Bar Stella

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

Next door to Cafe Stella at Sunset Junction, the bistro's cocktail bar is a dim room of leather couches, with a terrace of wicker chairs under bougainvillea outside. Bartenders in white jackets shake the classics and a changing list of seasonal and barrel-aged drinks, and they'll build one off the menu around whatever spirit you name. A jazz band plays on Sunday evenings. Weekends get loud and packed; weeknights are calmer.