Shiku Shiku serves homestyle Korean food at the historic Grand Central Market in Los Angeles.

Shiku 식구 means family, the people you break bread with, community. We named our restaurant  Shiku because our dream was ...
06/18/2025

Shiku 식구 means family, the people you break bread with, community. We named our restaurant Shiku because our dream was that Shiku would be not only a reflection of our community, but a celebration of and support to our community, just like the iconic diverse market that we are lucky to be a part of. What we cherish about LA, what makes it so special and vibrant - the interwoven fabric of people from all over the world and the long-established communities of immigrants sharing their cultures with all of us - is at risk. Going forward, Shiku will be donating 50% of its profits each month to nonprofits who are aligned with our values of compassion and interconnectedness and supporting our local communities. This month, honestly, we probably won’t make a profit, so this round we will donate 50% of profits for June-August, our summer of resistance, to 🙏🏼

We are so grateful to our community for checking in with us and each other and especially to the first responders who ha...
01/12/2025

We are so grateful to our community for checking in with us and each other and especially to the first responders who have been working tirelessly since Monday to curb the damage by the fires devastating our adopted home 🙏🏼 Shiku is donating 10% of last week’s sales to who are there on the front lines of disaster. And this week, we are offering free meals to first responders and evacuees this week, so please find some respite and let us cook a hot meal for you in gratitude 🙏🏼

POWER OF THE PEOPLE 🇰🇷 March 1 in Korea is the public holiday of 삼일절 (Samiljeol). On March 1, 1919, after 9 years of Jap...
03/02/2023

POWER OF THE PEOPLE 🇰🇷 March 1 in Korea is the public holiday of 삼일절 (Samiljeol). On March 1, 1919, after 9 years of Japanese colonial rule, waves of protests broke out across Korea and an independence movement was born. Many of the protestors were young women including the venerated female freedom fighter Yu Gwansun who died after being tortured in prison. She was just 17. Today we celebrate fearlessness in the face of injustice and oppression. And the power of the people to spark radical change 🙏🏼

We are looking for a part-time prep/line cook to join our Shiku shiku! ❤️🤍❤️ Food safety certification + prior restauran...
02/25/2023

We are looking for a part-time prep/line cook to join our Shiku shiku! ❤️🤍❤️ Food safety certification + prior restaurant experience + positive attitude needed please. Please email [email protected] with your resume!

The banchan in our doshirak are made every day and change all the time ❤️ Sean and Gene have been mixing it up this past...
02/14/2023

The banchan in our doshirak are made every day and change all the time ❤️ Sean and Gene have been mixing it up this past week 🔥 If you were lucky, you might have had:

* Tomato Kimchi (Gene)
* Ripe Papaya Kimchi (Sean)
* Mala Potato Squared Salad with Potato Chips (Sean)
* Doenjang Corn (Gene)
* Braised Potato (Gene)
* Green Curry Mac Salad (Sean)
* Dan Hobak Squash Potato Salad (Gene)
* Chili Jjajang Mac (Gene)

Any special banchan requests, let us know! 🫶🏽

As the Lunar New Year holiday wraps up, we have been trying to come up with a post wishing everyone a happy, healthy yea...
01/26/2023

As the Lunar New Year holiday wraps up, we have been trying to come up with a post wishing everyone a happy, healthy year of the water rabbit. With the tragic mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, we wish peace for those who died and those who love them. What happens in the US is not normal. The fact that we have to rely on each other through GoFundMes and not our government to keep us safe and whole is not normal. We start this new year grateful for the community and hoping fiercely for real change 🙏🏼❤️

Happy Korean American Day! Since 1903, Koreans have been building their home in the US, first as sugarcane farm workers ...
01/13/2023

Happy Korean American Day! Since 1903, Koreans have been building their home in the US, first as sugarcane farm workers in Hawaii to pro-democracy and anti-colonial activists in the first Koreatown ever in Riverside, known as Pachappa Camp. We often talk about what it means to be Korean American, Korean in contrast to American, Korean American in contrast to Korean, as we navigate building our home here. And we often marvel at the strength of the generations before us who came here without the benefits of KakaoTalk and technological connection to their families and friends, facing levels of racism and hostility that we cannot pretend to know. We love seeing people celebrate being Korean American now, embracing Korean culture and all facets of the diaspora ❤️ It’s a great time to be Korean American and we honour the ancestors who made that possible 🙏🏼 Celebrate today by supporting one of the many organisations lifting up the Korean American community like .us 🎉🇰🇷🇺🇸🌎♻️

Happy new year! 새해 복 많이 받으세요! ¡Muy feliz Año Nuevo! We are open today at 11am as usual ❤️ As we kick off the year, we wa...
01/02/2023

Happy new year! 새해 복 많이 받으세요! ¡Muy feliz Año Nuevo! We are open today at 11am as usual ❤️ As we kick off the year, we wanna give THANKS to our Shiku shiku: Tommy, Gene, Sean, Marden, Edgar, Ariana, Gloria, José, Gerson, Magda, Virginia who make this business go round 🌀 Every single person on our team is such a good good human being, among many other wonderful attributes, and we don’t take that for granted! Based on the feedback you share, you agree with us 🙏🏼 2023 is going to be a busy one for us, some fun things for Shiku and opening new baroo. Thanks to everyone who’s supported us this far and wishing you all lots of joy, health, love and fun this year! 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

Happy Winter Solstice or 동지! Today is the shortest day of the year with the longest night. The winter solstice used to b...
12/21/2022

Happy Winter Solstice or 동지! Today is the shortest day of the year with the longest night. The winter solstice used to be one of the biggest holidays in Korea, referred to as Little New Year since the sun would start to return then ☀️ Traditionally, we celebrate with bowls of red bean porridge 팥죽 with sweet rice dumplings shaped like small birds eggs symbolising rebirth 🐣

This day is said to have the most yin energy, and red beans have a lot of yang energy, so from a traditional medicine perspective, the porridge helps keep us in balance ☯️ Kwang shared this with Deborah Netburn and she wrote a fascinating article covering the diverse winter solstice traditions of our LA neighbors. We learned so much from this article and we love the illustrations here by ! Link is in our bio ✨

From the Santa Ynez Chumash, Iranian, Jewish and Korean traditions, Deb touches on the beautiful origins of our traditions and our commonalities. These words linger from Iranian epic storyteller Gordafarid, based in LA: “Hope for the end of darkness, hope for the sun, hope for a better and brighter tomorrow.” 🙏🏼

CLOSED EARLY TODAY ❤️ Team training and holiday dinner today to show our love for our Shiku Shiku! See you tomorrow!
12/20/2022

CLOSED EARLY TODAY ❤️ Team training and holiday dinner today to show our love for our Shiku Shiku! See you tomorrow!

We have a stack of copies of Lunch From Home available at Shiku! This children's book is inspired by the childhood memor...
12/17/2022

We have a stack of copies of Lunch From Home available at Shiku! This children's book is inspired by the childhood memories of our own Mina, LA son who needs no introduction to our shiku, who we have admired for so long for their cooking and activism and who has inspired us for carrying on her family's legacy (with our favorite latkes and chocolate babka omg so good) 🤩 Written by part of our shiku for life now with the most delightfully detailed illustrations by ❤️❤️❤️

Take it from our kid (biased), our niece (totally biased), kids of our friends (also biased), but Lunch From Home is a fantastic book for the fantastic kid in your life! You can order through our website for pick-up at Shiku 📚

The perfect antidote for a rainy day 🌧🍜 We discovered  through their retail collaboration with   and also their Hello Ki...
11/08/2022

The perfect antidote for a rainy day 🌧🍜 We discovered through their retail collaboration with and also their Hello Kitty noods 💕 Koreans don’t mess around with instant noodles so we were surprised how much we loved the A-Sha noodles! Made in Taiwan, home of the famous Taiwanese beef noodle soup, the texture of A-Sha noodles is so impressive. How are they so bouncy and keep their bite 🤩 So when they approached us to create a special using their noodles, we were thrilled! For all of November, we are making a Spicy Pork Belly Kimchi Ramen with the A-Sha Meteor Noodles that are ridged to grip onto every last drop of kimchi broth 💪🏽 Our broth is halfway to a stew or jjigae, and we finish the dish with our Kimchi-Braised Pork Belly, charred scallion oil, fried egg, minari and perilla powder 🙏🏼 What else do you need for this rainy day? ❤️❤️❤️

Address

Grand Central Market, 317 S Broadway, Unit E4
Los Angeles, CA
90013

Opening Hours

Friday 11am - 3pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm
Sunday 11am - 3pm

Telephone

+12136257211

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