| John Bull (Old) | The best old British Pub; long gone. |
| John Bull (New) | Now a restaurant. |
| LochNess Monster | Still going as the Old Towne Pub. Spent a lot of time here. |
| Reuben's | Featured dancing in the early 1980's. |
| Monahan's | Was a great place for the Lake Ave. business crowd. |
| Handlebars | Hard to find beer bar. Good sized dance floor. |
| Manana | Quiet fancy Mexican restaurant. Long gone, I think. |
| Slik's | Dance club atop the Hilton. |
| 1 West | Used to feature live music. I don't know what's there now. |
| Prime Time | Mid-Pasadena R&B club. |
| Hamburger Hamlet | I own stock in this chain, so it's probably going out of business soon. |
| Nightwatch | Once was Henry's Chicken in a Basket. Gone. |
| Hazel's | Only place other than the Loch Ness where I ever saw Snotty Scotty and the Hankies playing. |
| Casa Maria | |
| Ritz Grill | |
| Black Angus (Monrovia) | |
| Gus's Barbecue | Saw Robert Reed there. |
| Barney's LTD | |
| Romeo's | |
| Arriba | |
| Billabong | |
| Velvet Turtle | |
| Dodsworth | Now the Cheesecake Factory. |
| Monty's | |
| Fannie's | The Bar at the Hilton. |
| Italian Fisherman | Years ago it was really nice inside. Then they remodeled. They had great food. |
| Parkway Grill | Once considered one of the best restaurants in Pasadena. |
| Brown Derby | The only restaurant for which I was ever told, when making reservations, "Coat and tie required for gentlemen". |
| De Lacey's Club 41 | Still a great place for steaks and chops. The Caesar Salad and the Oysters Rockefeller are noteworthy. |
| Charley Brown's | |
| Crown City Brewery | Vast selection of beers here. Not a bad place to take lunch. |
| Stoney Point | |
| Crossbow | |
| Inn Arty's | |
| Beckham Place | |
| Menage | |
| Pappagallo | |
| Holly St. Bar & Grill | |
| CT's Bar & Grill (Alhambra) | |
| Cafe Catavino | |
| 35er | Once a local dive. Remodeled into a more respectable, but less interesting place. |
| McNamaras Idle Hour | |
| Market City Caffe | |
| Cal State L.A. Pub | I think it was called Union Station. |
| Le Papillon | |
| Cafe Rialto | |
| Rumors | Small dive on Colorado Blvd. |
| Old Timer | A neighborhood beer bar. |
| Green Street | |
| Tony Roma's | |
| Sawmill | |
| Bona Corso | Family syle Italian restaurant which, I think, has moved across the street, to the other side of Lake Ave. |
| Mijares | |
| Sunset | I went there to write a music review for the Pasadena Weekly. |
| McCarthy's | |
| Jake's Billiards | |
| Sammy's | |
| Mi Piace | |
| Q's | |
| CT's Bar & Grill (Pasadena) | Last place I saw Bill "The Fox" Foster perform. |
| Lucky Baldwin's (Old) | Burned down, and something else opened there. |
| Il Fornaio | Good Italian restaurant with a long bar. |
| McMurphy's | |
| Gordon Biersch | Good food, but a few too many hip people. |
| Mecca Room | Now the busy Louise's Trattoria. |
| Cafe Santorini | I've always liked the atmosphere on the balcony. |
| Twin Palms | This place is real nice, but has posessed the Humm Baby for a bit too long in my opinion. |
| McCormack & Schmicks | This fish house used to have some good appetizers. I don't know the current status. |
| Papashon | Gone now. One in a rather fancy small chain of restaurants. We ducked in here on a rainy night, and had some nice pork chops. |
| Crocodile Cafe | This is the one on Lake Ave. The bar was bearable, but the restaurant, in which we did not eat, but which we observed from the bar, was packed with, and completely dominated by the presence of, children. |
| Jerry's Famous Deli (Pas.) | I think it either is, or is in the process of becoming, a Hooters. |
| Buca Di Beppo | Great for a big crowd. |
| Houstons | Dark wood and fancy hamburgers. |
| Lucky Baldwin's (New) | Nice, dark pub - a couple blocks south of the old one. |
| Bahooka | The famous Polynesian venue. |
| Clearman's Galley | AKA The Hamburger Boat. |
| Front Runner | |
| Peppers | |
| Cameron's | |
| Sorriso | |
| Sirona Grille | |
| Frank & Dean's | |
| 100 to 1 Club | |
| Derby | The restaurant that Seabiscuit built. |
| First Cabin | |
| Trifecta | |
| Drinker's Hall of Fame | |
| Matt Denny's | |
| Bistro de la Gare | |
| Nikki C's | |
| Panda | |
| Hooters (Pasadena) | |
| Casa Del Rey(Sierra Madre) | |
| Buccaneer Lounge(Sierra Madre) | |
| Dal Rae (Pico Rivera) | |
| Lucky Baldwin's(Sierra Madre) | |
| Northwoods Inn | |
| Colorado | |
| Crest Lounge (Temple City) | |
| Conrad's | |
| Griffins of Kinsale | |
| Harlowe's French Dip | |
| El Portal | |
| Lady Jane's | |
| Carlos O'Brien's | The former site of Desmond's store had many incarnations before being razed. |
| Rusty Scupper | |
| Reflections (Glendale) | |
| Reflections (LC) | |
| Shaker Mountain Inn | |
| Jax | Still one of our favorite restaurants; very comfortable jazz bar. |
| Shenanigans | |
| Churchill's | |
| Marie Callandar's | |
| Players | |
| Roost | |
| Jim's Bar | |
| Clancy's | |
| Forge | |
| Castaways | Famous for its great view. |
| Bombay Bicycle Club | |
| Black Angus (Burbank) | |
| Bobby McGee's | |
| Don Carlos | |
| Rusty Pelican | |
| Damon's | Steaks, chops, and a decent bar. |
| Cellar Club | Old timers used to come here and sing. |
| Ken & Rod's | Used to go there when I worked at Sammon's Cable. |
| Grand Central Bowl | Now a Disney Imagineering Building. They retained 4 of the 64 bowling lanes for company use. |
| Winchester | |
| China Inn | |
| Noodles | |
| Rusty's Hacienda | |
| Butcher's Arms | Gone. A good bar too. |
| Tam O'Shanter | |
| Clancy's Santa Fe Cantina | |
| Tony Roma's | |
| Charles Billards | |
| Phone Company | Now a Filipino restaurant. |
| Acapulco | |
| Chuy's | Had decent happy hour specials. |
| Beaches | Seafood restaurant. Gone. |
| Jan Drake's | |
| Golden Cue | |
| Red Robin | |
| Market City Cafe (Burbank) | |
| Islands (Burbank) | |
| Far Niente | |
| Harvest Inn | Fancy Chinese. |
| Red Lion Hotel | Now a Hilton. |
| Barney's LTD (Glen) | |
| Barragan's | |
| Don Cuco | |
| Elephant Bar (Burbank) | |
| Chevy's (Burbank) | |
| Macaroni Grill (Burbank) | |
| Hooters (Burbank) | |
| Burbank Bar and Grill (Burbank) | |
| Story Tavern(Burbank) | |
| Foxy's | |
| Red Lion | Still a great place to go after a Dodger game. |
| Chrystie's | Nice city bar. Gone. |
| Ginger Man | Carroll O'Connor's citified Beverly Hill's bistro. |
| Red Onion (Beverly Hills) | Popular dance place. |
| Pizzazz | Black owned club in LA. We went to the grand opening, and one of the owners busted us drinking out of our flasks in the bathroom. |
| Hofbrau/Turner Inn | Might have been where Staples Center is. If you dug doing the polka with someone's mom, this was the place. |
| Pan American Night Club | Latin nightclub; I don't think this is where Red Sanders died. |
| Hong Kong Cafe | Along with Madame Wong's, one of the original venue's of the LA new wave scene, starting in the late 1970's. |
| Madame Wong's | See Hong Kong Café |
| Roxy | Long time Rock music venue. |
| Body Shoppe | Kind of crummy strip show. Odd thing - Mark remembered the girls to have been naked, which they by no means were. |
| Yee Mee Loo | Great old place. Gone. I have little interest in seeing the remains of the bar at Cinnabar in Glendale. |
| Coconut Teaszer | Saw Ralph Macchio there on a quiet Sunday night. |
| Cat & Fiddle | Hollywood's venerable British pub. Unfortunately, I never went to the old location on Laurel Canyon. |
| Barney's Beanery | Saw Julian Lennon there on the same Sunday night. (See Coconut Teaszer). |
| Sound Check | Hangout for down-on-their-luck Hollywood-type ex-Midwesterners. |
| Al's Bar | Artsy downtown dive. Saw George Wendt there, and he wasn't drinking beer. |
| Crush Bar (Continental Club) | Dancing to '60's music in what appears to have been a converted bowling alley. |
| Crush Bar (Stardust Ballroom) | Same as above, but in a large dance hall. |
| Tiki Ti | They had a big drink - basically a huge bowl of alcohol - called the Chief Lapu Lapu Senior. I think it's illegal now. |
| Rainbow | For the Hollywood rockers and posers. |
| Cathay de Grande | This somewhat raunchy club later became the site of a nice place - I forget the name - where I saw Jerry Dunphy. |
| Hardrock Cafe | Big circular bar was very popular in the mid 1980's. |
| Kit Kat Club | Small music joint. First saw the Young Lords there before I joined the band. |
| Club Lingerie | Loud - too loud - popular rock music club. |
| Pat's Place | I think someone I know lived here, and slept on the pool table. |
| Villa Taxco | |
| Anti Club (Helen's) | |
| Starkey's Deli | |
| 48 Crash | |
| Silvio | |
| Jay Sloan's | |
| Giovanni | Ate there once on an Entertainment Book coupon. |
| Ports | |
| Muse | I once had a great piece of flourless chocolate cake there. |
| Cafe Roma | |
| Formosa Cafe | |
| Flaming Colossus | |
| Lawry's Prime Rib | |
| Hank's | Frank's one-time second home. |
| Grand Star | |
| Bistro | |
| Bocca | |
| Molly Malone's | |
| El Coyote | |
| Coach & Horses | |
| Pane Caldo | |
| Walk of Fame | Right in the heart of Hollywood. The only other patron at the bar, aside from my party, was a hooker. |
| Cocola | |
| Tuttobene | |
| Club Tee Gee | |
| Lo Stregone | |
| Chi Dynasty | |
| Pierre's Los Feliz | Gone now. Was an old fashioned place where you could get a hunk of game. |
| Dresden | |
| Grandview Gardens | This was the old dim sum joint. |
| Hop Louie | Upstairs in "New" Chinatown. |
| L.A. Nicola | |
| Engine Company No. 28 | |
| Lawry's Patio | |
| Prego | |
| Cafe Rodeo | |
| El Paseo | |
| Grill on Main | |
| Snow White Cafe | |
| Hamburger Hamlet (Hollywood) | |
| Taix | Venerable Echo Park Restaurant. Went there in 1966 and 2003 |
| Musso & Frank's Grill | |
| Miceli's | |
| Empress Pavilion | |
| Pig & Whistle | |
| Vert | |
| Edendale Grill | |
| Frolic Room | |
| Noe | At the Omni Hotel |
| Hollywood Renaissance Hotel Bar | |
| HMS Bounty | |
| Traxx Bar | At Union Station |
| Nick & Stef's Steakhouse | |
| Redwood Bar & Grill | |
| Pete's Cafe & Bar | |
| Electric Lotus | |
| Cole's | The other claimant to French Dip priority |
| Riordan's Tavern | |
| Bella Cucina | On Hollywood Blvd. |
| El Chavo | |
| Good Luck | |
| Yard House | At L.A. Live |
| Trader Vic's | At L.A. Live |
| ESPN Zone | At L.A. Live |
| Biergarten | In Koreatown |
| Home | Silverlake Location |
| Plum Tree Inn | |
| Dillon's Irish Pub | |
| Hard Rock Cafe (Hollywood) | |
| Kubar | |
| Palermo | |
| Simply Thai | |
| Harding/Wilson Golf Course Coffee Shop | |
| Living Room Lounge | At the W Hotel |
| La Golondrina | |
| Tekila | |
| Loterěa Grill | |
| Powerhouse | |
| Tinhorn Flats (Hollywood) | |
| El Conquistador | |
| Palm (WH) | |
| Prince | |
| Kitchen 24 | |
| Imperial Western Brewing Company | |
| Fox Inn | The first bar I went to in LA. RIP, Bill Foster. |
| Music Machine | |
| Huntley House | Still popular as Topper's Mexican restaurant. Nice views from the top of the Huntley Hotel. |
| Carlos & Pepe's | |
| Wildflour (Santa Monica) | |
| Marshall Sutter's | |
| McGinty's | Across the street from the Fox Inn. One would go here during the Fox's breaks. |
| San Francisco Saloon | |
| Chippendale's | They let the guys in after the male exotic dancer show was over - and the place was packed with girls. |
| Yesterdays | This place was very popular; especially the balcony section over Westwood Blvd. |
| Crystal Palace | Another short-lived Westwood restaurant. |
| Mom's | Brentwood club with a definite U.C.L.A. feel. |
| Hamburger Hamlet (Brentwood) | This link in the Hamburger Hamlet chain featured dancing, I believe. |
| P.O.E.T.S. | No business lasted very long at this Weswood location. |
| Monty's (Westwood) | I remember the sign on top of the building more than the bar. |
| Willy Tiffany's | |
| Brandy's | |
| Merlin McFly's | |
| Madame Wong's West | |
| D.B. Levy's | They had a huge menu, with hundreds of sandwiches, all of which were named after celebrities. I usually went there just to drink though. |
| Dillon's | Very popular multi-level disco, from disco's heyday. |
| Oar House | |
| Fish Company | |
| Fat City | |
| D.B. Cooper's | |
| Apples | |
| Bentley's 49 | |
| Wave | |
| Baxter's (Westwood) | |
| Cutters | |
| Tavern on Main | |
| Land's End | |
| City of Angels Brewing Co. | |
| Ye Olde Kings Head | |
| Ocean Avenue Seafood | |
| Cafe Pelican | |
| DC3 | |
| Rebecca's | |
| La Cage Aux Folles | |
| On the Waterfront | |
| Brennan's | |
| King George V (Old) | |
| King George V (New) | |
| Eureka | |
| Father's Office | Once had the novelty of being smoke-free, before that was legally mandated. |
| Teaser's | |
| Broadway Bar & Grill | |
| Joxer Daly's | |
| Red Onion (Redondo Beach) | I remember a normal mixed dance crowd; and they had a porno running on a big screen?! |
| Reuben's (Torrance) | |
| Jockey Club (Redondo Beach) | The day after running up a huge bar tab here with Malcolm, passing out in his car, and spending the night in his garage, we thought it wise to buy flasks. |
| Lococo's | Map of Iberia on the dance floor. |
| Gung Hay | Big Asian hangout. |
| Baxter's | |
| Warehouse | |
| Gulliver's | |
| T.G.I. Friday's | |
| Tequila Willie's | |
| Airport Hyatt | Had a drink here when the Theta formals were held at this hotel. |
| Irisher | Went there during Frank's Labor Day party, after which I had the worst hangover of my life. |
| MacArthur Park | I think we went there for John's 40th birthday. |
| The Strand | Spacious music venue. Saw Taj there. |
| Manhattan Coolers | One of those places that there is only one of, but still seems like a chain. |
| Angeli Mare | Had dinner here once. There was a small, crowded bar. |
| Larson's Hole in the Wall | One day I drank my way home from the beach - see the next 3 entries. This place is gone. |
| Frank's Bar & Grill | See above. |
| Pork Chop Brown's | See above. |
| Nordondo Club | See above. Always liked the name of this place. |
| Huntington Beach Beer Co | Had lunch there. There were more White people in Huntington Beach than I had ever seen in one place in my life. It seemed like a different country - maybe Nazi Germany. |
| Hennessy's (Hermosa Beach) | Nice indoor-outdoor beach tavern. |
| El Adobe (San Juan Capistrano) | |
| Swallows Inn (San Juan Capistrano) | Fantastic local saloon. |
| Ciao Pasta (San Juan Capistrano) | |
| Sasch | I could never figure out why the people at this Vally club were so stuck up. |
| Tennessee Gin & Cotton | Big multi-roomed dance club. |
| Adam's Rib | Around the world in 80 beers. |
| Fung Lum | Real fancy Chinese. Went there very early on with Mark. I know it was early in my drinking days, because I ordered a White Russian. |
| Palomino | The classic Valley country music venue. |
| Stanley's | Restaurant with large, Valley singles bar. I can't, for the life of me, figure out why it was so popular. |
| L'Express (North Hollywood) | Their food wasn't too bad, as I remember. Easy stop for a drink when on the way to somewhere else. |
| L'Express (Sherman Oaks) | I can scarcely remember this one. |
| China Trader | Anne and Laurie were served a Mickey Finn here. |
| Stage East | |
| F.M. Station | |
| Country Club | |
| Queso Grande Cantina | |
| Moscow Nights | |
| Shaine's | |
| Jerry's Deli | |
| Casting Office | |
| El Chiquito | |
| Dalt's | |
| Moonlight Tango Cafe | |
| Que Pasa | |
| Hilltop Hungarian Restaurant | Gone; had good food though. |
| Robin Hood | |
| Pago Pago | Gone; now a Disney day care center at this location. |
| Des Reagan's | Went there more often as the Cinnamon Cinder; country music. |
| Now Voyager | |
| El Torito | |
| Don Cuco | |
| Piero's | Chef Piero himself was tending bar when I wen't in there. |
| Feed Store | |
| Whispers | Bar of the Ramada Inn. |
| Acapulco (Burbank) | |
| Tony Roma's (Universal) | |
| Giamela's/Nick's Saloon | Used to go there with Brent for a couple of beers while ostensibly going "across the street" on business. |
| Smokehouse | Old fashioned place; famous for its cheese toast. |
| Tin Horn Flats | Neighborhood bar in Burbank; decent burgers. |
| Gladstone's | |
| Sardo's | Every old-timer in Toluca Lake must be in this place around lunch time. |
| Victoria Station | |
| Camacho's | Forgettable restaurant in Citywalk. |
| Pickwick Bowl | Good large bowling alley. |
| Hollywood -a-Go-Go | Sleazy bikini dancing girls. |
| Captain's Cabin | This seemed like a dangerous place. |
| TGI Friday's (WH) | Their food is surprisingly good. Met Janet here. |
| Hollywood Athletic Club (Univ.) | Another gimmicky Citywalk joint. |
| Mo's | |
| Buchanan Arms | |
| Champs | |
| Blue Chip (Burbank) | |
| Timmy Nolan's | |
| Cheesecake Factory (Sh. Oaks) | |
| Money Tree | |
| P.F. Chang's | |
| Mr. B's | |
| Marmelade Cafe | |
| Chez Nous | |
| Valley Inn | |
| Olive Garden (Burbank) | |
| Little Toni's | |
| Gary Bric's Ramp | |
| Blue Dog Beer Tavern | |
| Barrel | |
| Fox Fire Room | |
| Ireland's 32 | |
| Lamplighter | |
| Federal Bar | |
| Tequila's | |
| Great Greek | |
| Arnie Morton's | |
| Casa Cabo | Now Simmzy's |
| Malbec | |
| Ca Del Sole | |
| Idle Hour Cafe | |
| Tiki No | |
| Eclectic Cafe | |
| Networks Cafe | |
| Hamburger Hamlet (Sherman Oaks) | |
| Ernies | |
| Salsa and Beer (NH) | |
