Featured in LA Weekly's "L.A.'s Best Cocktails: Our 55 favorites and where to find them." (Click 'More Info') Read more.
To find Basement Tavern, you'll have to enter in back, pass by the wafting stench of trash bins, navigate through a loading dock and then descend a flight of stairs, and that's just to get inside. Read more.
The bar only serves top-shelf liquor and champagne, but the drinks are reasonably priced and there's a low-key vibe, making it one of Santa Monica's best neighborhood bars. Read more.
Alibi is the sole stationary purveyor of Kogi Truck BBQ goodness, a delicacy previously only available by tracking down the culinary phenomenon on wheels via Twitter. Read more.
To understand the Big Dean vibe, know it first opened in 1901, and only six owners have held it since then, often former customers. It’s just that beloved by its clientele. Read more.
The new late-night menu has everyone talking. At both locations, you can feast on Eggs Sardou & blueberry/pecan pancakes, or a lamb burger with yogurt mint cucumber dressing, or Cajun chicken legs. Read more.
