For Angelenos unfamiliar with the term, "walking" is kind of like driving—except you can connect your iPod directly into your ears. Interested in pursuing this latest fad (pronounced WAH-king)? These are best neighborhoods to go bar hopping.
Bars & Clubs: neighborhood guides
Where to get your drink on, from Main Street to Downtown
By Alexandra Le Tellier
MetromixJanuary 27, 2009
Taking on the Westside dive bar scene
Reliable, comfortable, mildly sleazy, and willing to take you in no matter what.
Manhattan Beach bar crawl
Easy boozing in the chic beach city.
Echo Park bar crawl
Welcome to Disneyland for Eastsiders. Just a fixed-gear-bike ride away from its sister neighborhood of Silverlake, Echo Park is home to a younger but equally art-enthused boho community where you’ll find late-night drinking spots teeming with indie bands and electro DJs who will take you for a ride late into the night.
NoHo nightlife guide
NoHo bars aren't trendy like the Valley bars on Ventura, but they're hipper—most of them, anyway.
Los Feliz bar crawl
It’s an easy walk to the state of inebriation along Hillhurst and Vermont.
Beach bars guide
Where to party, from Malibu to Hermosa Beach.
Hollywood Boulevard nightlife
Barhopping, pub-crawling and stargazing with Paris Hilton and her look-alikes.
Sunset Strip revival
L.A.'s most iconic stretch makes a comeback—and everyone wants in on the action.
Cahuenga Corridor nightlife guide
Where Hollywood's clubbers, indie kids and punks party in perfect, drunken harmony.
Downtown nightlife guide
Pirate-pico corridor-themed bars, giant disco balls and a tiny golden gopher.
Culver City nightlife guide
Culver City’s motto may be "The Heart of Screenland," but we’re officially dubbing it "the Bladder of Drinkytown."
La Cienega bar crawl
No longer just a barren stretch of Persian rug shops and Vespa dealerships connecting WeHo, to the north, with the Beverly Center, to the south, La Cienega is now all grown up, with a host of bars, clubs and late-night eateries that draw a crowd of discerning Angelenos who prefer their clubs name-checked by the girls of "The Hills" and the boys from "Entourage."
Boystown nightlife guide
You won’t find it on any map of L.A., but "Boystown" is truly the heart–and crotch–of WeHo.
Sunset Junction nightlife
A loose assemblage of late-night, hip-kid-approved bars.
Main Street, Santa Monica nightlife
This four-block stretch in Santa Monica is packed with bars, microbreweries, cantinas, Irish pubs and, of course, the ubiquitous late- night taco stand—the charmingly named Holy Guacamole.
Nightlife guide: Koreatown
Four square miles of karaoke studios, 24-hour tofu houses and the occasional pirate-themed bar—why we heart K-Town very much.
Pasadena nightlife guide
With enough bars and clubs to kill a Rose Parade–trained Clydesdale, Pasadena proves it’s more than just a city with a thing for roses.
Hermosa Beach nightlife
Where to go when you’re craving beach babes and gallons of beer.



