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http://www.thecolonyla.com The Colony may be the closest some of us will ever get to the Hamptons. Majorly renovated from its previous guise as the Asian oasis White Lotus, this nearly 13,000-square-foot Hollywood space is the largest venue taken on by nightlife superpower SBE (Industry, XIV, SLS, Hyde, the Abbey) and the outfit seems determined to make use of the space in a very big way, outdoing their other venues in the process. The indoor-outdoor nightclub has boardwalk-style wood-plank floors, oversized sliding wood doors, a big dance floor, and modern beach house- style couches and booths - some of which don't even require bottle service to use! No "real" food is served at Colony, but signature items include "Sushi Gelatin snacks": vodka-infused gelatin wrapped in fruit nori, liquor-infused fruit sliced thin, and Asian spoons with gelatin spheres. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.thecomedystore.com Some say West Hollywood's famous Comedy Store is haunted – reports abound of footsteps when there’s no one around, lights flickering or turning off and on and freezing cold spots in the middle of an otherwise warm room. But whether you believe in ghosts or not, this WeHo staple will have you guffawing seven nights a week, with some of the biggest names in comedy performing regularly. Tickets aren’t always cheap but they’re always worth it. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.commissarystores.com Located in the Lab of Costa Mesa, the Commissary Lounge is easy to miss with the untrained eye. The almost hidden entrance can be located at the back of the Lab and once found, leads you to a sleekly styled watering hole for people from all walks of life. Not to be mistaken for the hipster hang-out it could so easy be, Commissary manages to draw an eclectic mix of patrons that changes drastically from one night to the next. Part of this may be due to the fact that each night features a different type of music. Like the Avalon Bar, this establishment operates on a limited beer and wine liquor license, so if you're looking for hard liquor, you had better move along. If you're interested in a tasteful hangout with an interesting ambiance and mix of people, then this is the place to be. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.commonwealthlounge.com This downtown spot has successfully separated itself from the herd of local sud-slingers with unique aesthetic flourishes. Remarkably, the bar itself is table high, and patrons are seated in cushy, broad-backed chairs. The recessed liquor shelves feature opaque surfaces through which constantly changing colors shine and the tin ceiling is embellished with stamped floral patterns. The bar staff mixes up a menagerie of martinis from classic to watermelon as well as other alcoholic concoctions. However, local beer lovers will be delighted to know the lounge serves a tasty micro-number from Placentia's The Bruery, a spicy summer ale called Trade Winds. DJs regularly spin salsa, soul and funk and include appearances from KCRW's own Jeremy Sole as well as resident DJ Bobby Soul. More known for its great music and beautifully lit lounge than its food, although one could imagine Sinatra eating here if he was into artisan flatbreads. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.commonwealthlounge.com/newport/ Commonwealth Lounge, the brand that has so far been the poster boy of the Downtown Fullerton Revival, brings to coastal dwellers a Central OC kind of nightlife, a Fullerton kind of flavor. Key in Commonwealth Lounge's operating model is its steady roster of DJs, live bands and, on some nights, a burlesque act of which you've no doubt seen featured slideshows on our paper's website. But Commonwealth, above all else, is less a restaurant and more a Goth-punk nightclub that the sunnier and comparatively richer Newport Beach types may or may not be quite ready for―a place to be after-hours for a drink, to chill and to be around friends with whom you'd rather not hear above the loud, loud music. The best time to come is during happy hour for generous discounts on booze and food or after 9 p.m., when something interesting happens at the small corner stage on the second floor. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.concoursebowling.com The beauty of Kingpin's Bar, located inside the Concourse Entertainment Center, is its wealth of recreational opportunities. The bar is equipped with two pool tables and several flat-screen TVs, as well as a massive big-screen. Bartenders pour from a full complement of liquors, and a great selection of beers on tap including: Lost Coast Apricot Wheat, Oatmeal Stout and Hoegaarden Belgian White Ale. For those interested in something a little tamer, Bud Light and the always-delicious wheat-ale Shock Top is available as well. Best of all, the bar is a stone's throw from 40 lanes of bowling. Patrons can shell out extra dough to have multiple lanes enclosed with plush red curtains and be personally attended to by pretty cocktail waitresses. On Friday and Saturday nights, you'll find cosmic bowling, with hip-hop and rock & roll bumped through the state-of-the art sound system. But be forewarned, these nights can get crowded. Luckily, there's a bar at the ready to keep you occupied while you wait for a lane. Happy hour happens Mondays from 2p.m. to closing and Tuesday through Friday 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.congregationalehouse.com Congregation, which is part of a mini chain of beer bars with other “chapters” in Azusa and Pasadena, has a church theme; but it’s done with just enough tongue-in-cheekiness it bypasses blasphemy and becomes nothing more than good-natured satire. A “collection plate” next to the register is actually the tip jar. Happy Hours are called “Mass,” with a late-night one called “Midnight Mass.” And flitting about the room in fetishistic Catholic-schoolgirl uniforms with pleated skirts hitched up scandalously far above the knee are servers who’ll offer to top off your soda. But if it’s water you want, you get it yourself at a “Holy Water” station. Religious kidding aside, Congregation is all business everywhere else. It’s downright liturgical in charging only $7 to $8 for the holy trinity of foods that go well with beer: sausage sandwiches, burgers and pizza. This place understands that people who are willing to queue up to order food in a bar like this aren’t interested in anything fancier than what they can hold in their hands or eat with their fingers. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.myspace.com/thecontinentalroom Tucked away on a tiny side street in downtown Fullerton, the Continental Room doesn't look like much from the outside, but the blah exterior masks the drop-dead sexy lounge within. The interior is reminiscent of a lush, red-lit, turn of the century boudoir. The Continental Room opened in 1925, and though it served as a simple beer bar, it's still gets the title of oldest watering hole in the city. Bands and DJs play regularly on the small circular stage in the corner of the club. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
Swing by this remote spot on a weekend, and the first thing you'll notice is the omnipresent odor of leather-if you didn't already spot the rows upon rows of hogs out front. Cook's Corner is a Trabuco Canyon staple, hosting biker rallies it teems with motorcycle-club members, weekend warriors and bald, tattoo-faced riders straight out of central casting. Inside the ramshackle roadhouse is a bar featuring a modest selection of brews on tap, including Fat Tire, PBR and Pyramid Hefeweizen. There's also a sizable selection of bottled beers, running the gamut from Miller to Dos Equis. There's often live entertainment on the large patio and weekly bike-accessory bazaars. To top it off, Cook's is cradled within a verdant valley on the southern border of the Santa Ana Mountains, arguably the most scenic wilderness area in Orange County. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
Santa Ana hipster bar The Copper Door represents a new level in ironic minimalism. Lit only by the dancing flames of candles, the spartan room is elegantly outfitted with a few picnic-style tables arranged end to end, a stage and two pool tables. If you're looking for fancy cocktails, you won't find them here, just scads of fancy craft beer. Try a Doghead Fish Ale, Uinta Wyld Organic Pale Ale, or a Chimay Triple White. But beware: many of these brews are up to nine-percent alcohol and pack a punch. Depending on how ironic you want things to get, they also serve PBR. Nightly entertainment includes live music from folk, indie and blues bands including such artists as Nicole Vaughn and Jeramiah Red. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.cornerofficesportsbar.com To say there are a lot of TVs at Corner Office would be an understatement: Affixed to the walls are 15 flat-screens accompanied by eight projection screens as well as individual TVs linked to the bar's satellite feed at the end of every booth in the room. The joint is decorated like a sports bar, with NFL helmets lining the walls, jerseys hanging from the ceiling and beer signs covering every other available inch of wall space. The bar features four liquor-dispensing cold taps, serving up Jägermeister, two types of tequila, whiskey and vodka. They also feature a full liquor selection, a minimal variety of house wines and 12 beers on tap (including Pabst Blue Ribbon, available for the ironic beer drinker). Happy hour is Monday through Friday, 4 to 7 p.m., with domestic draft pints, house wines and well drinks for $3.50. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.costamesacountryclub.com The Costa Mesa Country Club in—where else?—Costa Mesa provides a great experience, with just about everything you'll need to eat up the weekend. Two full courses, the Mesa Linda and the Los Lagos, have weekday rates from 20 bucks (weekends from $30), plus discounts for fogies and kiddies. There's a driving range, hunky golf pros, daily tournament play and, of course, a full bar for that little drinkie-poo at the 19th hole. This bar also has surprisingly decent food, mostly of an Americana bent but in large platters that’ll feed your foursome. So even if you're a terrible golfer with hand-me-down clubs who couldn't get on a top-notch course even if you could afford it, you can still find total enlightenment on the links of Costa Mesa. Ah, Caddyshack: the sole connection for many of us commoners to the greatest game ever played. But it ain't gotta be that way. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
It's college all over again at Crabby Jack's. Mainstream hip-hop and rock as well as classic oldies blast from the0 speakers, limbo lines form at the back bar, and locals in bathing suits and towels sit drinking Buds on the deck. Crabby Jack's is a great happy-hour spot, when everything is 69 percent off -- which happily translates into domestics being around $1 and jokes for the college-age set. The bar boasts a casual environment (see bathing-suit dress code above) and a fun, though theme-parky, crab house décor. The menu includes stone crabs, burgers, and clams, perfect while guzzling down those brews. Hanging Christmas lights, the huge space (two rooms plus a giant porch outside), and the exceptionally friendly staff will make you as comfortable as possible to chug, chug, chug. You need to get loose, after all, before you spread your limbo feet and move to the limbo beat. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.aztecaoc.com Crooner's Lounge, the bar inside Azteca Mexican Restaurant in Garden Grove, is the choice of professional inebriates everywhere. Azteca is covered in all things King (more than 1,500 pieces of memorabilia), which means you can get a buzz on and ponder the temporality of life and the ephemeral nature of fame. Then, stagger over to the karaoke DJ and give "In the Ghetto" your best shot. Hell, it's guaranteed you'll be at least as good as Elvis himself toward the end. Once you croon, weave your way into the restaurant and order something with as clear and steady a voice as you can manage. Azteca is known for its garlic sauce, which does a pretty good job covering the smell of liquor. Okay, so the food's not the best Mexican around, but c'mon, you're drunk. Does it really need to be? Now do the right thing and call a cab. You want to live to overindulge another day, right? Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.thisisthecrosby.com After a long battle with the city of Santa Ana to finally get the Crosby up and running, former Weekly cover boys finally managed to sort through all that red tape and got this gem to shine right in the middle of Santa Ana's Artist Village. Serving a vegan-friendly menu well into the wee hours, the Crosby attends to nightlife-lovers with a myriad of drinks and talented DJs filling the void. Live music and heady libations, sure, but the secret is the stellar kitchen: the Crosby's jerk carnitas sandwich was one of OC Weekly's Top 100 Dishes of 2010, and the cream of cilantro pesto pizza is a vegetarian's dream. The coolest detail: during the daytime, beats sometimes blast through a multitude of ghetto blasters lining the walls. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
http://www.crowburgerkitchen.com Though the Crow Burger Kitchen is known for its innovative food, one would be remiss were they to overlook the incredible beer offering. Associated with the Crow Bar in Corona del Mar, this Balboa Peninsula location sports a minimalist, streamlined look. The open-air patio draws ocean breezes into a handsome wood-paneled room where two large grey pipes behind the bar conceal 32 tap lines— functional and aesthetically pleasing. The spigots dispense a long list of craft labels including Firestone IPA, Allagash White, and Lost Coast Alley Cat. The waitresses and bar tenders here are incredibly knowledgeable about the products they sell, so be sure to pick their brains for the perfect pint. Read more about this Orange County bar or club >>
