Getting Sloshed by the Sea at the New SHOREBar
May24

Getting Sloshed by the Sea at the New SHOREBar

Feel like there aren’t a lot of places to go for drinks in Santa Monica that aren’t A) a restaurant B) a hotel or C) a total dive?   You’re right. But now there’s a new venue in the beachfront nightlife universe. It’s called SHOREBar, and yes, that’s how they’re spelling it. Doors are officially open this Memorial Day weekend, just in time for the summer season.   It’s on the site of old Hideout on West Channel Road just a...

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Another Round at a Legendary Hollywood Venue
Oct21

Another Round at a Legendary Hollywood Venue

You may have driven by the corner of Vine and  Melrose numerous times, not realizing there was an old-school martini bar with ample free parking right there amongst the fast-food restaurants often frequented by neighborhood homeless.   We’re hesitant to term this neighborhood Soho, for fear of mentioning it in the same breath as  New York’s and London’s Soho, but this is definitely South of Hollywood—which means less hassle—no...

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Champagne Wednesdays: A Bubbly Good Time Under the Stars
Sep07

Champagne Wednesdays: A Bubbly Good Time Under the Stars

Want that in-the-club, bottle service feel without having to deal with doormen and sky-high parking– and be outside, under the stars to boot? Oh, and in addition to all of those things, if you’re a champagne person, you must put Wednesday nights at Sonoma Wine Garden on your calendar for a festive outdoor evening. If you don’t know about SWG, it has the best location on the third floor dining deck of the newly redone...

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Circle Bar: Come A-Round for a Few
Aug19

Circle Bar: Come A-Round for a Few

  They say everything old is new again, and that is certainly the case at Circle Bar, located in the heart of all the action of Santa Monica’s Main Street.   Circle Bar, a room dominated by– you guessed it, a large oval bar, was established in 1949, making it one of the oldest drinking establishments in the beach city.   Patrons have included everyone from Jim Morrison and Truman Capote to more recently,...

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If You Don’t Want to Go All the Way Into the Heart of Hollywood, We Have a Great New Place
Jul26

If You Don’t Want to Go All the Way Into the Heart of Hollywood, We Have a Great New Place

Step into the new Next Door Lounge and you’ll instantly be transported to the Hollywood of the 1920s– and you won’t have to go all the way into the epicenter and the heat of Hollywood to get a great club experience.   The Next Door Lounge is entitled that way because it is right next door to the restaurant The Corner on Highland Avenue, just a few blocks south of Sunset Boulevard. The owner of The Corner, Ferris...

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