Santa Monica Bars & Clubs
217 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
Between the exposed brick walls of this ultra-hip lounge lies a mad mix of scenesters looking to see and be seen. Some dance, some just watch. Lounge 217 is, after all, a...
2926 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90405
I've heard a million stories at the Circle Bar. Unfortunately, I can't remember any of them. I drank away the early '90s at the Circle. I wrote my first play about it. Tons...
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...
2810 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405
522 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90401
Situated in a ramshackle boardinghouse that predates the town's seven decades of building records, and run by the same unusual woman for 26 consecutive years, Renee's...
2941 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405
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...
2941 Main St., Santa Monica, ca, 90405
Formerly the site of Mor bar, Fro bar and most notably Oar House (for 20+ years), Main is raising the bar (a dress code is enforced on weekends) on the busy stretch of Main...
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...