Los Feliz & Griffith Park
Channeling Waikiki since 1961, this tiny tropical tavern packs in everyone from Gen-Y hipsters to grizzled old-timers in 'non-ironic' Hawaiian shirts…
Must-see nightlife in Los Angeles
Silver Lake & Echo Park
Chipped, worn and armed with retro cigarette vending machine, this old-school beer dive has been pouring German suds since 1959. The snug, woody…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Humans commune with kitties at LA's first cat cafe. The spare, stylish black-box storefront is kitted out with fluffy futons and climbing shelves, and…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
The closest you can get to LACMA's Urban Light with a drink in your hand, this bar on the museum's plaza specializes in draft cocktails and frozen ones…
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…
South Bay Beaches
This holdover from 1952 is as cool as the Redondo Pier gets, with its classic neon sign, 360-degree views from the glass octagonal lounge upstairs and…
Santa Monica
The cocktail menu was created by the talented Vincenzo Marianella – a man who knows his spirits, and has trained his team to concoct addictive cocktails…
Santa Monica
Climb the pale-pink staircase to this fun, classy spot that's become a hangout for good-looking, mostly younger, professional Westside LGBTs and those who…
South Bay Beaches
Part of the South Bay's Beermuda Triangle, this craft brewery looks like it's in a middle-of-nowhere office park. All that's forgotten once you enter the…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
At this dimly lit, brick-lined bar, the menu goes something this: one page draught beers, one page cocktails, and practically a bible of whiskies (some…
San Fernando Valley
In an industrial area between Glendale and Burbank, this brewery takes up most of a city block, but the pub on the old loading dock is warm and welcoming…
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…
San Fernando Valley
The Valley's gay bar of record (since 1968) is a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll, with disco, salsa and lounge thrown in. The lineup on…
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…
Los Feliz & Griffith Park
This ubercool coffee bar comes with naturally lit loft environs, exposed rafters, local art and a marble-slab common table where locals tap their feet to…
San Fernando Valley
This old-shoe-comfy neighborhood bar is renowned for its extraordinary beer selection – a changing choice of 38 craft beers on tap, plus wines and ciders…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
Coffee snobs in Beverly Hills can now gravitate to this celebrated San Francisco import, known for its meticulous baristas and rotating selection of…
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…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
Get your drink on the Beverly Hills way, with organic and biodynamic wines around the zinc bar at this chichi tasting room and shop. Wines are mostly from…
Long Beach & San Pedro
There seems to be a juice bar on every LA block, but only this one is owned by the gregarious Angela, who will pound a (spicy ginger) shot with you to…
Hollywood
In the heart of Hollywood, this piano bar owned by Darren Criss (star of Glee and The Assassination of Gianni Versace) is a little bit classy, a little…
Los Feliz & Griffith Park
Mellow, minimalist Maru brews superb specialty coffee, poured into handmade Portland ceramics and elegantly presented on little timber trays. Espresso and…
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,…
Westlake & Koreatown
Tucked off the western strip is this wood-paneled barrel of craft beer and creative pub grub, written in colorful script on the chalkboard behind the bar…
Los Angeles
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…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Santa Cruz microroastery Verve turns ethically sourced beans into beautiful cups of coffee at its loft-like DTLA branch, an industrial combo of concrete…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Soaked in natural light, this airy mix of glass, marble and concrete brews fantastic coffee, including espresso, drip and cold brew. Beans are seasonal…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Sensible ladies descend to this Indian-owned emporium for affordable afternoon-tea service (full tea service $18): tea, scones, half-sandwiches and…
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…
South Bay Beaches
In this craft brewery's giant converted warehouse, you can sample ales, IPAs and IIPAs such as 24th Street Pale Ale and the Beach House Amber. Buy food…
South Bay Beaches
Despite its nondescript Torrance office-park location, this family-run craft brewery is making waves in the LA culinary scene. It has a tap room where you…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Pulling everyone from hipsters to urban vaqueros and nostalgic Latino aunties, this red-vinyl Mexican dive bar just keeps on kicking, despite Downtown's…
Hollywood
Enter the faux garage, walk through the refrigerator door and emerge in a dim, rocking ode to 1970s Californication, complete with pine paneling, 'groovy'…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Part of Downtown's booming gay scene, Redline's metal-pressed bar draws everyone from laid-back old timers to twinks and punks. Head in for $5 happy-hour…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
The ultimate gay dive bar, with all the thrilling prerequisites: no cover charge, regular drag shows, a heaving dance floor and wallet-friendly drinks …
Hollywood
The neon sign is worth a trip alone, but Frolic Room offers more than colored lights. This is one of Hollywood's true dives, a vinyl-lined relic where the…
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…
