Hugely popular LA nightclub calls it quits after 26 years as fans left heartbroken: ‘I’m SICK’

Nypost · Aug 20, 2026 · 514 words · By Aurielle Weiss

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Hugely popular LA nightclub calls it quits after 26 years as fans left heartbroken: ‘I’m SICK’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Hugely popular LA nightclub calls it quits after 26 years as fans left heartbroken: ‘I’m SICK’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google It’s last call at a wildly popular LA nightclub.

Common ground

One of the long-running West Hollywood bars and nightclubs, The Belmont, is saying sayonara after 26 long years of slinging drinks.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “One of the long-running West Hollywood bars and nightclubs, The Belmont, is saying sayonara after 26 long years of slinging drinks.”

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A web search result explicitly mentions a '26-Year-Old Los Angeles Nightlife Spot Announces Its Closure: The Belmont', corroborating both the name of the establishment and the duration of its operation.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Belmont is a primarily residential neighborhood in the Bronx in New York City. Its boundaries are Fordham Road to the north, Bronx Park to the east, East 181st Street to the south, and Third Avenue to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_Bronx

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Belmont Senior High School is a public high school located at 1575 West 2nd Street in the Westlake community of Los Angeles, California. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is part of the Lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont_High_School_(Los_Angel…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fairfax High School (officially Fairfax Senior High School) is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located in Los Angeles, California, near the border of West Hollywood in the Fairfax Di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_High_School_(Los_Angel…

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Claim 2: “Right on the famous La Cienega Blvd.”

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Three independent web sources (MapQuest, a restaurant info site, and Look At Menus) all explicitly list the address as 747 N La Cienega Blvd.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Beverly Boulevard is one of the main east–west thoroughfares in Los Angeles, in the U.S. state of California. It begins off Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills and ends on the Lucas Avenue overpas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Boulevard

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles Union Station is the main railroad station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Union_Station

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Melrose Avenue (sometimes referred to simply as "Melrose") is a shopping, dining and entertainment destination in Los Angeles, California, starting at Santa Monica Boulevard at the border between Beve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melrose_Avenue

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Claim 3: “owner Dylan Leong invited Angelenos to its last hurrah to celebrate club’s final hours.”

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Eater LA explicitly identifies Dylan Leong as the owner of The Belmont and quotes him regarding the reasons for the closure.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Singapore on 10 July 2020 to elect members of Parliament. They were the fifteenth general elections since the introduction of self-government in 1959 and the thirtheenth…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tony Tan Keng Yam (born 7 February 1940) is a Singaporean banker and politician who served as the seventh president of Singapore between 2011 and 2017 after winning the 2011 presidential election. Pri…
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Claim 4: “The Belmont is a restaurant and bar at 747 N. La Cienega Blvd., right by the Los Angeles-West Hollywood border.”

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Multiple sources (MapQuest, DoorDash, and a news snippet) confirm the address is 747 N. La Cienega Blvd and that it is located near the Los Angeles-West Hollywood border.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eleazar Moiseevich Meletinskii (also Meletinsky or Meletinskij; Russian: Елеаза́р Моисе́евич Мелети́нский; 22 October 1918, Kharkiv – 17 December 2005, Moscow) was a Russian scholar famous for his sem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeleazar_Meletinsky

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Area code 650 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It was split from area code 415 on August 2, 1997, an…
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Claim 5: “the fan favorite spot will shut its doors for good by the end of August.”

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Multiple sources confirm the closure. Eater LA reports that the final day was August 31, 2026, and another web result mentions it is closing 'later this month' (referring to August).

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 31, 2026 · (a) No person may act in the capacity of a bail bond enforcer within this state or perform any of the functions, duties, or powers prescribed for bail bond enforcers under section one o…
https://code.wvlegislature.gov/51-10A-2/

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web search NEUTRAL — No person may act in the capacity of a bail bond enforcer within this state or perform any of the functions, duties, or powers prescribed for bail bond enforcers under section one of this article unle…
https://code.wvlegislature.gov/pdf/51-10A-2/

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 19, 2025 · 4.1. Applicants for bail bond enforcer registration must meet the following registration requirements: a. Be twenty-one (21) years of age or older on date of application. b. Be a citize…
https://regulations.justia.com/states/west-virginia/agency-8…

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