Airports
Santa Monica’s Typhoon Restaurant Forced To Close
The city of Santa Monica has tripled the rent for the 25-year-old restaurant, forcing its owners to close the popular eatery.
Another Santa Monica Airport business is closing, the popular Typhoon restaurant in the airport's terminal building. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)
Another Santa Monica Airport business is closing, the popular Typhoon restaurant in the airport's terminal building. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)

Visitors to southern California’s Santa Monica Airport (SMO) have a last chance to sample the delicacies at the airport’s Typhoon restaurant, as the 25-year-old eatery is closing on November 8. According to a note sent by the owners, “The City of Santa Monica has nearly tripled our rent and made business conditions so difficult that it has become impossible to carry on without incurring financial ruin.”