I finally had a chance on Thursday to have lunch at the red-hot Bottega Louie in Downtown Los Angeles. The restaurant is located at Seventh and Grand in the space that for decades (including when I was in high school and college) housed Brooks Brothers. Completely transformed, Bottega Louie offers good Italian food at reasonable prices in a very LOUD dining room. Seems like the sort of see and be "scene" dining room Downtown LA has lacked for a long time.