Must-see nightlife in West Hollywood & Mid-City

It's been called the best gay bar in the world, and who are we to argue? Once a humble coffeehouse, the Abbey has expanded into the bar/club/restaurant of…

Elegant, but not stuck up; been around, yet still cherished. With high ceilings, molded walls and terrific martinis, the famous and the wish-they-weres…

A pair of mounted bull heads and lucha libre (Mexican wrestling) masks create an over-the-top, ‘Tijuana North’ look and pull in an industry-heavy crowd at…

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…

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…

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…

Two-story Rage does theme nights – Asian Fridays, Latin Saturdays etc – with thumping music and lotsa bars and boys. We admit to having a soft spot for…

This 1975 hippie classic – the first on the LA health-food, raw-power bandwagon – started out on Sunset when Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones used to…

The essence of cheap and cheerful, Fiesta packs in a vibrant crowd of 20-something twinks and other assorted revelers, thanks to extra-long happy hours,…

Aussie-run PCP gets its coffee from Sydney's famed Reuben Hills coffee roaster, and it makes its own almond milk and macadamia milk. Food includes…

A two-story, quintessential WeHo dance club, with go-go boys, expensive drinks, attitude and plenty of eye candy. There's a marble circle bar, exposed…

Cramped but cool; too cool even to have a sign out front. When handcrafted, throwback cocktails first migrated west and south from New York and San Fran,…

Are there too many juice bars in LA? Yes, but you could still make the argument that there should be more of this juice-bar brand, found across the city…

With pool tables and sports on the flat-screen TVs, this brick-house, low-lit dive is a long-running boulevard staple that is less fabulous and more down…