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    El Chucho

    4.6 (19 reviews)
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    Maegan La Mamita M.

    Natural wine bar -yay. The live DJ they have on Thursdays is awesome - Paul T but the crowd is way too young for me - so good if you are a 20 something or want to pretend you still are. Also not sure what culture the owners are from but their fake altar behind the bar was kinda offensive.

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    America B.

    Amazing place for a chil weekend :) came from out of town and enjoyed every moment spent here

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    Peter N.

    Great divey vibe. Perfect for what this neighborhood needs for a local, simple spot for drinking, with good bartenders. Mike was great. But Dear Owners, please please please lower the prices. The cheapest glass of white wine is $16. I understand it's "natural wine", but for a place where you are going for the divey vibe, with no liquor and no beer on tap, the prices are exorbitant. It's also clear to me that with inflation you must charge more for your service, but this is way too much. I really want this dive to succeed, but what this neighborhood does not need is a place where I'm out the door for $68 for 3 glasses of wine. It just won't succeed at this price point in this space. I hope to come back and see the prices more reasonable. This being said, the beer prices are good for LA, $7 a pop and $6 for seltzers. Cans and bottles only though. If you want me coming back, you'll need something on draft, otherwise I can drink $7 modelo bottles on my couch.

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    2 months ago

    This place is cool! Packed on a weekend. Great selection of wine and beer. Ami is awesome!

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    1 year ago

    I absolutely love this place, great drinks, great people, went here 3 nights in a row!!

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    2 years ago

    Lovely bar. Small, but well cultivated collection of drinks. Local and clean with a nice vibe.

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    2 years ago

    Yes but because it's a hidden gem.... Cool people GREAT drinks great vibes. let's keep it that way will forever gatekeep.

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    2 years ago

    Great vibes! Me and my friends had a blast and the energy was immaculate! Definitely would recommend to any and all of you.

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    2 years ago

    Great staff, great vibes, and great drink options. The place to go if you're trying to meet cool people. Topher is the GOAT

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    Best natural wine place in town, staff it's so knowledgeable with the very curated list of wines then carry form all around the world!

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    Tiny's Hi-Dive - Inside - bar area

    Tiny's Hi-Dive

    4.6(202 reviews)
    2.1 miSawtelle
    $

    Best Guinness pour in LA. Great happy hour everyday 2-8PM. Good people…read more Favorite bar in LA by far.

    There is a category of Los Angeles bar that exists outside the city's relentless cycle of openings…read moreand closings and soft launches and Instagram hype, a category that doesn't require a door policy or a design concept borrowed from a Wes Anderson film. It is the bar that walks in and earns the neighborhood's trust in a few short years, the bar that feels like it's been there forever because it figured out immediately what it was supposed to be. Tiny's Hi-Dive on Pico is that bar. It occupies the old Arsenal space, which if you've been in West LA long enough you watched go through its own identity crisis -- I had a trip-hop DJ residency there in a previous life, before it transmogrified into some paisley-wallpapered ersatz club that couldn't decide what it wanted to be. Tiny's has no such confusion. The name says dive. The floors say otherwise. The cocktails are made well, the food is made well, and the place is clean, which shouldn't be noteworthy but in a city where "dive bar" has become shorthand for either performative squalor or actual squalor, it is. It's a Chicago bar, which in Los Angeles means something specific. It means the hot dogs are correct. It means there are Italian beef sandwiches, and the Italian beef sandwiches are not a novelty item or a nod to a trend but an actual offering from people who understand the architecture of giardiniera and jus and thinly sliced beef on a roll that's engineered to get soggy at exactly the right rate. The food at Tiny's is way better than it has any right to be in a bar where nobody would blame you for ordering nothing but beer, and this is the tell -- when a bar kitchen is good without needing to be good, it means someone in the back actually gives a damn, not because the Yelp reviews demand it but because that's how they were raised. The happy hour lasts most of the day, which is either a business model or a philosophy, and at Tiny's the distinction is academic. The effect is that the place fills in waves and each wave brings a different crowd. The retirement set drifts in around lunch -- guys who've been coming here long enough to have a spot at the bar and a drink that appears without being ordered. By happy hour the mix gets eclectic: locals, people waiting out the particular misery of westbound Pico traffic at five-thirty, students, the kind of neighborhood cross-section that only happens at a place where a beer and a hot dog won't cost you twenty dollars. Later it gets busier and louder and on Wednesday nights there's live band karaoke, which is the superior form of karaoke, the form where actual musicians play behind you so your version of "White Wedding'" sounds ten percent less terrible than it would over a backing track. The jukebox is killer, which is a small detail that is not a small detail. A jukebox tells you everything about who owns a bar -- whether they trust their customers, whether they have taste, whether they understand that the difference between a good night and a great night is often just the right song at the right moment. The owners of Tiny's understand this. They are truly excellent people, the kind of owner-operators who are in the room and who care about the room and who have built a place that reflects something genuine about themselves rather than something calculated about the market. West Los Angeles is not a neighborhood that gets romanticized. It's a place you drive through, a stretch of Pico and Olympic and Santa Monica Boulevard that connects the Westside to the rest of the city, lined with strip malls and dry cleaners and the kind of mid-century commercial architecture that nobody photographs. It does not have a brand. It does not have a moment. What it has, on Pico, is Tiny's Hi-Dive -- a bar where they learn your dog's name before they learn yours, where there are treats behind the bar, where the bartenders will ask about your dog when you come in and mourn with you when they pass. That's not a pet policy. That's a value system. And it tells you everything you need to know about the place.

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    Delicious hot wings Yum Yum they also come in barbecue

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    The Lincoln - www.TheLincolnVenice.com #TheLincolnLA

    The Lincoln

    4.0(312 reviews)
    0.7 miVenice
    $$
    Hipster vibe
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    great spot that slowly turns into a full-on club as the night picks up. Starts off chill, but give…read moreit some time and it gets packed... like barely-room-to-walk packed. Energy goes way up with it though. Music is consistently great and the crowd matches it. Mostly a younger, high-energy vibe. If you actually want to enjoy your drinks and maybe chat with the bartenders, show up early. Once it gets going, it's all motion and noise. It's never disappointed us. You kind of know what you're signing up for, and it delivers every time. Ambiance leans classy without feeling vintage. Dim lighting, a touch of rustic, and just enough polish to set the tone without overdoing it. They've got a patio too, which comes in clutch when you need a breather or want to actually hear the person next to you. We usually do street parking and it's not too bad if you're willing to walk a bit. Reservation needed: Not really, unless you've got a big group and want your own section Parking: 6/10 - Street Crowd: 8/10 Vibe: 9/10 Service: 9/10 Music: 9/10 Drinks: 8/10 Price: $$

    I love it here! Ever since their remodel, this has been a go to spot for me. The ambience is…read moreamazing, low light but enough to still set the tone. I had a Miami Manny and boy was that thing smacking. That mezcal boy o boy.... Our bartender was super cool and helped navigate through the wide selection of drinks. I highly recommend going here!

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    Brennan's - Large Patio Area with Half Shell Bar, plenty of seating, & bleachers to watch the monthly turtle races

    Brennan's

    3.5(299 reviews)
    0.9 miVenice
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    Brennan's is famous for the turtle races, and low and behold, I happened to meet a friend here on…read moreturtle race night even though that wasn't our intention. Wasn't too crowded upon arrival, but as it got closer to race time, the humongous back patio was flooded with spectators, mostly college kids from the looks of it. Im not into crowds so it wasn't the most pleasant setting. The bartender was helpful in describing the available seltzers so I could make a choice. I also needed dinner so decided to go with a smashburger and fries, which was nothing special but was still devoured given my hunger level. Had to fork over steep Westside prices for a small meal that didn't fill me up and one drink. We left after the races were under way. I felt bad for the turtles with so many drunk kids hovering over them and all the lights and absurdly loud speakers. On any other night, it would be a cool place to sip a brew with the ocean breeze in your hair and toss some cornhole bags around with pals. One more note: parking can be scarce being on a busy street. Make sure to check street signage. I got lucky and snagged a close spot but others may have to walk a bit.

    Came here for the turtle races. Super fun time. Everyone is really friendly. They have a big…read moreoutdoor area with picnic bench tables and other seats. They also have a cool $5 menu with some basic items, but enough to make it a good time for a good cost. Will be back again!

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    Brennan's - Beautiful Bar Space with tons of craft cocktails and beers flowing

    Beautiful Bar Space with tons of craft cocktails and beers flowing

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    Brennan's - Plenty of craft beer varieties available on tap

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    Plenty of craft beer varieties available on tap

    Cozy Inn - Darts

    Cozy Inn

    3.9(300 reviews)
    1.7 mi
    $

    If anybody knows anything about me is, I love a good dive bar and Cozy Inn checks off all of the…read moreboxes check, check, and check...They have darts pool, shuffleboard and a megatouch which is very rare to find! I love a megatouch machine!!! I don't know if I love the bartender. He seems very Henry Rollins-like. I mean that not in a bad way, but Henry Rollins just comes off very matter of fact and very rigid and kind of strict almost like military. There is no food there so you gotta go across the street to Tito's tacos or Johnny's pastrami. All in all, I have so much fun here I mean so many cool people I enjoy the spot. It's one of my favorites.

    I would give this establishment zero stars if that were an option. On March 9, 2026, at…read moreapproximately 6:20 AM, my friend and I experienced what appeared to be discriminatory treatment from the bartender on duty. My friend, who is Black, and I, who am Hispanic, entered the establishment. Before entering the bar my friend drank his water bottle and threw it outside in there trashcan. At no point were we consuming alcohol. Despite this, the bartender accused my friend of drinking a Modelo beer, which was untrue. To clarify, it was early in the morning and we only had water with us before even entering the establishment.During those hours of the day there is not anywhere you can even purchase a Modelo. We do not even drink Modelos either which we thought was funny of even being accused of doing something like that. We even explained to him to check the camera footage again to see it was just a smart water he threw away. My friend briefly walked to the trash can to During our time there, we observed that we were the only customers of color present who were not being served, while the bartender continued to serve white customers. When we calmly asked the bartender about the situation and why we were not being served, he became defensive and refused to provide his name after we expressed concern that the treatment felt discriminatory. His response was that he did not feel comfortable giving his name after we raised the issue of racism. We really wanted to just check this place out because we thought it was funny how a bar opens so early. Yet, we left feeling upset over all this. Based on the circumstances, the experience felt unfair and discriminatory. We simply wanted to be treated with the same respect and service as other customers. I hope management reviews this situation seriously and ensures that all patrons are treated equally and respectfully in the future.

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    Venice Beach Bar & Kitchen

    Venice Beach Bar & Kitchen

    4.2(200 reviews)
    2.2 miVenice
    $$

    Been here a few time only for drinks whenever we're walking along the strip. This was a first time…read moreactually trying their food. Mid week which it wasn't busy. I've been plenty of time during the weekend which it does get full. Today, we seated ourself as it was mellow. There's a good amount of tables outside which is great as it on the boardwalk and great for people watching. There's the main bar right inside. Also a second floor that's has an open feel which looks out over the boardwalk and to the water. Drink wise, they pretty much had everything. We just stuck with beer and cider. Food, we tried the nachos with chicken added. Honestly, it was tasty. Canned cheese but it was quite tasty all paired together with everything. Chips was fresh and crispy. The fried chicken sandwich. Brioche bun, honey sauce and slaw served together. Plus fries added as a side. Sandwich was ok, nothing major but good. Fires were nice and fresh. And last, one of the burritos, Gringo Supremo with added chicken. Decent and good, served with salsa and a couple of chips. Overall, food was ok. Easy beach food. The service was good. Our waiter was sweet.

    We stopped by VBC for a nice cool glass of beer and some sweet potato fries, so delicious Ms…read moreAdeline was our server, so sweet and kind. There is nothing like feeling at home when dining at the beach. It brings me peace and calmness. Love it !!

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    Venice Beach Bar & Kitchen
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