Death & Co in the LA Arts District opened in 2019 under Alex Day, Dave Kaplan and Devon Tarby, the West Coast outpost of the East Village room.
Tip: Tock reservations open weekly. Walk-ins try the standing rail or the adjacent lobby bar at the Hoxton.
Address: 818 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Dirty Laundry in a Hollywood basement, once Rudolph Valentino's prohibition stash, is the Houston Hospitality LA speakeasy with DJs in the back and stiff drinks.
Tip: Enter through the alley off Hudson; password posted on Instagram some nights. No-cover walk-in early weeknights.
The Roger Room hides behind a faux psychic storefront on La Cienega in West Hollywood, a 50-seat dim-lit cocktail bar that has been pouring classics since 2008.
Tip: No reservations, walk-in only. Smart dress preferred. Arrive before 21:00 weeknights to skip the line.
Sassafras Saloon on Vine in Hollywood is the 1933 Group bar built around salvaged Savannah lumber, with pre-Prohibition cocktails and live music six nights a week.
Tip: Live blues and Americana most nights from 21:00. No cover, walk-in, kitchen open until midnight.
Townhouse on Windward Avenue in Venice, established 1915, runs cocktails upstairs and the Del Monte Speakeasy below, a Prohibition rum cellar.
Tip: Townhouse walk-in upstairs; the Del Monte downstairs is ticketed for live music, comedy and burlesque most nights from 21:00.
The Abbey on Robertson has been West Hollywood's flagship gay bar since 1991, a sprawling indoor and patio dining, dance and drag destination.
Tip: Weekend drag brunches book through Resy. Stonewall Inn Gives Back certified LGBTQ Safe Space.
Akbar at Sunset and Fountain in Silver Lake, founded 1996, is the LA queer neighborhood bar with rotating DJs, comedy and a back dance floor.
Tip: No cover most nights. Tuesday comedy and Saturday Dance Yourself Clean DJ set are the regular standouts.