Los Angeles' Best Same-Sex Singles Scene 2008

Snappy new WeHo supper club with edgy design and stage shows makes a play at being the gay Tao of LA.

Reviews:

• “Avoid! Avoid! Avoid! "
• “Eleven is our favorite restaurant!”
• “Hot bar, blah dining”
• “The food was good, but the hostess and the entire operations in the kitchen SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11”
• “Overpriced and mediocre”

Tips: After 11pm, the restaurant officially changes over to a nightclub. Anyone who enjoyed dinner is welcome to stay—anyone new trying to get in can expect a wait unless they’re on a guest list.

Eleven Restaurant and Nightclub

This WeHo hot spot is ablaze with drag queens, bingo parties and hip-hop DJs.

Reviews:

• “Fun when Mario Diaz is hosting, Iffy otherwise”
• “ALWAYS a good time”
• “Fubar Fat dick”
• “fubar kicks my ass”
• “Best bartenders in LA”

Tips: Check their website (www.fubarla.com) for weekly events.

Fubar

West Hollywood gay restaurant, coffeehouse and bar provides both relaxed fun and an atypically cosmopolitan atmosphere.

Reviews:

• “Packed on weekends! …Even on Sudnays until late at night”
• “Big change”
• “Used to be the place to go…. "
• “Karaoke night :-(”
• “Not the Place to be….”

Tips: There’s all-day parking at the Pacific Design Center, and allotted time slots in two other lots: 8am to 6pm at 627 N Robertson, and 6pm to 2am at 8727 Santa Monica Blvd.

The Abbey

Fanciful comfort food and elaborate aquatic decor make a splash in WeHo.

Reviews:

• “A Perfect Evening Planned Flawlessly”
• “Good.”
• “They got everything right”
• “Great food”
• “Fantastic food, amazing ambience and stellar service”

Tips: Sweeping vistas of the lush “forbidden garden” make table 4 a romantic Boys’ Town retreat. (Seats two).

O-Bar Restaurant or email O-Bar Restaurant

Gay dive bar in Pasadena attracts mature locals looking for dance floor fun.

Reviews:

• “Can’t wait for Encounters to re-open”
• “fun local nightclub”
• “R.I.P. 08/18/07”
• “Ugggg”

Tips: There’s a free lot at the bar, as well as ample metered street parking.

Encounters Night Club

Every hour is happy hour at this lively neighborhood gay bar.

Reviews:

• “The Bartender is a scoundrel”
• “The bartender was colder than the beer!”
• “Roosterfish, is OK”
• “RUDE RUDE RUDE BARTENDER”
• “Great Local Gay Bar. AWFUL BARTENDERS”

Tips: There are four parking spaces in the lot behind the bar.

Roosterfish

Silver Lake gay bar where the crowd is as diverse as the jukebox selections.

Reviews:

• “Be careful with your credit card!!”
• “good place for a drink…”
• “Cool place despite bartenders attitudes…”
• “in response to UNSCRUPULAS BUSINESS ACT”
• “UNSCRUPULOUS BUSINESS ACT "

Tips: Happy hour is Mon-Fri, 7pm-8pm. There are also drink specials every night, like happy hour prices all Monday night for everyone, and all Thursday night for women.

Akbar

Thumping music and a dazzling light show in the heart of West Hollywood’s Boys Town.

Reviews:

• “Fun but overpriced!!”
• “Amazing DJ and dancefloor and strongest drinks around!”
• “Best dance club in Weho.”
• “Best Gay Club in WeHo”
• “Rage turned to sh*t”

Tips: The public library on San Vicente, and Pacific Design Center’s parking lot provide free nearby parking. Avoid the neighborhood parking because permit restrictions and posted signs are easy to misread.

Rage

An eclectic mix, minus homophobes or heterophobes, combine with good music for a laid-back atmosphere.

Reviews:

• “Welcome Back Normandie!”
• “Great neighborhood bar!”
• “Just average”
• “Get Ripped Off”
• “Great Bartenders”

Tips: There’s no cover, but parking can be tight and the bar sometimes fills up on the weekends.

Normandie Room

Super-sexy guys and gals gravitate to this decadent WeHo lounge and patio.

Reviews:

• “Worst Venue in LA/HOLLYWOOD”
• “Ur 15 min is OVER!”
• “Popular West Hollywood gay club”
• “Where are the hot women at?”
• “Awful drinks”

Tips: A mixed crowd flocks here Thursdays for Fuse, a cool club night featuring early evening hors d’oeuvres and dancing all night long.

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