Bars
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The other Downtown Los Angeles restaurant from the folks behind Bestia boasts one of the city’s best cocktail programs. Located in a large and beautiful structure deep in the Arts District, Bavel might be best…
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Take one part Latin dance club, add one part heavy metal bar, and top it off with one of Downtown’s Los Angeles’ best outdoor patios and you get La Cita, one of the City of…
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Located across the street from Cole’s and The Varnish, Las Perlas is another Pouring With Heart joint that helped turn Downtown Los Angeles into a place worth visiting after sunset. This tequila and mezcal bar…
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This moody speakeasy hidden behind Cole’s (where the French Dip sandwich may have been invented) helped bring the craft cocktail scene to Los Angeles. Opened in 2009 by bar legend Sasha Petraske of New York’s…
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When New York’s iconic Death & Co landed in Los Angeles’ Arts District in December 2019, no one knew we were headed for two years of on-and-off multi month restaurant and bar closures. Still, the…
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When Wayfarer joined the barrage of hotels popping up in Downtown Los Angeles, no one was sure exactly how it would stand out. But standout it has done, and in some ways that’s thanks to…
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Located inside Playa Provisions (look for the red light), Grain Whiskey Bar brings a collection of over 200 whiskies to the sleepy seaside town of Playa del Rey. To go along with the impressive whiskey…
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With locations in both Pasadena and Long Beach, The Blind Donkey has created a genre of its own that’s now known across the Southland. Started in 2014 by the Goat Group, the bar mixes its…
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The 1933 Group is responsible for some of Los Angeles’ best classic drinking joints (Thirsty Crow, Bigfoot Lodge, Sassafras, The Formosa Cafe). West Los Angeles’ extension of the hospitality groups’ Bigfoot Lodge makes good whiskey…
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This eighteen-seat Japanese whisky bar located within Seven Grand Los Angeles offers one of Los Angeles’ great places to try the oft-praised, but hard-to-find liquor from the Land of the Rising Sun. Reservations are pretty…