Saturday, October 24, 2026, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM · Firstborn, DTLA, Los Angeles
Jerry Truong, a former LA barista and first-place winner of the 2025 U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits competition, serves a three-drink coffee menu at Firstborn on Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 2 PM.
A sleek DTLA cocktail den that trades warehouse grit for low-lit polish and very intentional pours. The room feels intimate and composed. Clean lines, soft glow, bartenders who look like they measure twice and stir once. Drinks lean modern and spirit-forward, the kind you sip slowly while pretending you’re not clocking everyone else’s order. It’s downtown grown up a little, but not boring about it.
The upstairs bar serves some of the best absinthe drinks in LA.
Steak tartare with silken tofu, doubanjiang, and black mission figs. Prix fixe only.
Crunchy-yet-airy fried chicken adapted from the Sichuan original. Spiced but not overwhelming.
Slow-roasted cabbage with butter leeks, burnt onion reduction, black vinegar, and soy.