Arts & Entertainment
Bailey Canyon Park
451 W. Carter Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 91024
Hollywood’s popular Runyon Canyon offers us panoramas, celebrity sightings, and stargazing, but Bailey Canyon Park in Sierra Madre has our pooches scampering across rivulets…
Website: http://www.sierramadrenews.net/bailey.htm
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Sierra Madre
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Family Fun, Parks & Beaches, Sports & Recreation
Bailey Children’s Museum
301 S. Euclid St., La Habra, CA, 90631
562-905-9793
Sure, Kidspace in Pasadena is nifty, but the Bailey Children’s Museum at La Habra is really hands-on…
Website: http://lahabracity.com
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Baby, Museums, Shopping
Ballona Freshwater Marsh
Jefferson Blvd. at Lincoln Blvd, Playa del Rey, CA, 90293
310-306-5994
Bring an early-morning repast and binoculars, grab a bench facing the Ballona Freshwater Marsh, and voilà: avian TV
Website: http://www.ballonafriends.org
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2015: Do, Best of LA: 2015, Best of LA: Do, Parks & Beaches
Barbrix
2442 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90027
323-662-2442
A meal at this nonchalant wine bar might be composed of jamon iberíco, a few grilled stalks of chile-spiked broccolini, and a lemony nest of chitarra with pencil-thin asparagus.
Website: http://barbrix.com
Neighborhood: Silver Lake
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Restaurants, Small Plates
Bay Cities Italian Deli & Bakery
1517 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90401
310-395-8279
With the still warm loaves of ciabatta baked in batches every few hours, the mix of Boar’s Head and imported meats…
Website: http://bcdeli.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Deli, Italian, Museums, Restaurants
Beer Belly
532 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90020
(213) 387-2337
The bites from chef Wes Lieberher are such a draw that Beer Belly skirts the line between drinking establishment and restaurant.
Neighborhood: Koreatown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Gastropub, Restaurants
Black Dahlia
5453 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90019
323-525-0070
The 30-seat Black Dahlia proves that when done well, small theater knows no limits. Since founding the Dahlia four years ago, Matt Shakman has developed a storefront showcase for new works by emerging writers…
Website: http://www.thedahlia.com/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Mid-City
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Live Theatre, Local Attractions, Performing Arts
Black Market Liquor Bar
11915 Ventura Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 91604
(818) 446-2533
Most nights it seems as if half the Valley is here, huddled at the bar for a peaty scotch cocktail or squeezed into a booth for a bowl of fennel-perfumed mussels.
Website: https://blackmarketliquorbar.com
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, New American, Restaurants
Boardwalk 11
10433 National Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
310-837-5245
Stage presence is key at Boardwalk 11, where an elevated platform dominates the supper club’s main dining room…
Website: http://www.boardwalk11.com
Neighborhood: Palms
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Karaoke
Bob Baker Marionette Theater
1345 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA, 90026
213-250-9995
For more than 70 years, Bob Baker has had the world on a string. The master puppeteer has worked with Disney, Elvis, and Leno, but his most precious achievement…
Website: http://www.bobbakermarionettes.com
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Live Theatre, Local Attractions, Performing Arts
Bobby Soloman
Bobby Soloman, the ultra-cool founder of the design blog The Fox Is Black, has an equally cool Instagram feed
Website: http://instagram.com/thefoxisblack
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Best of LA, Best of LA 2014: Do, Best of LA: 2014, Best of LA: Do
Boone Children’s Gallery
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90036
While grown-ups stroll through LACMA’s galleries and clink glasses at the free outdoor concerts, kids can make their own art at the museum’s Boone Children’s Gallery.
Website: http://www.lacma.org
Neighborhood: Mid-City
Category: Art, Arts & Entertainment, Best of LA, Best of LA 2013: Do, Best of LA 2013: Kids, Best of LA: 2013, Best of LA: Do, Best of LA: Kids
Bootie LA
Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90007
Instead of a velvet rope or dress code, there’s a come-as-you-are ethos—perfect for those more concerned with letting loose than being seen
Website: http://www.bootiemashup.com/la
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2015: Do, Best of LA: 2015, Best of LA: Do, Dance Clubs
Briarwood Park
461 Almaden Ct., Los Angeles, CA, 90077
310-840-2186
The general rule for play dates in the 310 and the 818 is that someone has to schlepp from one side of the hill to the other. If people only knew about Briarwood Park…
Website: http://www.laparks.org/dos/parks/facility/briarwoodPk.htm
Neighborhood: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Family Fun, Parks & Beaches, Sports & Recreation
Bright Child
1415 4th St., Los Angeles, CA, 90401
310-393-4844
When the weather’s hot and the prospect of terrorizing the local park fails to inspire, indoor play centers present a happy alternative…
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Baby, Local Attractions, Shopping
Broad Stage
1310 11th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90401
310-434-3200
The Broad Stage provides a performance facility for Santa Monica College (SMC) and the surrounding community…
Website: http://www.thebroadstage.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Performing Arts
