Yes, you can tiki at tiki bars in Los Angeles. And now there's one in Glendale, called The CanTiki. The CanTiki is a cantina-style cocktail bar with tiki flair that brings an up-scaled vibe to tiki. It features lush design and lighting, lounge-style seating, a long horseshoe-shaped bar and a piano, stage and a DJ booth. The CanTiki serves up a mix of tropical … [Read more...]
Yard House Expending To Downtown Burbank, CA
Craft Beer Bar & Restaurant Set To Open In May 2017 The Yard House is tapping into a new area of Southern California and is bringing its restaurant and bar, including 130 taps of beer, to downtown Burbank. The new Yard House will open in late May at 110 East Palm Avenue at First Street. It contains 12,200 square feet with a capacity of 624, including outside … [Read more...]
November Is Half-Priced Navy Grogs At Rock ‘n Fish Manhattan Beach
Strong Rum Drink A Salute To The South Bay's Tradition In a salute to the traditional drink of the South Bay Beach Cities, Rock 'n Fish in Manhattan Beach features half-priced Navy Grogs for the entire month of November. They cost $7 ($14 regular price) and pack a pretty good wallop of alcohol. What is a Navy Grog? It's a rum-based concoction that is a very … [Read more...]
Tam O’Shanter June Live Music Schedule 2016
Ploughboys Play Every Thursday; More Shows On Saturday Nights It's not exactly St. Patricik's Day everyday at Tam O'Shanter in Los Feliz but there's often a touch of the 'ol Irish spirit in the music played here. In June, "the Tam" features music every Thursday, the first Friday of every month and every Saturday night in June. The Thursday and Friday shows are from the … [Read more...]
Pancho’s Manhattan Beach South Bay’s Top Cinco de Mayo Bar
Mexican Cantina Features Laker Girls, Live Music And Most Lively Crowd In The Beach Cities The question locals ask is not if we will go to Pancho's for Cinco de Mayo but when we will go to Pancho's for Cinco de Mayo. And with the Laker Girls there from noon-2, I would say sometime between noon and 2! The only problem with that is you may never leave, and the … [Read more...]
This Gringo Learns About Cinco de Mayo Only After Moving To L.A.
Manhattan Beach Single Neighbors Showcase The Celebration And Provide The Education By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When I first moved to Los Angeles – from the South, I must point out – there was a lot I had to learn about Southern California culture. One of those involved Cinco de Mayo. I was in Manhattan Beach outside of Los Angeles when … [Read more...]
Taco Tuesday at OB’s Manhattan Beach Can Make Wednesdays Tough
Nightlife Blogger Likes Living In The Moment Have you ever woken up in the morning and felt like immediately going back to sleep? That's the way I felt on this Wednesday. Blame it on Taco Tuesday at OB's in Manhattan Beach. Why is it that when I go there, I can't seem to leave until the place is practically empty? I crack open about two handfuls of the free … [Read more...]
Taco Tuesday American Junkie $5 All-You-Can-Eat Tacos
Reviewing This Hermosa Beach Bar's Food & Drink Specials And Singles Scene Taco Tuesday is part of the culture in Southern California beach communities and it's particularly popular in the South Bay Beach Cities. Several bar/restaurants have specials on tacos and drinks this day of the week, and one of the best bargains is American Junkie at the Hermosa Beach … [Read more...]
Long Beach Nightlife Best Bars In Belmont Shore, The Pike & Pine Ave
Hot Singles Spots And One Of L..A's Best Bars There is a roar down by the shore, and it's happening all over Long Beach. California's sixth-largest city may be part of the bigger whole of L.A., but there is a whole lot of action happening right here. Long Beach is nearly as diverse as Los Angeles. It has a beach – a long one, and that's not just a pun – combined with a hip … [Read more...]
Hollywood Nightlife Entertainment Clubs Bars Dance Clubs Reviews
The Cool & Hips Hotspots Under The Hollywood Sign It is home to celebrities, fancy lounges with exclusive VIP areas and velvet ropes. But do the hip people of L.A., really hang out in Hollywood? Oh yeah! The famous Hollywood club scene is thriving. Hollywood is home to L.A.'s mega dance clubs – if you want to dance in this town, Hollywood is the place to do it – but … [Read more...]
Sunset Strip Famous Bars Live Music Venues & Celebrity Hangouts
The sounds from decades past can almost be heard from the street corners. The Sunset Strip is the most famous 10 blocks in all of America and these are the bars on Sunset where many bands have made a name for themselves, as well as a career as rock stars. It's where bands from big cities, small towns and all parts in between go to get discovered. If they are good – and lucky – … [Read more...]
Santa Monica Best Fun Bars Nightlife Top Party Places Nightlife Reviews
Downtown, The Pier & Main Street, Pubs, Clubs & Legendary Lounges This article has been updated in 2026 Its diversity makes it appealing for visitors, as they can have an "L.A. experience" without having to travel all over the place. As a result, it is heavy with tourists, although an ample number of nearby residents help it keep a local flavor. One neat and … [Read more...]
Venice Beach Best Bars Restaurants & Nightlife Reviews
Venice Pier & Abbott Kinney Singles Scene No place says "quirky L.A." like Venice Beach. Venice possesses a certain freakish atmosphere, colorful seaside performers and a laid-beach life with a bit of Harley and Hollywood sprinkled in for good measure – in short the entire outdoor experience that defines Los Angeles. Where else in the world has an outdoor gym with … [Read more...]
A Night In A Los Angeles Tiki Bar With A Big Rum Drink
Curing Island Fever At The Purple Orchid Tiki Lounge In El Segundo Whenever I get island fever and can't get to an island, I go to a tiki bar. And when I go to a tiki bar, I can't help but having the most potent, rum-laced drink on the menu. And when I have the most potent, rum-laced drink on the menu I can't stop having it, at least not until my eyes start acting … [Read more...]
Shari Puorto Band Plays LA’s Sagebrush Cantina On Sunday Afternoon
Blues/Rock Singer Rocks The Famous Calabasas Bar The Shari Puorto Band, which mixes in original songs with rock classics, is playing a legendary Los Angeles bar on its best day of the week. The venue is Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasis, a favorite place of motorcyclists out for Sunday rides in the hills of Southern California, and a destination for people from all … [Read more...]
Sharkeez Newport Beach Hiring Staff For January Re-Opening
Decor To Be Less Beach Shack Like Hermosa And Manhattan Beach Locations Instead of drinking at the bar, why not be behind the bar? You can – if you are hired – at Baja Sharkeez in Newport Beach, CA. The wildly popular and fun bar that is undergoing a remodeling is taking applications for staff. The "new and improved" Sharkeez is due to open in mid-January. It will have … [Read more...]
Having A Beer At One Of The Top Hidden Los Angeles Beach Bars
Redondo Beach's Rocky Point Fuel Dock Fuels Up The Blogger Not every time I go out am I looking for a party. Sometimes, I just want to have a beer to soak in the scene. And so I found myself on a super sunny Monday afternoon in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities. I had just finished recording my weekly radio show for Static Beach Radio in Hermosa Beach, when I … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Booze-N-Clues Bars Scavenger Hunt Charity Party
A Pub Crawl And Games For Teams In Costume To Raise Money For Lyme Disease Victim There's a beach party happening in Hermosa Beach, CA, and it's part pub crawl, part team contest and all fun. It's the inaugural Booze-N-Clues Bar & Beach Scavenger Hunt. It takes place on Saturday, Sept 28. As the name implies, it involves a scavenger hunt. Teams of up to six people … [Read more...]
Alabama And Notre Dame Alumni LA Game-Watching Bar Is Sonny McLean’s
Santa Monica Sports Bar Is Home To More Than Boston Teams For 2013 College Football Season Alabama and Notre Dame fans shared the bars for the BCS National Championship game last season, and for 2013 they will be sharing the same sports bar in Los Angeles. Sonny McLean's in Santa Monica – known primarily as the Westside's top Boston bar – is hosting alumni groups from … [Read more...]
Shellback Tavern Tops Bars For Manhattan Beach Open 2024
For the players, it's the Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball. For us fans and locals, it's a Southern California beach party. And no place parties on Manhattan Open weekend (Aug. 16-18 in 2024) like Shellback Tavern, the long-standing bar by the beach that's in full view of the pier and the tournament. Shellback is the first bar off the beach, the place where the amateur … [Read more...]
Touring The Hermosa Beach Pier Ave Bars With The Bud Light Girls
Pub Crawling Through Sharkeez HB, American Junkie, Waterman's, Fenners During NVL Hermosa Beach Open Every now and then, the bars really perk up on Pier Ave., in Southern California's lively Hermosa Beach. When the Bud Light girls make the rounds, it makes having rounds of drinks at the bars that much better. PubClub.com happened to catch up with them on a summer Saturday … [Read more...]
Silvo’s Hermosa Beach Shows Good Customer Service With A Cold Beer
Manager Makes A Warm Budweiser A Cold Bud With A Simple But Impressive Solution It's often the little things that impress me the most, small gestures that go a long way toward making me loyal to a person or a place. Silvio's, a small restaurant/bar in Hermosa Beach, CA that specializes in sizzlin' Brazilian food, did one of those small things for me recently. I'll … [Read more...]
Sharkeez Hermosa Beach Is South Bay’s Top Sunday Night Bar
'The Black Hole' Lives Up To It's Local Nickname With Berry Bly's afternoon rooftop parties at Ocean Bar, the return of afternoon bands on the deck of Chiller's (well, now called On The Rocks) and even monthly bands and BBQs at BALEENkitchen, Sundays are again a good party day in the Los Angeles Beach Cities. But despite all these other tempting options, the king of South … [Read more...]
Getting To The Marina del Rey Yard House On The Bike Path
Directions From Venice/Santa Monica and Playa del Rey And The South Bay I was thrilled when I heard a Yard House was coming to Marina del Rey. Great, I thought, a place to stop along the bike path for some adult refreshment in a place that's bound to be lively. It's a Yard House, after all! Now that it's open, I can indeed confirm it's a hip and happening place to stop … [Read more...]
Yard House Sets The Bar For Bars And Nightlife in Marina del Rey
Restaurant/Bar Just What MDR, Playa Vista And Venice Residents Need In L.A. My suspicions are confirmed. After going to the Yard House in Marina del Rey, I can now report, without fail, that it's setting the bar for the bars in this Los Angeles coastal community. Not that MDR was exactly Mykonos (that's the wild party place in the Greek Islands in case you are not … [Read more...]
It’s A Challenge To Take the LA Metro Train To Party In Los Angeles
Lack Of Public Transportation Makes It Difficult To Be Partying In Other Beach Cities There's a lot of partying to be had in Los Angeles. It's just getting to it all that is the trick. L.A. has to be the biggest city in the world with the worst public transportation. You can't go anywhere, really, that's out of your own neighborhood. And that's a shame, because I like to … [Read more...]
South Bay Bars Provide Fun Partying For Visiting Australia Friend
Old Tony's Fire Chief Starts Inferno Of Bar Hopping Someone pinch me. I'm having too much fun. My friend Casey has been in town, visiting from Sydney, and I'm taking her around the South Bay Beach Cities. And she's adapted to them like dolphins to the surf. She's a natural! She loves the beach, of course, but she also loves the bars. Apparently where she lives, many of … [Read more...]
Playing Tour Guide To The Bars In Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo Beach
South Bay Nightlife Daytime Playtime Awaits A First-Time Beach Cities Visitor It's time to play South Bay tour guide again, as I have a friend visiting me in Manhattan Beach. It's her first time to the Beach Cities and that's even more exciting than someone who has been here before, because it's all new to her. And I love playing South Bay tour guide! First, we'll get on … [Read more...]
Rock & Brews Redondo Beach Introduces Itself With A Very Grand Opening
Gene Simmons And Paul Stanley Provide The Perfect KISS To New South Bay Bar So far so good. Actually, so far so great. And that's only after one afternoon. Rock & Brews in Redondo Beach, CA, opened to media, city and state officials and Wounded Warriors war veterans on Wednesday, May 8. And by the time you read this it's open to you, too. And I strongly recommend … [Read more...]
Big Wangs Hollwood Is LA’s Louisville Cardinals Alumni Sports Bar
It's A Party For Basketball And Football Games Plus The Kentucky Derby One of the cool things about living in L.A., is that it's one of the best sports-watching cities in the world. There are so many transplants from other areas that no matter what team is playing there's a sports bar somewhere around town that has an alumni group watching it. And for the Louisville … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: How Baja Cantina Lost Its Place As An LA Legend
Remembering One of Los Angeles' Greatest Sunday Beach Bar Scenes Once a Sunday afternoon haven that spilled deep into Sunday night with social-minded people from all over Los Angeles, Baja Cantina on the Marina del Rey/Venice border is no longer the party hotspot in it's heyday. I should be at Baja Cantina in Marina del Rey, CA, right now instead of writing this … [Read more...]
Creative Party People Come Up With the Craziest Events
An Easter Keg Hunt in El Segundo A Different Kind of Fun Pub Crawl This is what happens when a creative person – or persons – sits down to have a few beers. They come up with crazy ideas and turn them into even crazier events. I was at one recently. An Easter Keg Hunt. That's not a typo. Yes keg, not egg. The premise, of course, is to gather a bunch of people and go to … [Read more...]