Or Bar

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

This Santa Monica Boulevard bar took over the old Gold Coast space and redid it in 70s French disco glam: plush banquettes, gray drapes along the walls, an amoeba-shaped chandelier over the bar. Mornings run on La Colombe coffee and breakfast bites before the room switches to cocktails like the Spicy Mango Margarita and the Or-Tini, with happy hour on weekdays from 4 to 7pm and a Sunday martini social. It draws a queer crowd more interested in talking than dancing.