Liquid Kitty

• Hours: Mon-Fri 5pm-2pm, Sun,Sat 8pm-2am
  Entertainment: Live Entertainment, DJs
• Reservations: Accepted
  Parking: Valet

Description

Below and behind one of the best neon bar signs in town (it alternately flashes from a shaken martini glass to a lit cigarette), Liquid Kitty remains West L.A.'s coolest bar for its chilled-out atmosphere, brutal-with-the-booze, heavy-mixing bartenders and nightly entertainment, always for free. The dark-wood-paneled hole isn't quite a dive, but it's far from a snooty swank pit. The Kitty, in fact, has a very punky sensibility, which is punctuated a few times a year by its bodacious "Punk Rock" BBQs. Regular entertainment at the spot includes Monday-night "Kitty-oke," DJs spinning everything from '80s to funky soul to mixtapes Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, respectively, and live music of the blues, jazz and funk variety on Thursdays and Sundays. Cocktail specialties include the Kitty martini, and snazzy-named concoctions such as the "Harold & Maude" and "The Omen." Most go for their "Economic Aid Menu" (available Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays): $5 medium-sized martinis, $2 PBR, or the "Lowlife" - a well shot and PBR for $4.