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Angela Romero, who started throwing events in El Sereno at fourteen, built this Little Tokyo bar around East LA's lowrider culture; the venue describes its own mix as 'Black Love, Brown Pride, and Japaneros all in one.' The kitchen serves Abuelita-style home cooking alongside a cocktail program built to match the music, and DJs and live acts move between Motown, soul, and G-funk on bills that have included The Steady 45s. Shows run most Friday and Saturday nights, with record swaps filling in the gaps between.