Sunday, September 13, 2026, 5:00 AM - 8:00 AM · 1642, Echo Park, Los Angeles
Author Colin Asher hosts a vinyl listening session at 1642 following the release of his new book The Midnight Special. Part of a full day of LA events tied to the book's prison music history.
There’s a worn upright piano by the door, wax pooling in wine bottles on every table, and a bartender who’ll pour you a Spanish red while naming five albums that pair with it. The crowd is a quiet mix of off-duty musicians, candle hoarders, and people sketching each other in notebooks. Jazz floats in a few nights a week. Unamplified, unbothered, and sometimes better than it should be.
Unique coconut porter. Menu mainstay since 2010
Belgian-style farmhouse ale. Carbonated, refreshing, complex. $6 draft, get 2 for $12
Local favorite: crisp, refreshing.