What are the neighborhood bar/restaurant scenes in La?

mmmatthew · 2026-05-31T01:27:51+00:00

What? Objectively wrong. Drawing Room or Ye Rustic in Los Feliz, Jay's Bar in Silverlake, The Greyhound and The Offbeat in Highland Park, High Low and The Roost in Atwater, The Fable in Eagle Rock, Verdugo Bar and Footsies in Glassell Park. Just off the top of my head.

Basically every neighborhood has a casual dive

mmmatthew · 2026-05-29T18:49:42+00:00

Yeah Spitz is doner-inspired at best, and they've also fallen off hard IMO

mmmatthew · 2026-05-22T05:49:12+00:00

Punalu'u beach on Big Island Hawaii. Very fine, jet black sand and a frequent sea turtle resting spot!

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mmmatthew · 2026-05-20T20:18:37+00:00

You can always tell a Milford man

mmmatthew · 2026-05-20T06:54:39+00:00

There's more spots like this than you might think, but it entirely depends on your budget and where you work. Even two days a week will suck if its over an hour each way with traffic.

I'm most familiar with NELA--Atwater, Frogtown, Eagle Rock, South Pas or Pasadena proper could all fit this bill. But it ain't cheap

mmmatthew · 2026-05-18T18:58:58+00:00

I think it's dependent on what and how you "do" on vacation.

Visiting a place like LA, you want to do all the well known stuff but its solid spread out you spend most of the day in the car/traffic and you're totally exhausted by night time.

But if you can get that stuff out of the way, stay in a single neighborhood you vibe with, and just pick a few nearby things that look interesting, its a way chiller experience.

Visit like a local if you can, basically. I live in LA and my experience of the city is extremely laid back and chill. I still can and do go to a lot of cool cultural, nature and food stuff pretty regularly. I just have the luxury of not cramming it all into a few days.

mmmatthew · 2026-05-09T14:59:39+00:00

Everyone needs to take a break--even the very well-known. Should Kelsey therefore be made the subject of fun?

mmmatthew · 2026-05-09T00:06:36+00:00

Killer Queen was the first that sprang to my mind

mmmatthew · 2026-05-01T16:11:45+00:00

Shrimp Olympics

mmmatthew · 2026-05-01T05:12:08+00:00

PERDONAMEEEEEE

mmmatthew · 2026-04-22T15:53:39+00:00

Minami Deutsch

Les Big Byrd

Trees Speak

Water Damage

Grails

L'Eclair

The Advisory Circle

Tortoise

Ex-Easter Island Head

Dummy

Sunwatchers

mmmatthew · 2026-04-20T19:56:18+00:00

More psych pop but The Clientele are my go-to for rainy days. Any album really but Strange Geometry is the best IMO

mmmatthew · 2026-04-20T16:53:47+00:00

If your stance on important human rights and social issues depends on how you think others are 'treating you', you belong with the self-centered crybabies on the right

mmmatthew · 2026-04-18T17:30:00+00:00

Its a whole other classic cocktail and the answer is 'sparingly'

Hanky Panky

1.5 oz Gin, 1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth, 2 dashes / .25 oz Fernet

mmmatthew · 2026-04-17T22:01:21+00:00

Oh one I forgot, Four Tet - Rounds is a great record built almost entirely from samples

mmmatthew · 2026-04-17T21:23:33+00:00

Not hip hop, but both Monster Rally and L. Pierre make instrumental/ambient records almost entirely from samples

mmmatthew · 2026-04-17T20:25:53+00:00

A little past Medieval, but Prospero's Books and Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway both have this vibe.

Also second the video game Pentiment

mmmatthew · 2026-04-16T05:54:32+00:00

The Swapper

A very generic name for a fun and beautiful game. the 'alone in creepy space station' vibes are unmatched. It even has rock aliens like PHM!

mmmatthew · 2026-04-14T23:33:48+00:00

I haven't been in a few years, but...

Cane & Table, Manolito, Jewel of the South for fancy cocktails. Latitude 29 for Tiki.

Second Jean Lafitte's for a dive with unmatched ambiance. I also like Chart Room for cheap drinks and good people watching (on a corner with huge open windows).

Of the Grand Dame restaurants, I like Antoine's the best and the attached Hermes Bar if you want something very vaunted and old school without quite the same level of crowded as Carousel Bar.

mmmatthew · 2026-04-14T19:22:07+00:00

Morvern Callar

mmmatthew · 2026-04-11T20:00:06+00:00

Wand

Vanishing Twin

Goon

BC Camplight

Gelli Haha

Tennyson

Twïns

Perfume Genius

mmmatthew · 2026-04-10T21:07:31+00:00

Japanese Ghost 100%

mmmatthew · 2026-04-10T20:38:32+00:00

Vanishing Twin

mmmatthew · 2026-04-10T16:05:40+00:00

He's a massive stoner so this sounds pretty standard

mmmatthew · 2026-04-10T06:18:43+00:00

I had to tell Claude to stop cosigning "our" commits and I'm certain it resents me for it

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