THE 101 BEST BARS IN LOS ANGELES from Angel City Press

THE 101 BEST BARS IN LOS ANGELES
A Libationary Guide to the City's Finest Saloons, Pubs and Watering Holes Plus Some Delightful Dives

by Frank Mulvey

The first-and-only bar guide to America's favorite city. One hundred and one bars are reviewed—from classic old-style gin mills to Hollywood's hippest haunts.

The nitty-gritty on who drinks where, and why
History of L.A. told from a drinking man's point of view
Hilarious reading a la Calvin Trillin
Little-known facts about many of the town's best watering holes
Perfect for tourists and locals alike
Ambiance, style, drink pricing and bar-size guide, plus addresses and phone numbers

The 101 Best Bars of Los Angeles introduces you to L.A.'s oldest bar and its smallest, and takes you to an odd little tavern that serves neither beer nor wine. You'll will discover the favorite downtown watering hole of J.F.K. and the preferred midtown cocktail lounge of Winston Churchill; the taverns where Marilyn Monroe met Joe DiMaggio, where Elvis left a new Cadillac as a tip, where Janis Joplin slugged Jim Morrison, where Marlon Brando walked off with the waitress and where Frank Sinatra wiled away the wee hours. Read of a long-gone salon that was undoubtedly the West Coast's largest and a mercifully defunct joint that was arguably California's roughest. Plus, every page provides the lowdown on what's happening now. It's the perfect guide to find Everyman's (and Everywoman's) favorite bar.

The ultimate bar-goer's companion, The 101 Best Bars of Los Angeles tells the history of the city while telling you where to whet your whistle (or get whistled at!).

The Bars

The Arsenal • Atlantic Restaurant • Bar Marmont • Barfly • Barney's Beanery • Big Dean's Muscle In Café • Boardner's • Boathouse • Bob Burns • Bonaventure Brewing Company • HMS Bounty • Brennan's • The Brig • Britannia • Canter's • Kibitz Room • Carmine's II • Casa Vega • Casey's Bar & Grill • Cat 'n' Fiddle Pub & Restaurant • Chez Jay • Circle Bar • Coach & Horses • Cole's P.E. Buffet • Coronet Pub • Daddy's • Dan Tana's • Drawing Room • Dreams Café & Bar • Dresden Room • Dublin's • El Coyote • Father's Office • Flower Street Café • Formosa Café • Fox & Hounds • Frolic Room • Gallery Bar • The Galley Gordon Biersch Brewery • Grand Avenue Sports Bar • Hal's Bar & Grill • Handlebar • Hank's Bar • Harbor Room • Harry's Bar & American Grill • Hinano Café • Hooters • Improvisation Café (The Improv) • JP's Grill • Le Dôme • Library Alehouse • Maple Drive Restaurant • Marix Tex Mex Playa • Max's Bar • McCabe's Bar & Grill • McCormick & Schmick's (Beverly Hills) • McCormick & Schmick's (Downtown L.A.) • Mirabelle Restaurant • Molly Malone's Irish Pub • Moody's • Muddy Moose • Musso & Frank Grill • Nick & Stef's • O'Brien's • Otto Rothschild's Bar & Grill • Oyster House Saloon • Pat's Cocktail Lounge • Peninsula Bar • Pineapple Hill • Power House • Red Lion Tavern • Red Rock • Redwood House • Residuals • Robin Hood British Pub • Rock Store • Rooke's • Saddle Ranch Chop House • Silver Spoon Restaurant • J. Sloan's • Snake Pit • Sonny McLean's • Speak Easy • Studio Suite • Tam O'Shanter Inn • Teasers • Temple Bar • 35er • Tiki Ti • Tin Horn Flats • Tom Bergin's • Troubadour • Venice Whaler • Vida • Water Grill • Whiskey Bar • Yamashiro Restaurant • Ye Olde Kings Head • Ye Rustic Inn

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208 pages; softcover
101 reviews

ISBN 1-883318-17-4
$14.95; 6x9"

"where's MY bar?"
Excerpts

***Sidebar: D.W. Griffith***
He was in his seventies, living in a hotel off Hollywood Boulevard and making daily rounds of the local bars, Boardner's included. According to a contemporary, he was "a sad lonely man . . . drunk all the time . . . and looking for cheap little girls." He was D.W. Griffith, America's single greatest film director, who almost single-handedly transformed motion pictures from cheap novelties to enduring works of art. In 1915's Birth of a Nation, 1916's Intolerance and other epics, Griffith introduced such innovations as flashbacks, cross-cutting, fadeouts, close-ups, tracking shots and the montage. When he collapsed and died in his hotel lobby in 1948, he hadn't worked in over twenty years, forgotten by the industry he helped create.

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