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Bars & Clubs: neighborhood guides

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

By Alexandra Le Tellier, Metromix

March 14, 2008

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.

Hermosa Beach nightlife

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

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."

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.

Hoofing it: Boystown

Hoofing it: Boystown

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 nightlife

Main Street 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.

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."


 

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Nightlife pics: Sunset Junction

Nightlife pics: Sunset Junction

A stretch of Sunset for the indie rock n' gelato...

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Party pics: Pasadena nightlife

Party pics: Pasadena nightlife

Proving that Pasadena ain't just for little old...

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