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                <title>The Formosa</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[10 best bars in LA and no Formosa? You've gotta be kidding! Elvis once tipped a waitress here with a Buick. Great bar, great drinks, great history and great margueritas.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Los Feliz</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Los Feliz is a great little neighborhood in north-east Los Angeles, near Griffith Park (I'm a little biased since I live there...).  Anytime but mid-July through August are the best times to go - it can get pretty hot some days during those months.  Check out Hillhurst north of Franklin, and Vermont north of Hollywood.  Lots of great restaurants, bars and hang-outs (Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on Hillhurst has a great patio with firepit).  Griffith Park is also nearby, with plenty of great hiking trails, pony rides for the kids, picnic areas, etc.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Barney's Beanery</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A bar on Santa Monica Blvd. <br><br>This is a Hollywood milestone. If you like good bars, don't miss it!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Barneys Beanery</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[With 2 branches in L.A. (the original in west L.A. on the old Route 66 and a more recent addition in Santa Monica) this is a fine place for a few beers from an enjoyably broad beer menu featuring brews from all over the world. There's  no need to go for the usual U.K. available labels so try a nice Fat Tire or Anchor Steam instead, and add a fabulous calzone or chilli bowl from their equally long food menu. Shoot some pool, play the jukebox or look at the tabletops which are full of showbiz memorabilia and great old celebrity pictures.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Standard</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A hip, trendy bar on the Sunset Strip (there's also one downtown which I haven't been to).  Free entry where one might mingle with stars on a busy night (including U.S. teen dream Chad Michael Murray) and where one might quietly play cards with his friends on a not-so-busy night. Expensive drinks, though, of course.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Old Place</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This is a fantastic old roadhouse on the Mulholland Drive.<br><br>This place is like an old-time saloon - and the owner matches the bill: he's about 75, with a huge cowboy hat. The interior of the place is fab, too, dark wood, a long bar, the only thing missing are the spittoons!<br><br>They're not open all the time, though. We got lucky, and the old timer let us in for a beer even though the place was closed. But it's a good idea to call them beforehand.]]></description>
                
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                <title>El Carmen</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[An unassuming canopy on west 3rd hides a dimly lit, but atmospheric bar. Serves over 270 types of tequila, great Margarita's and all else until late to a hippish, relaxed LA crowd. Has chic mexican wrestling decor, once your eyes have adjusted to the nice low light. Yum.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Georgian</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A wonderful seafront hotel in beautiful Santa Monica, the Georgian is, on the outside, a powder blue art-deco classic, while on the inside the rooms are modern and stylish but with the old-world feel of the hotel preserved. Enjoy a drink at sunset at the hotelfront veranda bar and watch the world go by in style.]]></description>
                
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