A former cop bar that found a new lease of life after it was bought by Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli, the Short Stop helped kickstart the still-ongoing Echo Park renaissance several years ago. The formula is familiar, but the blend of scruffy decor, clued-in music and unfussy, fairly priced drinks still attracts über-fashionable customers. The DJs are alternately lauded and lambasted by locals, but the dancefloor is nearly always full.
Area Los Angeles
Transport Bus 2, 4/I-110, exit Sunset Boulevard.
Telephone 1-213 482 4942
Open 5pm-2am daily; also 2hrs before Dodgers home games.
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