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If you've never danced under a bunch of 3D video screens while a bill for $1,000 in bottle service waits on your table, you haven't lived. Or, you didn't go to the grand opening of Sound last weekend. The guys behind Playhouse have put together an 8,000-square foot nightclub with one of the most futuristic audiovisual systems in the world, giving Hollywood what it wants: A monstrous dance hall open til 4 AM serving a street-food inspired menu at a walk-up food bar.

It's 2012. It's Los Angeles. We should be able to send a text and have an artisan vegan sandwich delivered by bike messenger in minutes. Right? Localita & The Badasserie in the Fashion District makes the future possible, offering the text-to-sandwich concept to eaters in the Downtown area. Add their number in your favorites and have LA's best vegan Reuben delivered instead of some stupid pizza. And speaking of pizza ...

Lots of us have seen Levitated Mass at LACMA by now, the huge boulder sitting on top of a scooped-out alley, and afterwards we're all pretty much let down. It was just a big stupid rock, after all. How can we get over feeling so duped? Maybe a milkshake spiked with 12-year aged Elijah Craig whiskey will help. It's a stone's throw away, right inside the museum at C + M (coffee and milk), Patina Restaurant Group's newest spot.

Sometimes, or all the time, you're stuck with a group of friends who like to spend the evening bar hopping. They want to start the night out chugging cans of beer and dancing underneath a DJ, and then they want to drag the group to a dark lounge and wipe the sweat from their brows over a perfectly made pisco sour. That's all fine and good, but man, don't you just want to pick a spot and set up camp for the night and not worry about driving and parking and the rest of the hassles associated with herding a bunch of drunk buddies across town? Solution: The Virgil on the edge of Silver Lake.

When was the last time you had a meal in Los Angeles inspired by the World War One era? Unless your aunt tucked in the hills of West Virginia is still sending you greasy parcels on your birthday, it's probably been a long time. Or never. Well, the guys behind Eat.Drink.Americano in the Arts District downtown have designed their gastropub's menu to reflect the days when American food came from all over: Africa, Asia, Europe, Peru and everywhere else. That doesn't sound bad at all, now does it?

If you're boater with a taste for Southern brunch stuffs, and you're just out there floating off the coast of Marina del Rey, then make like Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack for the Marina Harbor. Killer Cafe, a new morning spot by the guys at Killer Shrimp, has a couple of public slips open steps away from their picturesque back patio. So either grab a table right there and take in the ocean air with your Killer Bloody Mary and breakfast burrito, or duck inside and slump up to the diner-style counter.

Mirabelle (West Hollywood) - This is not your '80s bit-actor uncle's Mirabelle. This is your Mirabelle.

Mixology101 (West Hollywood) - Rooftop cocktails at The Grove.

Plan Check (West Los Angeles) - Industrial atmosphere, small batch liquors, and wagyu burgers.

Papilles (Hollywood) - Upscale French bistro offering an affordable prix fixe menu.