California

One wall of this restaurant's expansive heated courtyard functions as a screen for art-house foreign films—but most patrons don't actually watch the...more

Across the street from the former Goldwyn Studio, this boxy red bar with an ersatz Chinese interior has been a favorite drinking spot for decades. There's still...more

This nicotine-stained serious drinker's bar sits right next door to the Pantages Theatre. Rumpled hipsters sidle up alongside old-timers and knock 'em back. If...more

San Diego is now the craft beer capital of the country (take that, Portland), and its genesis may very well be Scott Blair's 75-year-old watering hole,...more

Named for the Barbary Coast–era prostitutes who dominated SoMa back in the day, Harlot is situated on shadowy Minna Street behind a velvet rope and...more

Not just blues, but rock, jazz, and gospel too. This flagship of the successful chain, whose exterior has been done up like a raggedy tin shack, hosts...more

A departure from those lower State Street bars filled with college kids wearing shorts and backward caps, Indochine is a boutique Champagne-and-vodka...more

Like a playground for scene-chasing 30- and 40-somethings, Jack's is a 17,000-square-foot multilevel nightlife and dining "destination" with four...more

With an extensive menu of rum and decor reminiscent of old Havana, this moody little bar on a sketchy block of Hollywood feels worlds away from the...more

The best place for a drink on a sunny day, local-institution Lahaina serves cold pitchers of beer on its big open deck. Its location right on the sand between...more