Los Angeles - Nightlife - Bohemian

24 Windward Ave., Los Angeles 90291
310-399-2700

Larry's Venice

The father-son team behind Hotel Erwin (the hotel bar that brought a little excitement back to the Venice Beach scene) offers up this 60s-themed outdoor dining and drinking establishment. There a... read more

1642 Temple St., Los Angeles 90026
213-989-6836

1642

This pared-down wine and beer bar sits at the very southern edge of Echo Park, a place that hasn't yet been hit with the cool stick. This bar could be the thing that transforms the block: already h... read more

3256 Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles 90068
323-851-5111

El Bar

If this bar has a theme, it's sort of Mexican, sort of Spanish -- and no, we're not that ig'nint. Bull's head above the bar did come from parts south, not the Old World. There's, of course, a wide ... read more

2939 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 90026
323-661-6007

Stinkers

The bar's been open before, but never like this. And it never lasts. Maybe a truck stop theme will make it happen, where Vargas girls couldn't. Stinker's opens in November, with 70's movie posters ... read more

4441 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 90027
323-664-0871

El Chavo

El Chavo the restaurant ain't much: been there forever, food not so good. But new baby bro El Chavito has it all in place. Right crowd, right DJs, right time for a pseudo-dive bar with cheap drinks... read more

1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles 90027
323-665-1941

Hyperion Tavern

Every night's a party here, and no one's even that drunk, thanks to beer-only regulations. That's a holdover from the shack's past life as Cuffs, a terrifying leather bar with a dungeon atmosphere.... read more

2375 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles
323-660-7595

Cha Cha Lounge

Colorful tropical chachkas and local paintings wrap the nouveau punk shanty from tables to walls looking like a Jane's Addiction album exploded in the joint. Black Flag-strength cocktails for flirt... read more

1562 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles 90028
323-469-2449

Big Wangs

Jock bar with more mohawks and slightly less hostility towards women. Farm animals, karaoke in corn fields, garlic chicken Wangs, big screen sports barn and displaced Midwestern alternatives relivi... read more

5851 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 90028
323-468-9154

The Bar

The Bar: no qualifier necessary. Tiny space, but a patio for when the bodies are too close inside. Choose your bartender carefully - some mix a mean drink, some hate you. And fun. Booths, dark, not... read more

3172 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Angeles
323-662-9227

Bigfoot Lodge

Like inviting an entire bar of Truckee drunkards back to your swingin' redwood duplex, with a life-size Smokey the Bear on-hand ready for his keg-stand. Psycho-billy cast inside Atwater Village Lin... read more

4916 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles 90027
323-666-7070

Guatelinda

Been around forever, offering stiff drinks and and aura of sleaze, not to mention dancing well into the morning. Suddenly became a hipster jam on Thursday nights, when the music changes speed and t... read more

8371 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 90069
323-656-2007

Saddle Ranch

Should have its own S.T.D. named after it...Saddle Sores perhaps? Like a massive kegger on the Deadwood set, only with more loose women and gel-doused white boys thinking they're tough cuz the Sigm... read more

5925 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles 90028
323-465-0175

Birds

Roasted bird is the number one stunna, man. Got feather allergies? You might get bird flu with all the avian paraphernalia. Fortunately there's enough liquor on-hand to convince some young chick or... read more

1831 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles
323-662-5757

Ye Rustic Inn

Lo, might I rest mine weary sword and shield at ye olde hole of shite? Raging orgy of loud rock, louder, scruffy young party patrons, and loudest bartenders dissing your jukebox selections in searc... read more

5100 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles 90029

Temporary Spaces

A random location and the promise of closing down any second makes it enticing to all the many hipsters who flock here regularly. The good thing about hipster kids? It’s cool to dance to the ... read more

234 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles
310-399-7731

Red Carpet Lounge At Bay Shore Bowl

Bowl with Rainman, wearing Rachel Green's two-tones. Lanes with luxury clientele, sporting Diesel jeans, New Balance, and grungy, ironic tees. There's even a teensy dollop of down-at-the-heels bar ... read more

8447 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles 90069
323-654-2287

Barney's Beanery

Historic artist haunt of '60s now blasts classic rock to rowdy crowd of bikers, Morrison's ghost, jocks, bewildered tourists and sun-aged locals. You expect the Angels to break cues over some chump... read more