The first time I ever went to Chez Jay, the iconic nautically themed bar and restaurant located at the end of Route 66 just steps away from the Santa Monica Pier, actor Michael Imperioli was sipping a ...

There are few American cocktail traditions more beloved than the tiki bar. Before going any further, let’s deal with some of the less beloved aspects. Yes, it’s true that the origins of these strong, ...

L.A. will miss Cole's French Dip, frequented by decades of artists, musicians and writers, including Charles Bukowski; plus, ...

The Pitcher House bar has been open in the South Bay since 1951, across two locations, until it closed July 20. Owner Paul ...

It’s rare to find widespread consensus that a bar is truly a dive bar — that is, unless you’re talking about the Merrimaker, which for two decades has been crowned the most quintessential dive bar in ...