Santa Monica Bars & Clubs
2030 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90403
Retiree Joe Natoli is ticked off about the lack of accountability of local charities. Environmental activist Leslie Purcell is concerned about the development of the Ballona...
1520 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90404
Behind the Buffalo Club's purposefully seedy camouflage is a posh American restaurant -- a vision of retro luxe with champagne bottles in silver tubs, opulent leather...
112 West Channel Rd., Santa Monica, CA, 90402
2819 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90405
1301 5th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
There are jokes a-plenty to be made of the Westside Middle Eastern nightclub scene, but Zanzibar is straight class (at least in its decor). Sumptuous appointments like rich...
2941 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405
An Irish immigrant himself, owner William O'Sullivan says his 10-year-old pub was sustained in its first three years by other overseas Irish. Since then, this very...
101 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90401
2907 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405
Rick’s doesn’t advertise, unless you count people on cell phones shouting to each other curbside. Still this old fashioned bar’s bar—décor...
814 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
A spin-off of the Pasadena original, the second Bodega Wine Bar appears to be the kind of watering hole that Carrie Bradshaw and her “Sex and the City” comrades...
1410 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
2030 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90403
1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90401
Reliable live hip-hop is tough to come by in a surprisingly huge swath of L.A., so it's reassuring to know that this diverse and eclectic club is such a good home to...
1410 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA, 90401-2322
Most sports bar inevitably get overrun by the fans of a particular team. It’s just the nature of the beast. Yankee Doodles, on the other hand, is so vast...
1432 Fourth St, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
A Westside institution founded in 1931, Harvelle’s is the place to hear live blues while drowning one’s own blues in surprisingly affordable glasses of beer,...