The food: The surprising highlight is the late-night sushi bar from chef Jon Kim. At the end of the bar, fresh nigiri, sashimi, handrolls, and snackables like edamame complement the generally savory-leaning drinks.

The drinks: Signature cocktails are generally riffs on classics, like their amaro-laden take on an old fashioned, or the rare inclusion of a 50/50 martini, which takes a lap around a garden with its tomato and fresh cilantro. The simple yet well-executed updates keep the cocktail list under $20, while the impressive natural wine list comes with a more luxurious price tag. Non-alcoholic cocktails currently include sparkling teas and Negronis, but more options are on the horizon.

The vibe: The cavernous ceilings are covered with lit arches reminiscent of the historic bridges you can see from the patio. Even though it’s mostly one big room, neither the conversations nor the music overwhelms the senses. Mismatched chandeliers over plush booths and sofas, along with sections partitioned off by bookshelves, make the space feel gentle and inviting despite the scale. Lovett looks forward to the space breaking in as more locals make it their weekend home away from home.

here’s a specific kind of energy you look for when Los Angeles debuts a new third space.

As someone who spends my days navigating the architecture of digital platforms and my nights appreciating the textures of interior design, I’m always chasing that perfect intersection of aesthetic and intentionality.  Mission Junction has officially welcomed Mitsi, and the city’s nightlife just got a major update.

Our arrival at the intersection of Mission Junction and Chinatown immediately signaled a powerful blend of high-end aesthetics and cultural ambition. I was joined by my date—an aspiring model and thought leader who has a sharper eye for “the vibe” than most creative directors I know. We weren’t just there for a drink; we were there to see if tvg’s latest venture lived up to the hype. Founded by Ben Lovett, Mitsi is marketed as a sanctuary for connection, and from the moment we crossed the threshold, the atmosphere felt calibrated for exactly that.

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Grammy Award–winning musician Ben Lovett and his hospitality group, Tvg, just opened a sleek new cocktail and sushi destination in Chinatown. Mitsi — set right next door to Lovett’s new venue, Pacific Electric — serves a menu of sashimi, sushi, and temaki alongside twists on classic cocktails such as a 50/50 martini with tomato, as well as beer, wine, and sake.

Lovett, best known as part of Mumford & Sons, founded Tvg in 2016 to open what he calls cultural gathering spaces. Over the last decade, the team has opened venues including Omeara in London’s Bankside; the Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama; and Saturn in Birmingham, Alabama, which also includes a bar and coffee shop. “Physical spaces, I really believe in that as a healer for communities,” Lovett says. “And as I got into cultural spaces, my passion for food and beverage led to a kind of symbiosis: the relationship of venues next to restaurants or bars.”

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or its grand opening on March 19, Pacific Electric, a brand-spanking-new venue owned and operated by tvg Hospitality opened its steel-toned doors to music industry, friends, family and fans in a industrial neighborhood located in central Los Angeles. The well-appointed 25,000-square-foot multi-faceted space, six years in the making, is something of an emporium and a welcome addition to L.A. clubland, which on this night featured local rock stars, Dawes, who performed a phenomenal set before a sold-out crowd filling the 750-cap two-tiered performance space..

Exploring the “campus,” as one staffer put it, slowly reveals a wondrous space of earthly delights. This includes an outdoor courtyard with a garden, seating and a delicious Indian food courtesy of Badmaash. There’s a circular bar with an art deco motif and inventive mixology, a more-recently opened and separate bar, Mitsi, on the second floor with an outdoor balcony, as well as large and well thought-out dressing rooms, complete with washer & dryer, piano, showers and more. The entire space’s total unofficial capacity could comfortably fit an estimated 1,500 or more.

California Live correspondent Sam Alipour tours Pacific Electric, a new downtown Los Angeles music venue from Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett, built to bring fans and artists closer together.

In a few weeks, this site will be Pacific Electric, a new 750-capacity music venue that Lovett and his venue-developer firm TVG Hospitality have been converting for six years. It’s a small but ambitious entry into a Los Angeles venue landscape that’s recovering from fire and economic woes, yet has also seen several jolts of life recently.

Pacific Electric is a new flagship for the team at TVG, which has become an independent-scene force in the U.S. and U.K. over the last decade. Beyond his band, this project plants Lovett’s flag as an L.A. live music entrepreneur too.

“I’ve never had such a significant moment around a venue launch,” Lovett said in the soon-to-be dressing room at Pacific Electric. “It’s the seventh venue we’ve done, but it has never coincided with such an important creative moment with the band. I have to be very disciplined right now.”

Mumford & Sons led the 2010s folk revival that minted a generation of plaintive, earnest singer-songwriter acts atop the charts. While their genre peers’ fates have varied, Mumford & Sons remained perennial arena and festival headliners, with an ambitious midcareer streak in the studio. As pop culture’s tastes shifted, and his band moved around New York and the U.K., Lovett returned to his show-producing roots in 2016 to build the 320-capacity nightclub Omeara in London.

 

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The Orion Amphitheater celebrated its 100th show with Mumford & Sons Friday, and management group tvg is celebrating by establishing another Huntsville venue.

Why it matters: Huntsville’s music reputation keeps snowballing, building off successes like the city-owned Orion, the Huntsville Music Office and further investment in mainstays like the Von Braun Center.

  • That all drives jobs and investment, and means us locals get to enjoy the fruits of that labor via hometown shows from a variety of acts.

Zoom in: The Venue Group (tvg), founded in 2016 by Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons, has already revived The Lumberyard in Huntsville.

  • The group and the city announced Aug. 1 that it’s looking for its next location, planned to be a 2,500-3,000 capacity venue to “fill a vital capacity gap in the market” and “build on the success of the Orion.”

What they’re saying: “Huntsville’s commitment to its music ecosystem is unlike any other, and we’re thrilled to now explore another world class venue that will further cement its place as a cultural hub,” Lovett says in the announcement.

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Venue developer tvg has revealed plans to open Pacific Electric, a brand-new concert venue in Los Angeles, in the fall of 2025.

Los Angeles entertainment veteran Stacey Levine has been appointed General Manager of Pacific Electric and will oversee the venue in partnership with tvg.

“I got into this business for the love of live music—the energy, the anticipation, and the connection between fans and artists; all feeling a song together, in their own way,” says Levine. “The collaboration to create an unforgettable show is what drives me, and that’s exactly the experience we’re building at Pacific Electric. I couldn’t be more excited to open our doors and continue to contribute to L.A.’s vibrant music community.”

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Ben Lovett‘s venue management firm tvg is opening its first venue in Los Angeles, unveiling plans today for the Pacific Electric, a 750-capacity open room in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood.

Located next to popular restaurant Majordomo, the venue is set in an old warehouse that was previously owned by Wasserman Music executive and booking agent Tom Windish. Its name is a nod to the trolley system that once crisscrossed downtown LA and beyond.

“For the last 10 years, I’ve kind of been obsessed with venues and the role that venues have in artists stories,” Lovett tells Billboard. “Everything from the air that you’re breathing, to the floor that you’re standing on that really matters. It’s not just a happenstance — it makes the show and for a lot of people the room can be so good that it can bring out transcendental performances.”

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