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Bars & Clubs: neighborhood guides

Where to get your drink on, from Main Street to Downtown

By Alexandra Le Tellier

Metromix
January 27, 2009

Bars & Clubs: neighborhood guides
(Credit: Stephanie Howard)

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.

Taking on the Westside dive bar scene

Reliable, comfortable, mildly sleazy, and willing to take you in no matter what.

Manhattan Beach bar crawl

Manhattan Beach bar crawl

Easy boozing in the chic beach city.

Echo Park bar crawl

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 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

Los Feliz bar crawl

It’s an easy walk to the state of inebriation along Hillhurst and Vermont.

Beach bars guide

Beach bars guide

Where to party, from Malibu to Hermosa Beach.

Hollywood Boulevard nightlife

Hollywood Boulevard nightlife

Barhopping, pub-crawling and stargazing with Paris Hilton and her look-alikes.

Sunset Strip revival

Sunset Strip revival

L.A.'s most iconic stretch makes a comeback—and everyone wants in on the action.

Cahuenga Corridor nightlife guide

Cahuenga Corridor nightlife guide

Where Hollywood's clubbers, indie kids and punks party in perfect, drunken harmony.

Downtown nightlife guide

Downtown nightlife guide

Pirate-pico corridor-themed bars, giant disco balls and a tiny golden gopher.

Culver City nightlife guide

pick 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

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

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

Sunset Junction nightlife

A loose assemblage of late-night, hip-kid-approved bars.

Main Street, Santa Monica nightlife

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

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

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

Hermosa Beach nightlife

Where to go when you’re craving beach babes and gallons of beer.


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