La Golondrina Cafe has been serving Los Angeles for nearly a century, but now its future is uncertain.
. Now, the owners say they're being forced out by the city, being forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in back rent and repair costs.
Bertha Gomez's family has run a candy store on Olvera Street since the 1950s. The Gomez family was approved to take over La Golondrina last year. Like many restaurants across LA, La Golondrina was forced to close during the. But, when the Gomezes attempted to reopen, they found severe damage in the pipes of the roughly 160-year-old building.
The Gomezes said the repairs to the pipes would cost about $90,000. Adding insult to injury, the city is threatening to evict them if they don't pay the rent for the building they haven't been able to open yet. "The city is demanding an average of $300,000 of back rent," said David Gomez. "That's from the time we signed the lease. Now, we're finding the city in breach of contract and under default and that's why a single penny hasn't yet been paid. Because essentially, they're charging us for a building that is inoperable with broken pipes."
The City of Los Angeles owns and operates Olvera Street and El Pueblo De Los Ángeles. And the Gomez family said the city paid to repair a similar issue at the building nextdoor."The question is if it was fixable for them under our contract how come it's not fixable for us," asked David Gomez.The owners have started a GoFundMe campaign to help raise money to pay the city.
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