10 New Bars, Lounges, and Clubs for Events in Los Angeles

AV Nightclub opened in April in the historic Marion building with room for 320. A DJ booth is the centerpiece of the space, and it is surrounded by Baroque-era-inspired embellishments. There are Roosevelt tufted chesterfield banquettes behind each table, and there’s a patio with ivy-covered walls and an outdoor fireplace. AV comes from hospitality veterans Matt Bendik and Tosh Berman of AV Hospitality. Interior designer Davis Krumins is behind the look, and Steve Lieberman of SJL Lighting designed the lighting system to go along with the venue’s Funktion One Sound System from Dan Agne of Sound Investments.

Located on the Sunset Strip in the former London Fog space where Jim Morrison and The Doors spent time as the house band, Rock & Reilly's opened in November. The indoor-outdoor West Hollywood space holds 160 over 2,500 square feet and two floors.

In April, Montage Beverly Hills opened the renamed and renovated Parq Bar. The space offers outdoor seating overlooking the Beverly Canon Gardens and nightly entertainment. In addition to drinks, a menu offers the likes of house-made charcuterie, and sushi rolls and sashimi. Afternoon tea is available and is served in delicate, hand-painted china by porcelain artist Lissi Kaplan, with savory and sweet bites from executive chef Gabriel Ask. In-house interior designer Nina Petronzio of Plush Home redesigned Parq Bar by updating the fabric color scheme to include luxe draperies and original works from the hotel’s fine art collection.

Opened in April, Outpost offers country music, classic rock, and televisions, and includes among its decor artist canvasses depicting the heroes of the old west. The space offers beers and cocktails amid stained mahogany and relaxed seating, along with a menu of American comfort food.

The 1933 Group’s La Cuevita opened May 4 in Highland Park. Focusing on traditional agave spirits, the bar offers a selection of tequila and mescal as well as other hand-crafted cocktails. The La Cuevita space, formally the 1933 Group’s Little Cave, is principal-designer Bobby Green’s homage to an old-world Mexican grotto-bar. The space has a rustic wood beam ceiling, exposed-brick walls, and imported Mexican antiques. Stained glass lighting and iron fixtures adorn the walls, and 100-year-old doors from a Mexican church flank the patio and front entrance of the building. There are two patios in all.

The newest outpost of the Mexican restaurant Pink Taco was slated to open on the Sunset Strip by the end of May, with two bars intended to draw a nightlife crowd. The space that is home to the new 12,000-square-foot, three-level Pink Taco most recently housed Miyagi’s and once housed the Player’s Club in the 1940s. Harry Morton stripped and restored the Pink Taco Sunset Strip’s interiors to the exposed brick and raw steal ironwork. The design includes Dia de Los Muertos street graffiti, subway tiles from downtown L.A.’s metro station, murals of Lucha Libres, Calavera, and goddess Mictecacihuatl, and vintage candelabras that hang from the ceiling. The 120-seat, indoor-outdoor ground level includes the largest patio on Sunset Boulevard.

Sadie is new Hollywood bar and lounge serving artisan cocktails and craft beers, attached to a restaurant that serves new American cuisine. Sadie is an old Craftsman house that was physically moved to this location in 1996 from across the parking lot. Fully redesigned to showcase three distinct spaces, Sadie includes the parlor, which houses a cocktail bar; a lounge in the center of the building, which has a copper beer tower that dispenses craft beer and local wine by the glass; and the courtyard dining room, which has an indoor-outdoor feel with a retractable awning. The dining room holds 125, the lounge 55, and the parlor 65.

The bar at the new modern Mexican restaurant Tortilla Republic offers 18 seats and a corner table. The whole space, which opened in March, holds 125. The venue offers a growing list of more than 50 100-percent agave tequilas from Mexico, signature margaritas with house-made agave, classic cocktails, Mexican beer, and Spanish and South American wines. Each fixture and piece of furniture was custom-made in Mexico for the venue. There’s also a patio overlooking Robertson Boulevard and a private dining room.

Agency is a new Hollywood nightclub with room for 300 guests. The venue also has a back room area that holds 50 people for more intimate events that can be sectioned off with a curtain for privacy. Decor includes bold red tones and animal prints. The venue has an LED wall and a massive DJ booth that commands attention in the space.

SBE Nightlife Group's new Greystone Manor Supperclub is meant to evoke the Renaissance, with ornate chandeliers and millwork. There's a dance floor surrounded by two full-service bars, plus a menu of shared plates. Decor includes vintage sofas finished with aged leather and velvet. A lounge area within is right for smaller groups.