The interior of this small bar and performance space, located in a très ugly strip mall, is very inventive. The lovely owner, a former set decorator, calls the motif "Vegas in hell." Think trailer tacky coupled with big-city chic. Live music includes mostly surf-a-billy with an occasional polyester disco cover band, and regulars include Quentin Tarantino.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Los Angeles 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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