Enthusiastically Los Angeles

How did Downtown Los Angeles go from a glorified office park to being the "coolest Downtown in America" (at least according to GQ Magazine)? Who made it happen? What makes them tick? What are their stories? Your favorite Amateur Enthusiast interviews the dreamers, makers, movers, and shakers who made it happen - and continue to move it forward. From the famous to the infamous, the well known to the unknown, we all have one thing in common: a passion for Los Angeles. And we have our share of laughs along the way, too.

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Enthusiastically Los Angeles

Cedd Moses

February 22, 2020 • Glenn Gritzner/Cedd Moses • Season 1 • Episode 1

Cedd Moses' business card reads "The Proprietor", but it could just as easily read "The Creator", at least when it comes to Downtown Los Angeles. His initial vision of 10 bars in Downtown seemed downright crazy, back when "nightlife" in Downtown consisted of hotel lobbies and seedy dives. But he did it, including helping launch what became the "Best Bar in America" (2012) with the Varnish. Now, with 26 bars (and counting) in 3 cities (and counting), his new goal? 100.

If you've had a drink at Seven Grand, Broadway Bar, Golden Gopher, Arts District Brewing Company, Imperial Western in Union Station, the Varnish, Casey's, or even Cole's French Dip, then you've experienced Cedd's magic touch. Hear how he parlayed a high school gift for betting on horses to a lucrative career in investment banking to the unlikely pivot towards opening his first bar on the Westside to, eventually, pushing all his chips in on DTLA. How he turned a drug den into the Golden Gopher, how he created the now iconic Seven Grand ... and, most importantly, how he transformed nightlife in not just Downtown, but all of Los Angeles.

Brought to you live from, where else? Seven Grand.