Bacari Beverly Hills

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

A sidewalk patio made for people-watching fronts this Brighton Way dining room, one of Bacari's several Los Angeles outposts built around warmly lit tables, bistro chairs and tiled floors. The kitchen mixes Mediterranean standards, sabich pita and shawarma tacos, with dishes like a lentil-and-rice mujadara and a glazed pork belly finished with lemon. Weekday happy hour runs three to six, and a nightly open-bar special swaps a flat price for ninety minutes of wine, sangria and beer, with reservations taken for groups of any size.