Guidebook for Los Angeles

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Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Great sangria, steak, and pizza! Always ask for free bread.
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Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine
7181 Sunset Blvd
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Great sangria, steak, and pizza! Always ask for free bread.
Hip coffee shop in heart of Hollywood. Organic food with great coffee and brunch.
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Tiago Coffee Bar + Kitchen
7080 Hollywood Blvd
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Hip coffee shop in heart of Hollywood. Organic food with great coffee and brunch.
Iconic old-school Hollywood dinner place with high end steak and seafood. If you can make it on a Thursday, try the Chicken Pot Pie!
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Musso & Frank Grill
6667 Hollywood Blvd
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Iconic old-school Hollywood dinner place with high end steak and seafood. If you can make it on a Thursday, try the Chicken Pot Pie!
Great burgers and beer. Lots of on tap options.
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Stout Burgers & Beers
1544 N Cahuenga Blvd
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Great burgers and beer. Lots of on tap options.
A variety of unique burgers, tucked away in a small shopping district of Hollywood.
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Umami Burger Hollywood
1520 North Cahuenga Boulevard
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A variety of unique burgers, tucked away in a small shopping district of Hollywood.
Super straight forward and cheap Poki bowls. High quality and amazing tastes.
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PokiNometry
6801 Hollywood Blvd
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Super straight forward and cheap Poki bowls. High quality and amazing tastes.
Best Buffalo Wings in town. Get eight wings and an order of fries for less than $10!
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Hot Wings Cafe (Melrose)
7011 Melrose Ave
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Best Buffalo Wings in town. Get eight wings and an order of fries for less than $10!
Best German menu in Los Angeles. Sausages, soft pretzels, and beer galore. Great for groups.
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Wirtshaus German Restaurant & Beer Garden
345 N La Brea Ave
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Best German menu in Los Angeles. Sausages, soft pretzels, and beer galore. Great for groups.
There's literally not one bad thing on this menu. Get a reservation early!
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Republique
624 S La Brea Ave
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There's literally not one bad thing on this menu. Get a reservation early!
Some of the best views in Hollywood. Full 360 view of Los Angeles with good eats and drinks. Check out brunch as well!
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Mama Shelter
6500 Selma Ave
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Some of the best views in Hollywood. Full 360 view of Los Angeles with good eats and drinks. Check out brunch as well!
Some of the best oysters and calamari in town. You don't need to go all the way to the beach for seafood!
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Cod
8408 West 3rd Street
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Some of the best oysters and calamari in town. You don't need to go all the way to the beach for seafood!
Great, cheap Happy Hour until 8PM. Calamari, fries, and drinks.
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Sunset Trocadero
8280 Sunset Blvd
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Great, cheap Happy Hour until 8PM. Calamari, fries, and drinks.
More German food! Amazing sausages and beers on tap. Go for the beer garden on a nice day.
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Loreley Restaurant and Beer Garden
1201 N La Brea Ave
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More German food! Amazing sausages and beers on tap. Go for the beer garden on a nice day.
Nice place to enjoy coffee and cheap Thai food. Not a bad place to take your computer and hangout awhile.
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Otus Thai Kitchen & Coffee
1253 N La Brea Ave
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Nice place to enjoy coffee and cheap Thai food. Not a bad place to take your computer and hangout awhile.
Fun, hip bar scene. Start the night off early here on Happy Hour and explore nearby Cahuenga for other places to bounch around to.
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St Felix Hollywood
1602 N Cahuenga Blvd
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Fun, hip bar scene. Start the night off early here on Happy Hour and explore nearby Cahuenga for other places to bounch around to.
Best breakfast in town. Avoid the one in Hollywood and hit this one up in West Hollywood. Awesome decor and historic on Sunset Strip.
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Mels Drive-In
8585 Sunset Blvd
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Best breakfast in town. Avoid the one in Hollywood and hit this one up in West Hollywood. Awesome decor and historic on Sunset Strip.
Long, long lines, so come early! Best breakfast in town. Try the Red Velvet pancakes.
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The Griddle Cafe
7916 Sunset Blvd
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Long, long lines, so come early! Best breakfast in town. Try the Red Velvet pancakes.
Check out the Happy Hour for super cheap hot dogs and fries. Really fun and nice staff.
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25 Degrees
7000 Hollywood Blvd
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Check out the Happy Hour for super cheap hot dogs and fries. Really fun and nice staff.
Flaming margaritas and endless chips and salsa. Some of the best Mexican in Hollywood. Nightcrawler the movie was filmed here too!
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El Compadre
7408 Sunset Blvd
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Flaming margaritas and endless chips and salsa. Some of the best Mexican in Hollywood. Nightcrawler the movie was filmed here too!
It's In-N-Out burger. What else needs to be said?
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In-N-Out Burger
7009 Sunset Blvd
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It's In-N-Out burger. What else needs to be said?
Amazing views of the city! Food is decent, but you'll be more impressed with the view and ambiance.
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Yamashiro Gardens
1999 N Sycamore Ave
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Amazing views of the city! Food is decent, but you'll be more impressed with the view and ambiance.
Pretty solid Happy Hour. Enjoy wings, tacos, margaritas, chips and guacamole and more for around $5 each. Pretty unheard of on Hollywood Blvd.
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Te'Kila
6541 Hollywood Blvd
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Pretty solid Happy Hour. Enjoy wings, tacos, margaritas, chips and guacamole and more for around $5 each. Pretty unheard of on Hollywood Blvd.
Voted best burger in Los Angeles. Keep in mind there's no hard liquor at this location!
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Father's Office
1018 Montana Ave
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Voted best burger in Los Angeles. Keep in mind there's no hard liquor at this location!
Go here for Italian! The pizza, the pasta, the fish... you can't go wrong.
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Little Dom's
2128 Hillhurst Ave
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Go here for Italian! The pizza, the pasta, the fish... you can't go wrong.
Cheap lunch spot with delicious sandwiches. Just like the name says, it's all about the bread. But the salads surprisingly are not bad either. :)
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All About The Bread
7111 Melrose Ave
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Cheap lunch spot with delicious sandwiches. Just like the name says, it's all about the bread. But the salads surprisingly are not bad either. :)
Historic pizza place. There are not many East coast pizza joints in LA but this might be the closest thing.
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Jon & Vinny's Fairfax
412 N Fairfax Ave
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Historic pizza place. There are not many East coast pizza joints in LA but this might be the closest thing.
Fun, small seafood joint in heart of Venice. Great food and cocktails. Staff is unique and easy going, as you'd expect in a beach community.
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The Anchor
235 Main St
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Fun, small seafood joint in heart of Venice. Great food and cocktails. Staff is unique and easy going, as you'd expect in a beach community.
Best Sushi in town. Little expensive but for $25 a person you can get a handful of plates picked up by the Chef and are all tasty.
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SUGARFISH by sushi nozawa
600 W 7th St
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Best Sushi in town. Little expensive but for $25 a person you can get a handful of plates picked up by the Chef and are all tasty.
Legendary egg sandwiches. Long, long lines! Another location in Venice but go to the one in Downtown and check out the rest of the options at Grand Central Market.
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Eggslut
317 S Broadway
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Legendary egg sandwiches. Long, long lines! Another location in Venice but go to the one in Downtown and check out the rest of the options at Grand Central Market.
Famous chicken and waffles joint. You might see a famous person here.
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Roscoe's Chicken And Waffles - Pico Blvd.
5006 W Pico Blvd
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Famous chicken and waffles joint. You might see a famous person here.
Pricey but amazing menu with little not worth getting. Soak in the high end life of Beverly Hills.
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FIG & OLIVE | Melrose Place
8490 Melrose Pl
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Pricey but amazing menu with little not worth getting. Soak in the high end life of Beverly Hills.
Wide variety of drinks and food on the Happy Hour and is surrounded by a lot of other fun shopping and restaurants within walking distance.
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The Sherman
14633 Ventura Blvd
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Wide variety of drinks and food on the Happy Hour and is surrounded by a lot of other fun shopping and restaurants within walking distance.
Fun place for groups to get modest priced seafood in heart of West Hollywood. Surrounded by tons of great bars and nightlife.
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Connie and Ted's
8171 Santa Monica Blvd
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Fun place for groups to get modest priced seafood in heart of West Hollywood. Surrounded by tons of great bars and nightlife.

Drinks & Nightlife

Low key bar on Friday nights. Gets a bit more rowdy with a DJ on Saturdays. The outside may deceive you, better than you might expect.
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The Woods
1533 N La Brea Ave
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Low key bar on Friday nights. Gets a bit more rowdy with a DJ on Saturdays. The outside may deceive you, better than you might expect.
One of the coolest arcades you'll ever visit. Blends classic gaming with amazing DJ/music and fun, young crowds. Easily one of the best places in LA.
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Eightytwo
707 E 4th Pl
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One of the coolest arcades you'll ever visit. Blends classic gaming with amazing DJ/music and fun, young crowds. Easily one of the best places in LA.
Stunning views of the city with great handcrafted cocktails! Food is a bit overpriced but that's what you pay for with the views.
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Ace Hotel
929 S Broadway
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Stunning views of the city with great handcrafted cocktails! Food is a bit overpriced but that's what you pay for with the views.
Massive brewery with great crowds and fun drinking games. Pomegranate Beer is unique and amazing.
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Angel City Brewery
216 S Alameda St
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Massive brewery with great crowds and fun drinking games. Pomegranate Beer is unique and amazing.
Great ambiance with young, hip crowd on the weekends. Weekdays are more mellow and relaxing with great cocktails. Moscow Mules especially.
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Harlowe Bar
7321 Santa Monica Blvd
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Great ambiance with young, hip crowd on the weekends. Weekdays are more mellow and relaxing with great cocktails. Moscow Mules especially.
Really long lines but awesome venue. The retro fitted an olld Hollywood house into a bar. The entrance is through a secret staircase underneath a bed!
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No Vacancy
1727 N Hudson Ave
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Really long lines but awesome venue. The retro fitted an olld Hollywood house into a bar. The entrance is through a secret staircase underneath a bed!
Fun, retro styled bar. Great smoking area and dance floor. Long lines so get here early!
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Break Room 86
630 S Ardmore Ave
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Fun, retro styled bar. Great smoking area and dance floor. Long lines so get here early!
Open mic karaoke. Fun crowds of all ages with stiff rail drinks.
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Brass Monkey Karaoke
3440 Wilshire Blvd
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Open mic karaoke. Fun crowds of all ages with stiff rail drinks.
Novel bar that has all the bartenders dressed as flight attendants. Young, fun crowd.
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Now Boarding
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Novel bar that has all the bartenders dressed as flight attendants. Young, fun crowd.
The most LA place of all LA places. An extreme LA scene with gorgeous people all over. It can be overwhelming but the venue and crowds are worth experience at least once.
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The Bungalow
101 Wilshire Blvd
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The most LA place of all LA places. An extreme LA scene with gorgeous people all over. It can be overwhelming but the venue and crowds are worth experience at least once.
Stiff drinks and electric DJ's during the weekend. The crowds don't care who you are so long as you like to have fun and dance.
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Mom's
12238 Santa Monica Blvd
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Stiff drinks and electric DJ's during the weekend. The crowds don't care who you are so long as you like to have fun and dance.
Don't bother with the food, but the unique cocktails are worth it on the scenic Sunset Strip.
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Pearl's Rooftop
8909 Sunset Blvd
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Don't bother with the food, but the unique cocktails are worth it on the scenic Sunset Strip.
Hit up the top floor on a Saturday night. It's a bizarre crowd but a look into LA's historic rocker past. Fun dance floor and unique vibe.
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Rainbow Bar & Grill
9015 Sunset Blvd
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Hit up the top floor on a Saturday night. It's a bizarre crowd but a look into LA's historic rocker past. Fun dance floor and unique vibe.
Super touristy but the vibe is fun and easy going. Some of the nicest staff in all of LA. Ride the bull if you want!
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Saddle Ranch Chop House
8371 Sunset Blvd
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Super touristy but the vibe is fun and easy going. Some of the nicest staff in all of LA. Ride the bull if you want!
Secret place tucked away on Sunset Strip. Fun crowds and great patio for early drinking.
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The Den On Sunset
8226 Sunset Blvd
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Secret place tucked away on Sunset Strip. Fun crowds and great patio for early drinking.
Large venue Downtown that has crowds of all ages. Lots of beers and cheap drinks. Not a pretentious crowd. Enjoy ping pong on the front patios.
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Casey's Irish Pub
613 S Grand Ave
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Large venue Downtown that has crowds of all ages. Lots of beers and cheap drinks. Not a pretentious crowd. Enjoy ping pong on the front patios.
A legendary dive bar of Hollywood. Don't mess with the regulars or their jukebox. Just soak in the stiff drinks and people watch the random characters who call this place home.
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Frolic Room
6245 Hollywood Blvd
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A legendary dive bar of Hollywood. Don't mess with the regulars or their jukebox. Just soak in the stiff drinks and people watch the random characters who call this place home.
Small little dive bar, tucked away off Hollywood Blvd. Drinks are stuff, the lights are dimmed, and the jukebox plays classic rock. Worth going even for just one drink.
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Burgundy Room
1621 1/2 North Cahuenga Boulevard
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Small little dive bar, tucked away off Hollywood Blvd. Drinks are stuff, the lights are dimmed, and the jukebox plays classic rock. Worth going even for just one drink.
Pretty trendy bar of Hollywood but worth it for experiencing the venue and how its decorated inside. Secret doors all over and a fun patio that gutted an old 70's trailer into a bar with old Playboy magazines plastered all over the walls.
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Good Times at Davey Wayne's
1611 N El Centro Ave
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Pretty trendy bar of Hollywood but worth it for experiencing the venue and how its decorated inside. Secret doors all over and a fun patio that gutted an old 70's trailer into a bar with old Playboy magazines plastered all over the walls.
Beer and more beer. Chill place that's great for larger groups and starting your night early.
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The Surly Goat
7929 Santa Monica Blvd
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Beer and more beer. Chill place that's great for larger groups and starting your night early.
Unbelievable interior design and hidden gem on Hollywood Blvd. Try and go on a night that has a magic show for an even more interesting experience.
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Black Rabbit Rose
1719 N Hudson Ave
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Unbelievable interior design and hidden gem on Hollywood Blvd. Try and go on a night that has a magic show for an even more interesting experience.
The back room dance floor gets sweaty and sloppy. But it's a ton of fun.
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BAR Lubitsch
7702 Santa Monica Blvd
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The back room dance floor gets sweaty and sloppy. But it's a ton of fun.
Head here on Tuesday's for late night Trivia.
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Bigfoot West
10939 Venice Blvd.
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Head here on Tuesday's for late night Trivia.
Most iconic place to see a show in all of Los Angeles. If it's a nice night out it doesn't matter who you see, it will be worth it.
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Hollywood Bowl
2301 Hollywood Bowl Rd
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Most iconic place to see a show in all of Los Angeles. If it's a nice night out it doesn't matter who you see, it will be worth it.