Ecco

Parking: Valet, Street Parking Difficult, Metered, Nearby
DJ Trendy, Themed Decor, Bar Scene, Bustling Moderately noisy 21+

Formerly Tokio, Ecco promises to be Hollywood's "first eco-friendly" lounge when it bows this summer.  Owned by longtime promoter Danny B (and former Club Lingerie owner David Stratton, Matthew Portnoff and Rob Roedel), the bar will be transformed from the dive-y vaguely Asian themed bar it has been for years into a "green haven," per a press release. 

What does that mean for bar-hopping hipsters on Cahuenga?  Well, for starters, free valet if you roll up in a Prius.  Ecco also will soon boast energy-efficient LED lighting, organic cuisine, and "state-of-the-art environmentally friendly materials."  Oh yeah, even the bathrooms here will be "green" (the bar will use waterless urinals). 

The whole transformation will be captured by Discovery channel cameras (the bar will be featured on Discovery network's new Planet Green channel, formerly Discovery Home network, on a show called "The Alter Eco"), but before you go thinking Ecco will be some sort of lush paradise for green-obsessed yuppies, remember that Danny B loves good dance music; and his crowd may not change all that much. That means deep, dirty and sexy house vibes for a party crowd, whether at the (now closed for rennovations) Tokio, or the soon-to-launch Ecco (look for the bar to officially open to the public in late August, with events possibly taking place inside the space prior to that).

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