinary history — it previously housed Araya's Place, a longtime vegan Thai restaurant that closed in January 2026, per HappyCow. WeHo Times reported that the exact reason for Queen Violet's West Hollywood closure has not been disclosed, and whether it's connected to the property having been marketed for sale or sublease also remains unconfirmed.
What is on the record is that the Santa Monica Boulevard property was quietly put up for lease well before this closure announcement. Commercial real estate firm CityStreet Commercial listed the business asset and sublease in January 2025 with an asking price of $255,000 and monthly rent of $13,000, WeHo Times reported at the time. The listing described the space as fully built out and ready for another restaurant or retail operator to move in.
Inside the Space Queen Violet Leaves Behind
The building itself, constructed in 1940, spans 23,276 total square feet, with Queen Violet's footprint taking up 2,600 square feet split evenly between roughly 1,300 square feet of interior dining space and about 1,300 square feet of courtyard seating with a French colonial-inspired design. The listing also included an active Type 41 beer-and-wine license from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, with permitted operating hours of 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.
The location sits in one of West Hollywood's busiest commercial stretches, directly across from Erewhon Market, Shake Shack, and John Reed Fitness — a corridor built for heavy foot traffic. That same stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard carries some dramatic history: the building previously housed Skin Refinery, a spa whose owner was tried and acquitted in 2015 in a case involving an alleged murder-for-hire plot against a rival esthetician, according to CBS Los Angeles.
Part of a Wider Wave of West Hollywood Closures
Queen Violet's exit adds to a run of high-profile restaurant closures across West Hollywood over the past year. Hoodline previously reported on the Connie & Ted's July closure, the 13-year-old seafood institution that shut its doors on Santa Monica Boulevard, as well as the shuttering of 45-year-old Chin Chin on the Sunset Strip in July 2025. Rising costs are a persistent backdrop for these exits — West Hollywood's citywide minimum wage for non-hotel workers reached $20.25 per hour on January 1, 2026, one of the highest municipal wage floors in the country, according to the City of West Hollywood.
Queen Violet also leaves behind at least one memorable moment from its five years in the neighborhood. In July 2025, the restaurant's surveillance footage captured a customer performing the Heimlich maneuver on a diner who was choking during dinner service, a scene that made local news at the time, per WEHOonline. For now, West Hollywood diners have until August 31 to visit the original location before the kitchen's colorful noodles are found only at the new Beverly Grove address.
