Featured image credit: Difference Engine Ever wanted to eat Jell-O in an enchanted forest? Then mark your calendars for October 18. It’s the long-awaited date for the Grand Reopening of Clifton’s Republic, an event only bested by the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round on the “when’s this going to re-open?” scale. While portions of the eccentric cafeteria-turned-multi-level cocktail bar have been hosting soft opens since the summer, starting with the Pacific Seas tiki bar level, this will be the first time since the full venue has opened to the public since some brief windows in 2022. This means the Gothic Bar, Monarch Bar, and Forest Glen as well. The Golden Rule of Clifford Clinton Photo credit: Colin Brown Formerly Clifton’s Cafeteria, Clifton’s Republic looms over the nearby intersection of Broadway and Seventh Street in Downtown LA. It was the second Clifton’s location in what was originally a chain of eight affordable, yet outlandish cafeterias. Generously sized at