Although the original grand old man behind the bar, Henry \"Hank\" Holzer, is no longer with us, his legacy endures at this classic Downtown watering hole. Its battered booths and well-liquored patrons who have been elbowing up to the bar here for a decade mingle nicely with the drop-in customers currently infusing the new surge in Downtown L.A.'s recently reinvigorated nightlife (the ground floor of the Stillwell Hotel).

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Los Angeles 2008, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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