It wouldn’t be LA without nightlife, and Loop Magazine is here to navigate the scene with you. Engaging stories from crowded clubs, chill bars where singles can mingle, delicious dining experiences, and live music: we’ve got the intel! Essential to Loop’s storytelling, our suggestions for nightlife venues vary depending on age and taste, but we’re sure to guide you to the luxury you deserve. Click below to spend the night with Loop Mag.
Let me get something straight: I bartend, I smile, I make your overpriced Instagram cocktails look cute, but deep down? I hate it when people order anything other than a shot. Seriously. Hate it.
From tacky tiki cocktails at happy hour to late night karaoke and after hours by the beach, we’ve planned your full weekend itinerary on Catalina Island.
Five new restaurants with five different moods, all united by flavor, detail, and that late-night glow only LA seems to capture.
Does physical media really sound better? Or do people just listen to vinyl for the experience? There’s something nostalgic about it, even though I was born during the CD era, when vinyl records were considered obsolete. Maybe I’m an old soul, or maybe I’m just plain tired of the same old house music at every nightclub on Hollywood Boulevard.
I hate going out. I hate it with the kind of deep, existential hatred that only someone who has spent thousands of dollars on overpriced drinks and terrible music can understand.
Beakers and broomsticks and beetlejuice, oh my! From mad-scientist cocktail labs to gothic speakeasies, these are the five bars making Hollywood nightlife deliciously haunted this Halloween season.
I moved to LA for new beginnings. Instead, I found smoking martinis, pregame rituals, sober curiosity, and the art of turning every night into a story worth telling.
These staples are more than just campy beach-themed bars with colorful lanterns and pina coladas. They represent LA’s quirky heritage, and offer a little taste of the Polynesian culture that inspired them.
Forget the side salad — vegan dining gets glamorous in West Hollywood. From late-night menus and craft cocktails, to plant-based dishes served like artwork, these dining destinations sit at the heart of LA’s vegan nightlife.
By the summer after sophomore year, I had perfected the craft. I discovered that two bottles per cup was my sweet spot: one tucked deep for shape, one slightly higher for easy retrieval.