The Semi-Tropic

On our list of the best cocktail bars in Los Angeles.

A couch-lined room off Sunset Boulevard is wired with custom speakers built around 1960s tube amps, closer in feel to a co-op community room than a typical bar. The kitchen serves Mediterranean-leaning plates, including grain bowls, kebabs, and eggplant dishes, alongside cocktails such as a lavender gimlet and a mezcal Paloma, and an outdoor patio with fire pits extends the room outside. Listening parties and private events, including record releases and film screenings, also run through the space.