Famima!! to Open Tomorrow

By Eric Richardson
Published: Monday, October 30, 2006, at 07:26PM

Eric Richardson

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks for Downtown and Famima!!. It was less than a month ago that we discovered that the convenience chain would be opening up next to Roy's Restaurant at 800 S. Figueroa. Then Friday I mentioned that it was getting close. Curbed.LA followed that up with a report that same day saying that the shelves were being stocked.

So when's it finally going to open? Tomorrow.

I'm sure I'll wander over at lunch and check it out. Here's an interior shot from Friday, if that interests you.

Comments

Whitman Lam writes:

All the other Famima!! stores open 7 days a week from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. except for the one in Westwood and Colorado Blvd. Pasadena.

I hope they keep late hours here in Downtown. Someone... please beg them to stay open until 2 a.m. Please! We have no food shops running that late, and thus no choices.

# on Oct.31.2006 AT 01:05 AM

raymond writes:

Our hours are gonna be M-F 6a - 10p and Sat/Sun 7a - 10pm just because we are in Downtown LA which is relatively still heavily corporate. especially going north up Figueroa from 8th Street.

# on Oct.31.2006 AT 01:59 AM

Scott Mercer writes:

So, let's get this straight. Famima!! is short for "Family Mart"? Yeah, I guess it wouldn't quite have the same cachet here in the USA if it was called Family Mart.

# on Oct.31.2006 AT 03:49 AM

FredCamino writes:

I do wish it was open later. But 10pm is not horrible, and at least it's open on the weekends. I just hope the South Park residents patronize it so that they keep those weekend hours.

# on Oct.31.2006 AT 10:31 AM

downtowndennis writes:

According to their website, part of the "Famima Advantage" is "24/7/365". If they plan to stand on their "innovative" reputation, Famima shouldn't be playing it safe in a steadily expanding residential and nightlife destination. What's next? Will the Golden Gopher close at 10:00 p.m. because downtown is still "heavily corporate" ?

# on Oct.31.2006 AT 12:54 PM

Veronica Myers writes:

According to the website's store locator : http://www.famima-usa.com/storelocator/index.html

The hours for the downtown store will be 6a-2a....

# on Oct.31.2006 AT 01:10 PM

Eric Richardson writes:

Veronica: The flyers they were handing out at the store said 10pm. I would guess the website is just incorrect. That happens all too often. Don't ever try to use Best Buy's site to get hours...

# on Oct.31.2006 AT 01:30 PM

Michael writes:

6am - 10pm?? What a joke...

That's too bad... if you were open late you'd have a monopoly.

Between 6am and 10pm I've got too many other choices to make an effort to walk all the way down 8th so I can shop at Famima.

Sorry...

# on Oct.31.2006 AT 03:00 PM

Eric Richardson writes:

Michael: Name me a market Downtown that's open until 10pm. Much less 10pm on the weekends.

# on Oct.31.2006 AT 03:10 PM

Michael writes:

The market in Santee Village is open until 10pm most nights and I've seen them open until midnight on weekends...