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Tom Bergin's Tavern

323-936-7151
840 S. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA  90036
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Tom Bergin's has been around since 1936, when it opened on Wilshire Boulevard as the Horseshoe Tavern and Kennel Club, and it's been at its current location on Fairfax Avenue for 50 years. Like a traditional Irish pub, it's a sort of community living room. It was recently remodeled, but it's hard to see what's new except for the handsome tiles in the bathrooms. The place seems to look as it always has: worn brick floor, walls the color of crude oil, cardboard shamrocks with the names of regular customers on the walls (but no longer on all the ceilings). If you want to tell who's been a regular longer, look for the shamrocks that have a brownish patina -- they date from when smoking was legal in restaurants.

Reviews from Yelp_large (3)

  • Ss
    Posted by Jonathan D. on Yelp_small
     

    My favorite bar in Los Angeles. Classic, dark pub feel; great food; reasonable prices; friendly and funny staff; fun and down to earth patrons. Tasty...

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    Posted by Ron N. on Yelp_small
     

    Definitely a bar that I normally would NOT go to. I do get bored of going to a lot of the same places, so I thought I'd change it up one day and brought a...

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    Posted by Courtney M. on Yelp_small
     

    Ah Bergi's, you're alright. Just the right amount of noise, seriously friendly (and FUNNY) bartenders and staff, good drinks. Every last person in this...

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