Count down to Crown Bar
While just about everyone under 30 vacates L.A. next weekend
for Coachella—and the offsite pool parties—there's a chance that the boys
behind Winston's will open the much anticipated Crown Bar in the former Tempest spot. I emailed co-owner Chris Huvane last Friday and he
said it'd be another two weeks, which would put us at April 25. Right? I'm
seriously counting down. Not only do I live around the corner, but Winston's is
also on my short list of favorite bars of all time.
Here's the view from the outside...
...It's just a few blocks away from Winston's on the same Santa Monica Boulevard stretch east of Fairfax, west of La Brea.
While I was digging around for more new spots to satisfy my ADD clubbing habits, I also got my hands on a hot little scoop. You know the urine-smelling dive Townhouse in Venice that was bought out by the people behind Temple Bar/Little Temple/Zanzibar? According to the company's booking person Novena, they're opening an "uber lush, private downstairs speakeasy." I don't know about you, but for me that kind of description is like taunting a bull with a red flag. I like anything that sounds like a challenge.
—Alexandra Le Tellier