Frolic Room next to the Pantages Theatre has poured on Hollywood Boulevard since 1934, a neon-lit dive with an Al Hirschfeld mural and a regulars-only bar attitude.
Tip: Cash and card. Open 11:00 to 02:00 daily. The mural over the bar was installed 1963 and depicts mid-century Hollywood.
Address: 6245 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Sound Nightclub in Hollywood is the Las Palmas room that built the LA techno and deep house scene with a Funktion-One rig and weekend bookings of touring selectors.
Tip: Buy advance tickets through Resident Advisor; the Friday techno bookings sell out, weekday parties walk in easier.
Avalon Hollywood on Vine is the megaclub housed in the 1927 Hollywood Playhouse, running house, techno, trance and hardstyle headliners on weekends.
Tip: Doors at 22:00 most weekends. The mezzanine has the cleanest sight lines; floor pit fills at the rail before midnight.
HMS Bounty on the ground floor of the 1924 Gaylord Hotel in Koreatown is the nautical-themed dive bar and diner pouring cheap pours and old fashioneds since 1962.
Tip: Burgers and kitchen run late. Friday and Saturday push to 02:00; happy hour weekdays 17:00 to 19:00.
The Prince on West 7th in LA's Koreatown, opened 1927, became a Korean dive in 1991: red booths, gold-flocked walls and Korean fried chicken until late.
Tip: Cash and card. The fried chicken and OB lager combo runs to 23:00 nightly. New Girl built a set based on this room.
Footsie's on Figueroa in Cypress Park is the dark wood-paneled Eastside LA dive with leather booths, a jukebox, pool table and nightly DJ dance parties.
Tip: Open 17:00 to 02:00 daily. Cash-friendly, cheap pours, dance floor at the back. The patio holds smokers and karaoke spillover.
Sound Nightclub in Hollywood is the Las Palmas room that built the LA techno and deep house scene with a Funktion-One rig and weekend bookings of touring selectors.
Tip: Buy advance tickets through Resident Advisor; the Friday techno bookings sell out, weekday parties walk in easier.
Avalon Hollywood on Vine is the megaclub housed in the 1927 Hollywood Playhouse, running house, techno, trance and hardstyle headliners on weekends.
Tip: Doors at 22:00 most weekends. The mezzanine has the cleanest sight lines; floor pit fills at the rail before midnight.
Exchange LA in the former 1929 Stock Exchange building runs four floors and 25,000 square feet of Insomniac-booked EDM in Downtown LA's Historic Core.
Tip: Open Friday and Saturday only, 22:00 to 02:00. Buy table service through Discotech for guaranteed entry on big-name nights.