Bar Chloe

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

Tucked beside Hotel Carmel on Second Street with no sign marking the door, this small, dimly lit bar draws mostly locals through the week and a dressier crowd on weekends. A white bar top and Art Deco touches fill the narrow room. The kitchen sends out bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with blue cheese and substantial burgers topped with caramelized onions, while the bar builds a well-made Sazerac and a house Elixir of gin, green chartreuse, agave and lemon. A short, mostly European wine list and a handful of beers round things out.