Originally Posted by
qvzn
If I were making this trip, I would skip the last transfer, get off the Blue Line at 7th St/Metro Center, and walk the remaining ~1 mile to Olvera Street. Along the way you will pass almost all of the above (except Santee Alley) and consequently see about 85% of downtown, in just that one short walk. You could stop by the library, Peshing Square, walk up Bunker Hill and through Little Tokyo before you reach Olvera (and Phillipe's is just around the corner)
First off, I'd call that walk a bit more than one mile... And if he's already buying a transit day pass, he can bound from station to station along the red line...and the Gold Line to Little Tokyo.