The Hotel Cafe

1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 461-2040

Not a hotel but a live music venue with some of the best up-and-coming acts performing here, really crowded but full of people who enjoy good times and even better music, beers are the only drink on tap at this joint but they offer a wide enough selection, regardless, don't come here for the drinks, come here for the great acts that one day you will see playing amphitheaters across the country. Arrive early to score one of the too-close-together rickety tables, a la a Parisian cafe. Otherwise, you'll end up standing three rows deep behind the seating area.