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Dirty Laundry
BAR
Under a cotton-candy-pink apartment block of no particular import is a funky den of
musty odor and great times, low ceilings, exposed pipes, good whiskey, groovy funk on
the turntables and plenty of uninhibited pretty people. There are velvet-rope politics at
work here, so reserve a table to make sure you slip through.
Sayers Club
CLUB
wood
; 1645 Wilcox Ave; cover varies; 8pm-2am Tue, Thu & Fri)
When rock royalty like Prince, established stars like the Black Keys and even movie stars
like Joseph Gordon Levitt decide to play secret shows in intimate environs, they find the
back room at this brick-house Hollywood nightspot, where the booths are leather, the
lighting moody and the music - whether live, or spun by DJs - satisfies.
Silver Lake & Echo Park
Short Stop
CLUB
Echo Park's beloved and deceptively sprawling dive has a dance floor in one room, a bar
strobing ballgames on flat screens in another, and a pool table and pinball machines in still
another section. Longtime Echo Park locals and new-breed hipsters bump shoulders and
more here. Especially on Motown Mondays, when vintage jams fill the room with joy.
West Hollywood & Mid-City
El Carmen
BAR
A pair of mounted bull heads and
lucha libre
(Mexican wrestling) masks create an over-
the-top 'Tijuana North' look and pull in an industry-heavy crowd at LA's ultimate tequila
and mescal tavern (over a hundred to choose from).
