Koreatown, Los Angeles ยท bar
Finding Lock & Key feels like walking into a secret handshake: red door, wall of doorknobs, and then (surprise) this huge speakeasy in Koreatown built for wandering. The interior is low-ceilinged, with plush green-leather banquettes, white marble surfaces, hushed indoor lounge areas, and a sprawling back patio where DJs spin late. Drinks are their flex: punch bowls, torches, seasonal cocktails, and a front-and-center bar program that slaps. Food nerds rejoice. Pizza (deep-dish, NY, Sicilian), wings, garlic fries, and even deep-fried PB&J.
Cognac, walnut liqueur, sherry, lemon, egg white, and muddled red grapes. Channel the Jazz Age.
Full-size deep dish baked in-house. Thick crust and loaded with cheese.
Brioche coated in house waffle batter and deep-fried.
Rum, tropical fruit, Sichuan peppercorn tincture. Exotic and tingling.
Rye whiskey, lemon, hickory smoke, maple. Smoky sour.
Non-alcoholic mocktail with citrus, soda, grenadine. Colorful and fresh.