Serving high-quality coffees alongside a range of sweets and savouries, the moody-broody 18th Street Coffee House draws a loyal crowd of locals who also happen to be successful...

Right in the heart of West Hollywood, this branch offers a pool, sauna, weight, aerobics and even cardio kick-boxing.

Housed in a 1913 Beaux Arts building that's been restored and re-imagined on a magnificent scale, 740 is a three-level, glass-walled danceteria that offers bottle service, VIP...

You might need to blink a few times to adjust your eyes when you walk in the door. This new restaurant and lounge delivers as much speakeasy glamour as you're likely to find in...

Benefiting from local subsidies, daring small companies without permanent homes feature regularly at this county-owned indoor space under the larger, alfresco John Anson Ford...

America's most famous gay bookshop, A Different Light opened in 1979. In addition to selling books, videos and mags for gays, lesbians and transgendered people, the shop hosts...

The LA region's leading classical theatre company presents two annual seasons, each containing three productions in repertory. The troupe is currently based in a former masonic...

Having spent several years bouncing around the city, the A+D Museum - 'A' for architecture, 'D' for design - is now permanently ensconsed at this building on the Miracle Mile....

Run by and named after British expat Andy Griffith and LA style journalist Rose Apodaca, A+R offers a super-fresh selection of desirable designer goodies: mostly homewares,...

This beloved open-air swimming centre has two Olympic-sized pools for serious swimmers, but also provides plenty of access for families and swimming lessons for beginners.

This expansive restaurant/cocktail bar is a popular spot, and it more than deserves the crowds it attracts. The large outdoor patio with statues and fairy lights, is pleasant;...

Venice attracts a mixed crowd; and this café, which arrived on Abbot Kinney long before most of its neighbours, is no exception. Affluent home-owners mix with starving artists;...

This small and well-kept Hollywood theatre hosts Saturday Night Live-quality nights, and you can take that analogy however you please. Sketch comedy is the Acme's speciality;...

Unsurprising material is interspersed with the occasional premiere on the Actors Co-op schedules, and is staged with professional aplomb in two adjacent spaces on a...