Getting to the GCI!

Public Transportation

Red Line/Light Rail
The 7th & Metro Station is the most convenient subway station to the GCI. Look at the map to see how to get to the event.

(NOTE: There is no pedestrian access across the 110 on either 6th or 5th, so please use Wilshire Blvd.

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Bus

Use the address of the Studio to find the bus route most convenient to you.

The event is located at:

Los Angeles Center Studios
1201 W. 5th Street.
Los Angeles, CA 90017

DRIVING

Be sure to carpool to the event! It is Earth Day, after all and it’ll save on gas and frustration, with less cars trying to get to that area.

Parking Lots

There are several pay lots convenient to the GCI and some limited street parking in the area.

Street Parking

You can pretty much bet on all street parking immediately around Los Angeles Center Studios will be grabbed by the time you get down there, so really you should look for parking a few blocks away.

About

The Grilled Cheese Invitational (GCI) is the largest, craziest, and most exciting Grilled Cheese cooking contest in the country and is the best thing to happen to sliced cheese since sliced bread! The GCI promotes an almost scary pursuit of perfection in a Grilled Cheese Sammich and allows for amateur and professional chefs to compete side-by-side in the hopes of becoming a true Grilled Cheese Champion.

The event was created by Tim Walker in 2003, in private artist loft in Downtown Los Angeles as a competition between friends. Since then, the Invitational has grown into a national movement dedicated to perfecting the art of grilled cheese, with thousands of cheese fiends and regional competitions across the country.