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Peeping Toms rejoice
Hot spots are always coming up with ways to indulge our inner voyeur without making us feel creepy....
July 03, 2007 11:35 AM

How long until Downtown turns into Hollywood?
OK, seriously: What's going on Downtown? At first the nightlife revival was great--the bars were ori...
July 05, 2007 10:50 AM

Reza Roohi's revenge?
The Hollywood nightlife scene's going to get heated this September when Reza Roohi returns to reclai...
July 07, 2007 2:15 PM

To fear or not to fear?
We all complain about having to wait to get past the velvet rope, but is waiting in line even safe?...
July 10, 2007 1:42 PM

'Cereal Milk' martinis?
The Beverly Hills Hotel must be really desperate to lure in the 'young' crowd with its new Bar Ninet...
July 10, 2007 4:09 PM

Getting drunk with reality stars
What do "Real World" cast members do after their season is over, other than compete against each oth...
July 11, 2007 8:37 AM

Early buzz on DJ AM's new club
Ignore the gossip that LAX co-owners DJ AM and Loyal Pennings are at odds with each other. They are ...
July 11, 2007 1:14 PM

Hollywood Vice
Sayonara Star Shoes. The kitschy bar recently shut down and is getting made over into Vice, an exclu...
July 12, 2007 1:01 PM

'Torture porn' comes to life at Privilege
Do I have a stick up my butt or is it messed up that Privilege celebrated the premiere of "Captivity...
July 13, 2007 1:29 PM

Bar Nineteen12 gets dirrrty
Who knew the Beverly Hills Hotel had such a kinky side? I went to the hotel's new posh Bar Nineteen1...
July 16, 2007 11:43 AM

Shermar Moore can't keep his clothes on
Gay beaches aren't the only place where "Criminal Minds" star Shermar Moore likes to strip down. He ...
July 16, 2007 3:47 PM

Ritual alert
Holy mother of God. Linkin Park is kicking off its tour tonight at Ritual. Yep, you read that right!...
July 17, 2007 1:07 PM

Worse than Britney barfing on herself at Les Deux
Britney Spears is like the rodent problem I had when I lived in Boston. No matter how thoroughly I c...
July 17, 2007 3:10 PM

Trend spotting: eco booze
What if you could lose weight, boost your immune system and stop global warming while getting drunk?...
July 18, 2007 8:00 AM

P-AA-rty people
When did Les Deux become such a magnet for celebs fresh out of rehab? Just because the spot serves s...
July 18, 2007 12:06 PM

Trifecta back from the DL
Fear not! Upscale sports bar Trifecta has reopened to the delight of Reggie Bush.
July 19, 2007 2:40 PM

Is Chris Breed ditching Hollywood?
What's going on with Chris Breed? He was supposed to be the big name behind Ritual, but he sold out ...
July 20, 2007 12:55 PM

Sound the Skybar alarms?
I hope David Beckham didn't move to L.A. just to go nuts and check into rehab. The soccer player wen...
July 23, 2007 9:46 AM

Peeping Toms rejoice
Hot spots are always coming up with ways to indulge our inner voyeur without making us feel creepy....
July 23, 2007 11:35 AM

Trend spotting: partying at the...bank?
Going to the bank doesn't usually make me want to party--sigh--but that's all about to change with s...
July 24, 2007 12:05 PM

Breaking News: Winston's 2.0!
Lindsay Lohan isn't the only one worthy of headline news today. I just heard that Winston's owner An...
July 24, 2007 12:41 PM

Going crazy at Guy's
What is it about Guy's bar in WeHo that make the girls act so crazy?
July 25, 2007 12:04 PM

Countdown to the opening of Opera
Only nine more hours until the opening of Opera, David Judaken's swanky new club that's sure to be t...
July 26, 2007 12:46 PM

Stalking Opera on opening night
Press weren't allowed inside new club Opera on opening night, but that didn't stop us from trying. C...
July 27, 2007 7:43 AM

Is Opera worth singing about?
Are you all sick of me talking about Opera yet? Don't worry: This might be my last post about the ne...
July 30, 2007 12:03 PM

That's D'Amore!
When a club wants to open with a splash, they invite one of three DJs; DJ AM, Steve Aoki or Caroline...
July 31, 2007 2:37 PM

Freaky Wednesday
Was there a full moon or something last night? For once, paparazzi-hater Avril Lavigne played nice f...
August 02, 2007 12:40 PM

The ultraest of ultra lounges
Crimson, which opened last night next to Opera, is the lasted bar to hop on board the ultra-lounge b...
August 02, 2007 2:23 PM

X marks the hotspots
X Games has taken over L.A. Never mind the actual sporting events, which are awesome enough--every n...
August 03, 2007 2:14 PM

Wet 'n wild
The pool parties on "Entourage" must have inspired promoter Craig Clemens because he's started a new...
August 06, 2007 8:50 AM

New on the scene: The Griffin
The dudes behind Eagle Rock's Swiss-inspired bar The Chalet have opened a new spot and this time it ...
August 07, 2007 3:37 PM

WTF? Poison is playing at Sugar?
Stop the presses. I just heard a rumor that '80s glam metal band Poison is playing at Sugar this Sat...
August 08, 2007 2:46 PM

The verdict on Vice
Vice, which is located in the club formerly known as Star Shoes, had its soft opening on Wedne...
August 10, 2007 5:41 PM

Sunset Strip revival
Remember Sunset Beach, the SoCal-themed restaurant and club inside the old Dublin's space ...
August 14, 2007 4:50 PM

Cheap 'n easy "Harlot" on the Sunset Strip
Oh sh-t! It looks like there's going to be a Sunset Strip rivalry between The Beach and Ha...
August 16, 2007 3:05 PM

On your mark, get set, go...and get drunk
Sunset Junction is this weekend, but before you go drink your brains out, might I pass alo...
August 17, 2007 1:56 PM

Mojito mania
The bar at Malo was the drinking destination at Sunset Junction this past weekend. Their b...
August 20, 2007 9:01 AM

In-N-Out: That's what the club scene is all about
Sadness. Trifecta finally bit the bullet and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. And rumo...
August 22, 2007 12:13 PM

Whistful drinking
I finally went to Whist at the Viceroy last night after years of saying I should check it ou...
August 22, 2007 7:10 PM

Night at The Beach
Success! The space formerly known as Dublin's has finally, truly been reborn into a cl...
August 23, 2007 8:05 AM

Political partying
Some teens celebrate their 18th birthday by buying lotto tickets and getting lap dances. Not H...
August 24, 2007 12:00 PM

The mystery behind Green Door
I went to Green Door on Wednesday and it’s all I’ve been able to think about since...
August 24, 2007 12:29 PM

Look, boobies!
I told you Avalon's quarterly Made in Brazil party was hotter than Gisele Bündchen in a V...
August 27, 2007 9:49 AM

Good-bye summer, hello awards season
The Labor Day parties haven’t even kicked off yet and already my attention has shifted t...
August 28, 2007 7:28 AM

Worse than a hangover
Getting the flu during the worst heat wave in the summer? Miserable, let me tell you. I've bee...
August 31, 2007 5:18 PM

Kanye West! At Les Deux!! Tonight!!!
Whoa. Stop the presses. Kanye West is flying into L.A. tonight at 10:45 p.m. and going straigh...
September 04, 2007 11:35 AM

On the list
Photo credit: Wally Skalij √  Pubic hair alert! The Boom Boom Room has had...
September 05, 2007 2:10 PM

Dirty, dirty porn party
To know me is to know I’m never speechless. But at this moment, I’m at a loss for ...
September 05, 2007 7:23 PM

The quotable bartender
Photo credit: Luis Sinco I certainly don’t make cocktails as well as well as I dr...
September 06, 2007 12:28 PM

The liquor and the Tramp
After all the hubbub about having two separate bars in the state of California named ...
September 06, 2007 3:44 PM

Charitable clubbing
We can’t all be saints like our superstar intern Sara Tan, who had her gorgeous locks ...
September 06, 2007 11:30 PM

The scoop on Les Deux's Emmy Awards party
Photo credit: Ricardo DeAratanha So, I was wrong. John Legend isn’t the super s...
September 07, 2007 12:08 PM

I blame Britney for my hangover
Credit: Pretty on the Inside    Everything that could be said about B...
September 10, 2007 12:06 PM

Libertine and justice for all clubbers
Remember a few months back when I was talking about Harlot on the Sunset Strip? It was suppose...
October 18, 2007 8:15 AM

November is Michael Sutton month
Here’s the thing I love about Michael Sutton: (There are more hot pics from where t...
October 18, 2007 9:00 AM

A glass of whine
Someone get me a tissue. My favorite wine bar, Bodega DeCordova, is for sale—but not be...
October 25, 2007 8:15 AM

Halloween's bloodiest bash?
When it comes to “sexy,” Joe Alexandrow at Joe Joe Promotions is all about throwi...
October 25, 2007 3:39 PM

DJ AM, the artiste
  We know DJ AM can spin. But did you know that he’s also quite the artiste? He...
October 25, 2007 4:02 PM

So in love with S Bar
  Slight problem. I’m obsessed with S Bar. I went for the first time las...
November 01, 2007 8:30 AM

Vice's dirty sexy money
  After being open for three months, the dudes at Vice have finally revealed th...
November 08, 2007 8:30 AM

Lucky number 86
  Drum roll please… After close to a year of delays, Steve Adelman...
November 08, 2007 8:45 AM

Attention 'sample-size' people!
Glitterati magazine is crashing La Cita tonight for its weekly Dance Right fiesta in hopes of fi...
November 15, 2007 12:24 PM

Practicing absinthe
Last night, Green Door hosted an event for the exclusive debut of Kubler, the first authentic ...
November 15, 2007 1:23 PM

Take a bite out of this turkey thigh
Are you concerned you won't get your due portion of breast meat on Thanksgiving? Not to wor...
November 15, 2007 1:44 PM

The Doheny's secret initiation rule
Much has been made about The Doheny, Cedd Moses’ members-only drinking room, schedu...
November 29, 2007 1:21 PM

The scoop on 86
  Everyone’s buzzing about 86, the basement club formerly known as Rudol...
November 29, 2007 2:50 PM

Gossip report: What's up in WeHo
  There are like five straight bars in WeHo and there’s news to report about ...
November 29, 2007 4:51 PM

WTF happened at Les Deux?
  This morning's shooting outside Les Deux has the nightlife scene buzzing in alarm....
November 30, 2007 2:58 PM

Central, as in 'Central Parc'...get it?
You know Parc, the Hollywood spot with a tree in the dining room? Owners Shereen Arazm and Pan...
December 06, 2007 8:00 AM

I'm not always such an alcoholic, right?
  I can’t believe it’s Thursday already and that I’m still hung ove...
December 13, 2007 12:00 AM

Wishing you a black Christmas
There's "Black Friday" for shopaholics so it only makes sense that there be a &q...
December 20, 2007 8:00 AM

Is the Spotlight going dark?
Before the Christmas holiday, I was told on the DL that the owners of The Spotlight&mdas...
January 03, 2008 8:00 AM

Target TMZ: Boardner's owner Tricia La Belle takes on the gossip hounds
  To know Boardner's owner Tricia La Belle is to know she’s a ball buster who...
January 10, 2008 8:00 AM

From fires to foot fetishes: WTF is going on in the nightlife scene?
  2008 hasn't been kind to the nightlife scene so far. In the last week alone, th...
January 10, 2008 8:30 AM

Talk about bad timing!
Though there was just a fatal shooting at Crash Mansion a few weeks ago, that’s not st...
January 17, 2008 7:17 AM

Velvet rope adventures
In the four years I've covered nightlife scene in L.A., I've gotten one consistent questio...
January 17, 2008 7:47 AM

Don't believe the Downtown hype?
Despite all the hype around the Downtown nightlife scene, there’s still a shortage of fo...
January 24, 2008 2:00 PM

Guess who we caught Christina Applegate with at Ye Coach & Horses
When celebrities want to make headlines with their love lives, they do things like get matchi...
January 30, 2008 12:09 PM

Tokio closing, Revolver loading up
According to the rumor mill (ie. promoters, liquor vendors), the Japanese-inspired Tokio is...
January 30, 2008 11:18 PM

I may hate the Grammys, but I do love the parties
  I’m not a huge fan of the Grammys. I associate it with Celine Dion and ...
February 07, 2008 1:44 PM

Standard shenanigans
Sometimes you just need a drink in the middle of the workday, which is why, yesterday afte...
February 08, 2008 1:25 PM

Beach cleanup
With all the buzz around downtown’s nightlife revival, it's like the Westside renaissa...
February 14, 2008 7:23 PM

Geek love
Nerd isn’t the word that pops to mind when you think about Loyal Pennings, the nightcl...
February 22, 2008 9:10 AM

Talk back
We're hearing that you have lots to say on this article about the feud between Daniel LeDi...
February 27, 2008 1:36 PM

Crobar: closed before it ever opened!
Remember all the hype around mega-dance-club Crobar opening an L.A. outpost in early 2008? ...
February 28, 2008 5:58 PM

Crobar update
Hooray. I just heard back from Robert Vinokur about this bit of Crobar gossip I blogged abou...
March 03, 2008 1:18 PM

Friday freak shows a go-go
After six years of leather bondage, liquid latex and on-stage teases at Dragonfly, the feti...
March 07, 2008 8:36 AM

Celebrities at your service
How’s this for a bad idea? Danny Bonaduce, whose issues with drugs, alcohol and pink ...
March 13, 2008 11:31 AM

Barney's bitchery
Who knew the bartenders at West Hollywood's Barney's Beanery were so sassy? Because it's a ...
March 13, 2008 2:10 PM

Is the club at Foxtail open?
Official word had it that the club above Foxtail was slated to open Saturday, March 15. Then...
March 20, 2008 2:30 PM

S bars
  Speaking of new nightspots… The English-inspired neighborhood bar Sheddy's...
March 20, 2008 3:04 PM

Sheddy's big tease
Ack. I was all excited to check out Sheddy's over the weekend and partake in the bar's grand...
March 24, 2008 2:49 PM

Southern bummer
Sheddy's isn't the only bar that has me holding my breath in anticipation. South, which was...
March 27, 2008 5:56 PM

Celebrity stalking at the Cha Cha Lounge
  Why am I always surprised to a see a celebrity at the Cha Cha Lounge? You would think I'd...
March 27, 2008 6:54 PM

Nightclubs of the living dead
    Legend has it that the Avalon is haunted and, a few years ago, a bartender at the...
March 28, 2008 3:23 PM

Plans to turn Tokio into a 'Gun Club' shot down
  It was a sad day in January when I learned that Cahuenga's Tokio would be closing at th...
April 03, 2008 5:31 PM

So that's why the call him 'Ho Ho'
"The Real World: Hollywood" doesn’t air until Wednesday, but I had to get my...
April 13, 2008 6:53 PM

Count down to Crown Bar
While just about everyone under 30 vacates L.A. next weekend for Coachella—and the of...
April 17, 2008 5:56 PM

Crunch time
How's this for an incentive to join Crunch? The gym is planning a series of summer pool p...
April 24, 2008 12:46 AM

Basque erupts into flames
Basque always knew how to heat up a room figuratively (sexy burlesque dancers performed ...
April 30, 2008 8:37 AM

Exclusive! Samantha Ronson and the Alliance open Crown Bar tonight
The boys behind the Dime and Winston's are gearing up to open Crown Bar tonight and, afte...
April 30, 2008 2:16 PM

Developing: King King on fire?
I just heard from James Sinclair, owner of bar/clubs Element, L'Scorpion and La Cantina, t...
May 01, 2008 6:20 PM

Moonshadows turning 'members only'?
As if the club scene weren't exclusive enough, these days it seems everyone wants to open &...
May 09, 2008 4:37 PM

Luring in the ladies
Hollywood promoters always stress “the ratio.” As in, the girl-to-guy ratio. As...
May 15, 2008 6:27 PM

Here come the grooms
There's more to Akbar than craft nights and Vegas-style events with names like "Gaybar ...
May 21, 2008 6:40 PM

Kristofer Keith to clobber competition?
If you read the LA Times article about Spacecraft's Kristofer Keith, who designed Goa, ...
May 29, 2008 3:15 PM

Meow!
It was a sad Saturday night a few months ago when I went to Sunset Beach for bottomles...
June 06, 2008 7:43 PM

If Metromix had a mascot, it'd be Krisha Mendoza
Meet Krisha Mendoza, better known as "Puke and Rally" to her friends. ...
June 12, 2008 6:11 PM

La Isla bonita?
Of all the bars I've been to, I've never been as confused by a place as I was by Isla, the n...
June 20, 2008 1:51 PM

The Kress: almost ready to impress
Did the mailman lose your invite to Paris Hilton's masquerade ball at the Kress held last ...
June 26, 2008 7:29 PM

Santa Monica Boulevard shuffle
  Looks like Seven's minutes in heaven are up. After about a year of trying ...
July 03, 2008 3:13 PM

The exclusive scoop on 2008's most anticipated club
Has Paris Hilton's star finally begun to fade? We haven’t seen as much of her since s...
July 10, 2008 11:31 PM

Here pussy, pussy
  Robin Antin pulled a Britney Spears on Friday. (No, she didn't shave her hea...
July 21, 2008 5:08 PM

Go for the gold, stay for the bottle service
Shoestring Entertainment might be the name of Miller Uwanawich and Shan Markosyan's enter...
July 24, 2008 4:02 PM

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