Got your hopes up didn’t we? Sorry. But in a move that we hope someone, sometime soon, takes a cue from in our humble burg; Celestino Drago, celebrated L.A. chef/restaurateur, is transforming a downtown L.A. bank building into a first class eatery (Drago Centro) for the citizens of that taste-challenged area. If anything, downtown Los Angeles is even more pathetic than Downtown Vegas (aka Oscar’s Folly) when it comes to eating out (if that’s possible.)

So if someone will take a gamble there, why not here? ELV can only hope…but isn’t holding his breath. Click here to read the whole story.

And FYI, ELV has it on good authority that uber-wine-guy Michael Shearin (late of the too-good-for-this-world DJT) is in line for the top sommelier spot at Drago’s new venture. Drago Centro is slated to open in September. Stay tuned.