Bars
1886
1250 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 91105
Today Brady Weise shakes up cinnamon syrup with pineapple, grapefruit, and cranberry juices.
Website: http://www.theraymond.com
Neighborhood: Pasadena
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Best of LA, Best of LA 2013: Eat, Best of LA: 2013, Best of LA: Eat
Alibi Room
12236 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90066
310-390-9300
A Korean-Mexican dungeon, this dark funky bar has full menu of delicious fusion dishes like kimchi quesadillas and galbi tacos for soaking up their lemongrass caipirinhas.
Website: http://www.alibiroomla.com/home.php
Neighborhood: Culver City
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Fusion/Eclectic/Global, Restaurants
Bacaro LA
2308 S. Union Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90007
213-748-7205
About as far as possible from Culver City—the wine bar capital of the region—Bacaro LA stands in the most incongruous of neighborhoods, West Adams, where it attracts Korean businessmen, downtown loft dwellers, and USC students…
Website: http://www.bacarola.com/
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles, Mid-City, West Adams
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Wine Bars
Bar Centro
SLS Hotel, 465 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90048
310-246-5555
Bartenders expertly stir Michter’s rye with the usual fixin’s and drop in a cherry spherification…
Website: http://www.thebazaar.com/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, West Hollywood
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars
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
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 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
Casey’s Irish Pub
613 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90014
Kind on your wallet, the quiz at Casey’s Irish Pub takes place every Monday during happy hour.
Website: http://www.213nightlife.com/caseysirishpub
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Best of LA, Best of LA 2013: Do, Best of LA: 2013, Best of LA: Do
Cha Cha Lounge
2375 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90039
323-660-7595
Tip your hat to the life-size Willie Nelson cutout as you walk through the door of Cha Cha Lounge, and make a beeline for the other side of the straw-thatched bar, where you’ll find two pro-grade Tornado foosball tables…
Website: http://chachalounge.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Silver Lake
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Pool Halls
Copa D’Oro
217 Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90401
310-576-3030
Its proximity to the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market explains the “produce section” thing going on behind the bar…
Website: http://copadoro.com/
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars
Drago Centro
525 S. Flower St., Ste. 120, Los Angeles, CA, 90071
213-228-8998
Drago Centro is refined enough that an empty bowl for shells accompanies the linguine alle vongole, but on occasion chef-owner Celestino Drago and chef de cuisine Ian Gresick will roast a whole suckling pig.
Website: http://dragocentro.com
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Italian, Restaurants
Eightytwo
707 E. 4th Place, Downtown, CA, 90013
(213)-626-8200
At this downtown Arts District barcade, patrons are greeted by two things: a pair of tapsters and a satisfying din of whirs, blips, dings, and beeps emanating from more than 40 restored games
Website: http://eightytwo.la
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Best of LA, Best of LA 2015: Do, Best of LA: 2015, Best of LA: Do
El Cid
4212 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90029
323-668-0318
At 50, El Cid remains remarkably relevant, untouched by the effects of aging (OK, those nuts were a little stale) or the hipification of the surrounding Silver Lake and Los Feliz areas…
Website: http://www.elcidla.net/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Silver Lake
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars
Golden Road Brewing
5410 West San Fernando Road, Los Angeles, CA, 90039
(213) 373-4677
This is the place for thirsty parents to grab a craft beer with kids in tow. The tots running around the front patio on Sunday afternoons don’t seem to harsh the bar’s mellow vibe, which feels worlds away from Los Angeles.
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars
Hamburger Mary’s
8288 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90046
323-654-3800
At “Legendary Bingo” at Hamburger Mary’s, drag queen Belle Aire signals it ain’t church night when she hits the stage and trills, “Hello, bitches!” Men and women, gays and straights—all are welcome at the packed games…
Website: http://hamburgermarys.com/weho/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, West Hollywood
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Karaoke, Pool Halls
Harvard & Stone
5221 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90027
(323) 466-6063
A WWII-era bomb factory is the unlikely inspiration for a place that serves artisanal cocktails made with local spirits. The front bar and performance space (which hosts music and burlesque acts) is outfitted in industrial-steampunk style
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars
Hermosa Saloon
211 Pacific Coast Hwy, Los Angeles, CA, 90254
310-374-9060
This place is one of the biggest dives around, complete with actual wooden saloon doors at the entrance.
Website: http://thehermosasaloon.com/
Neighborhood: Hermosa Beach
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars
Hideaway Bar & Grill
12122 Kagel Canyon Rd., Los Angeles, CA, 91342
818-890-1225
The selection of brews is impressive, there’s live music on weekends, and a pot of chili…
Website: http://www.yelp.com/biz/dons-and-cyns-hideaway-country-bar-and-grill-sylmar
Neighborhood: Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars