A Night at the Door With Three Hollywood Bouncers
The eyes and ears of three very different bars tell us about their normal—and not-so-normal—nights on the job.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Dylan + Jeni
Bar Toni’s
Nearly 60-year-old Italian restaurant Little Toni's has appealed to a changing neighborhood by adding a cocktail bar: Bar Toni's. The newly redesigned bar area offers a thoroughly modern drinks program managed by man-about-town Aidan Demarest, whose…
- story: joanna_h
The Walker Inn
The latest watering hole from the big brains behind Death & Co., Honeycut and many more, The Walker Inn is one of the most ambitious cocktail bars to open in…
- story: joanna_h
Brown Derby
A bourbon-fueled vestige of 1930s West Hollywood's glitz and glamour.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Seeking Old Hollywood’s Pool Party Glamour
Where have all the glamorous poolside parties of Old Hollywood gone? Sarah Amandolare dips into a number of Los Angeles pools searching for remnants of the star-studded, Martini-fueled fêtes of…
- story: Sarah Amandolare
- photo: Peter Figen
The Spare Room
At the Roosevelt Hotel's second floor bowling-alley-cum-cocktail-bar, The Spare Room, waitresses in Gatsby-era dresses float around the room offering Gin Rickeys with housemade tonic and Penicillins spiked with amaro. Most…
- story: punch_intern2
Petit Trois
Ludo Lefebvre is a bona fide celebrity chef these days, and with all of this new-found fame he could've certainly opened a big, glitzy, money-making restaurant. Instead, he’s opened two…
- story: punch_intern2
Trois Mec
This brainchild of chef Ludo Lefebvre and the co-owners/chefs of Animal is one of the harder reservations to score in the city. But if you do snag a seat at…
- story: punch_intern2
Zombie
The Zombie is a prime example of Don the Beachcomber's typical concoction: strong and rather mysterious. Bar lore says that the original was so potent that customers could order no…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Finding Old Hollywood in a Bottle of Banana Cordial
Celia Sack, the owner of San Francisco’s Omnivore Books digs into her collection of 1930s mini bottles to find out what Errol Flynn, Cuba and the producer of Casablanca have…
- story: Celia Sack
- photo: DeWolfe and Wood Collection
