Restaurant Preview: The Mercantile
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A night at the Far Bar feels like time traveling into the heyday of noir Los Angeles. Head to First Street in Little Tokyo and find the Chop Suey Cafe (hint: before a remodel it was known as the Far East Cafe). Resist the urge to set up shop at one of the café’s well-lit tables and proceed to the red light district-worthy entrance at the far right of the building. Step through the doorway and follow a dark alleyway until it opens up into an enclosed courtyard strung with tiny white lights. Grab a drink from the horseshoe-shaped bar, light up a smoke, and start working on that crime novel. Reportedly, that’s what novelist Raymond Chandler did in this same space years ago.
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When you come here as a group of girls you are required to come in a 4 pack. 1 semi attractive, 2 perfectly plain, and one obese. However, the bartenders...
Very chill... just a nice, "easy to be" place when it isn't crowded. Great bartenders, both shifts! And, now, it just looks SO much better the the lights...
Everytime someone says "i'll take you to a cool bar in jtown" You can almost bet your grandma's right kidney that they mean "the little bar in the alley"...
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