Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
Venice's only rooftop bar is quite an experience, with 360-degree views from the shore to the Santa Monica Mountains – if you can take your eyes off the…
Must-see nightlife in Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Step out the back door of restaurant Cafe Birdie and you'll find this red-brick speakeasy. A neighborly oasis of tealights, leather booths and competent…
Los Angeles
Clippers and cocktails conspire at this winning speakeasy. The front section is an actual barbershop, complete with vintage barber chairs and inked…
Los Angeles
One of the city's top cocktail dens, intimate ETA serves innovative, complex libations such as its famous Penultimate Word, an out-of-the-box mix of gin,…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
In this hip, industrial, minimalist monument to the coffee gods, perfectionist baristas – who roam the central bar and command more steaming machines than…
Los Angeles
Mission brown is back in vogue at this retro-inspired cocktail bar and eatery, decked out in brown dining booths and drawing a mixed, low-key crowd…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
Matcha (Japanese powdered green tea) finds its way into lattes, Americanos and other traditional coffee drinks at this Japanese-style cafe; we love the…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
You know Toms, which made its name selling fun, slip-on canvas shoes and giving a pair away to underprivileged kids overseas for each pair sold in the…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
The place to come for everything from wild honey, organic chocolate, supplements galore to its raison d'être – a fabulous juice bar where ingredients such…
Los Angeles
Coffee geeks flock to Cognoscenti, a clean, bright, contemporary cafe showcasing a rotating cast of specialty micro-roasters such as San Francisco's…
Los Angeles
Neighborly, light-soaked Found showcases a rotating cast of mostly Californian specialty coffee roasters, including LA's Demitasse and Peri Coffee,…
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On Wednesdays, gritty dive bar Airliner hosts Low End Theory, one of the city's top electronica nights, with loud, body-shaking beats spanning dubstep and…
Los Angeles
This '70s throwback is technically a Mexican restaurant, but the real reason to stop here is for the killer margaritas. Considered by many to be the best…
Los Angeles
A lofty, minimalist coffee shop with photogenic floor-tiles, Civil peddles a rotating cast of single-origin espresso, cold brew and drip coffees to…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
Old-timers remember this place as a divey pool hall owned by ex-boxer Babe Brandelli (that’s him and his wife on the outside mural). Now it’s a bit…
Los Angeles
This storefront across from the water does triple duty: cafe, bakery and possibly California's micro-est brewery. Tiny tanks in the corner dispense brews…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
Right across from the ocean is this low-slung, converted whitewashed beach house with tasty flatbreads and a popular weekend brunch. But we consider it to…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
A fun pub right on the Boardwalk on Venice's north end, blessed with ample patio seating for sunset people-watching, long boards suspended from the…
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
A sweet and cozy hideaway with louvered benches and tables so close together you will commune with strangers. Here, you may sip international wines by the…
Townhouse & Delmonte Speakeasy
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
Upstairs is a cool, dark and perfectly dingy bar with pool tables, booths and good booze. Downstairs is the speakeasy, where DJs spin pop, funk and…
Los Angeles
Sunshiny, mellow and just a little grungy, this corner coffee shop keeps it local with changing art on the walls, gig posters on the windows and a kids'…
Los Angeles
While it mightn't be much to look at, this lo-fi coffee shop brews decent cups of joe using beans from local roasters Sightglass and Contraband. Chilled…
Los Angeles
This humble, stucco-cottage nightclub has tasty tequila at good prices, a wide dance floor and a bandstand featuring DJs and live acts playing the pan…
