You guys loved our last bar hopping plan so much, we had to pull a few more spots out of our hat. This plan will take you from a bright pink rosé bar, to a dimly lit haven for mixology, and end the night at a lively local dive bar.
Sorry Not Sorry
📍 11520 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Sorry Not Sorry is unapologetically cool. This forever-young cocktail playground thumbs its nose at stuffy cocktail den vibes, instead going full-on sensory overload. Inside, you’ll find a colorful collection of art, checkerboard floors, and friendly locals gathering amid potted palms and strings of fairy lights. The real oasis, however, awaits in the massive 4,000 sq. ft. outdoor patio. Here, brightly colored benches and tables an urban cocktail garden where the frozé flows freely.
Know Before You Go
✔ Start your bar hopping here, because it gets crowded as the night goes on.
✔ Check their website for special events — drag queens might hold court one night, while the next it’s a raucous outdoor movie screening or fierce board game battle.
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Neat.
📍 10899 Venice Blvd. W, Los Angeles, CA 90034
You know that scene in every Coen brothers movie where the paunchy, aging mobster slips through a secret door into a dimly-lit cocktail lounge straight out of 1963? That’s the vibe at Neat. Wood-paneled walls, burnished tin ceilings, and curved leather booths give retro supper club energy – like the Rat Pack could stumble in at any moment, puffing on a stogie and snapping for an old fashioned. Except at Neat’s bar, masterful mixologists are doing things to drinks that Sinatra never dreamt of, like mixing them with pecan vanilla cream or tobacco-laced bitters. Boomers nursing their third carefully-measured Sazerac gaze contentedly at the vintage glassware as jazzy music sets the mood. Sure, you could pound IPAs and vodka-Red Bull’s a block away with the kids. But some nights, you need to get your Don Draper on — and Neat is just the spot.
Know Before You Go
✔ The bartenders know their stuff. Don’t be afraid to experiment and ask for a recommendation.
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Tiny’s Hi-Dive
📍 12012 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064
This is where we go to squeeze in that “one” last drink. Tiny’s Hi-Dive is what would happen if a Baja beach shack and a punk rock basement collided into one sweaty, tequila-soaked dream. Push through the dimly-lit saloon doors and you’ll find yourself in a cramped, concrete bunker that seems to be missing its fourth wall. Tattooed bartenders with septum piercings sling a greatest hits lineup of frozen margaritas and Modelos, while the crowd lounges in leather booths underneath Christmas lights and vintage beer mirrors. Is it 2 am or 2 pm? Who knows – Tiny’s exists in a delirious, ageless neverland, a wormhole where zero pretense reign supreme.
Know Before You Go
✔ It can get crowded, but the vibes are always unpretentious and easy-going here.
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