Los Angeles - Nightlife - Indie Bar

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

1805 W Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles
213- 483-8609

El Prado

Jeff Ellermeyer (of the popular Silverlake Mexican restaurant Malo) created a chic-but-homey design for his 1,000-square-foot bar. Exposed-brick walls and woodwork salvaged from an old barn—b... read more

10721 Burbank Blvd., Los Angeles 91601
818-286-3929

The Good Nite

The hottie owners want everyone to come here. So far, it’s mostly fetish models. Nothing wrong with that. Drinks are cheap; the place is quiet weekday evenings before the rockabilly ladies show up ... read more

2692 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles 90034
310-837-3297

Mandrake

Culver City exploded with artists and their work. But where to go after the galleries close? Some intrepid souls reopened an abandoned gay bar and turned it into arts central. Lines out the door af... read more

107 W. 4th St., Los Angeles
213-625-7382

Bar 107

Red room! Red room! We knew The Score and are happy to see it go. Edison rejects unite! Wild bar of so many strange curios provides pad for local artists being squeezed East. Ironic tees, grungy ha... read more

5922 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles
323-255-6871

Little Cave

To the bat cave! None-more-black Highland Park lounge fulfills Halloween obsession year-round with stalactite bar, freak collection, and upside down bats. Great juke juices hardcore crowd of wild k... read more

1638 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles 90028
323-464-7676

Beauty Bar

Small, cute, and stylishly ironic like much of its clientele. Recall any Cobrasnake photo and you'll know what you're in for. Vintage glamour-cum-national chain clashes with an abundance of kitsch.... read more

620 Moulton Ave., Los Angeles
323-221-9204

Barbara's at Brewery Arts Complex

Secret lies just a Blade Runner-style drive away until you find its glowing heart. Industrial lofts in Old Pabst Brewery, one of the world's largest residential artist colonies and funkiest spots t... read more

336 S. Hill St., Los Angeles
213-687-7111

La Cita

L-shaped, Xmas light-hung, couch-preferred dive lounge turns out killer tunes and better parties. Dance right alongside Shepard Fairey spinning, while begging that Kat Von D-alike for another cigar... read more

52 Windward Ave. , Los Angeles 90291
310-392-4040

Townhouse Cocktails

This venue has not yet been reviewed. read more

1652 N. Cherokee Ave., Los Angeles 90028
323-462-9621

Boardner's/B-52

Wonderfully seedy Chandler haunt since 1927. Past home for the boozy, musty, busty, and busted been ruined by Paris clones and faux-hawked studs, dipping into the same bathroom Guns n' Roses once d... read more

3100 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Angeles
323-664-7272

Roost

Little bit country, little bit rock n 'roll. Song 7 on Elliott Smith's Figure 8 (RIP). Weekend nights packed with freeloading popcorn junkies. Country juke and wagon wheels make us hanker for a hun... read more