Echo Park's bar scene anchored the neighborhood long before the cocktail bars moved in. These spots keep it simple: no-attitude crowd, cheap drinks, and the kind of place where you recognize half the room. Old-school Echo Park, still going.
Echo Park · 1455 W Sunset Blvd #3457, Los Angeles, CA 90026
A dive bar with a dance floor? A club with cheap beer? Short Stop is both, meaning it’s the kind of place where you can start with a style="overflow-x:hidden;width:100%;max-width:100%" PBR and end up drenched in sweat to a deep cut from Purple Rain. Pre- and post-Dodg…
Echo Park · 1477 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
After years of gritting it out as a sketchy dive bar, Little Joy has leveled up into a proper cocktail lounge with just enough spunk to keep its edge. The Old Fashioned is perfectly balanced, the Jungle Bird packs a pun…
Echo Park · 1805 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
A tiny, wood-paneled bar where the beer and wine list is as well-curated as the vinyl soundtrack. The staff treats regulars like royalty, the sidewalk seating is ideal for Echo Park people-watching, and the sour ales al…
Echo Park · 1540 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
A dive bar with just the right amount of grooming.. Lowboy nails the Highland Park brief: retro booths, punchy lighting, a cocktail menu that includes a mezcal old-fashioned, and a clientele that looks like the casting …
Echo Park · 2616 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057
A dive bar that nails the essentials: cold beer, a pool table that’s seen some things, and a basket of fried chicken that slaps. It’s the kind of place where regulars don’t flinch when someone breaks out into karaoke un…
Echo Park · 1400 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
An Echo Park staple that turns fully blue once baseball season hits. On game nights it’s wall-to-wall Dodgers fans, $5 beers in hand, TVs locked in, and strangers high-fiving like they’ve known each other since Little L…