Recently renovated, Benvenuto offers quality, inexpensive Italian fare in its restaurant, a former recording studio (the Doors recorded LA Woman here). The front patio is great...

Fine dining goes gay and goth at this sophisticated but unstuffy restaurant. One imagines this is what Cher's dining room looks like: glamorous, OTT and a little tacky. A mix...

It's hard to know which is more breathtaking: the views of the Hollywood Hills, or the Adonises who choose the hills as the backdrop for their exercise. Crunch classes...

Located inside the flamboyant French Market, this colourful house of camp seems like a leftover from Reagan's '80s. It stocks an array of rainbow-themed paraphernalia,...

Conveniently located near a slew of bars, Drake's sells sex to the Santa Monica Boulevard boys - and beyond. It's a one-stop shopping spot for DVDs, glossy mags, toys, sex aids...

Porn plays alluringly on the monitors as leather daddies get their boots polished at the premier leather and fetish bar in Los Angeles. Throbbing Thursdays are the bar's...

Martini drinkers mingle to the sound of slinky beats at this upscale bar. The place packs in a well-heeled mix of gays and lesbians most nights, but is all-girl on Thursdays....

A relative newcomer to Boys Town, Eleven has robbed the Abbey and Here of their Friday-night crowds. Gorgeous guys, Cirque du Soleil-like stage shows and a formidable lesbian...

Two venues for the price of one, run by the same team and almost sharing a building. The Factory's line-up is highlighted by Friday's top-40 Popstarz party; on the same night,...

Leather men and their followers hold Faultline in the highest regard, but other fetishes are catered for too: bikers, bodybuilders and body piercers are all regulars. The DJs...

A West Hollywood oasis, Fiesta Cantina is Club Tropicana for gays and their straight gal-pals, celebrating island life with a slew of festive drinks and loud music. Things pump...

Fubar is LA's slightly more tepid equivalent of NYC bar the Cock. Wild times abound, particularly at Thursday night's Big Fat Dick soirée: genitalia flashes while the WeHo...

Burger hounds have a tricky choice. Do you go to this gay-oriented mini-chain (tag line: 'Eat, drink and be Mary'), which hosts popular bingo tourneys on Sunday? Or do you try...

Located off the Santa Monica Boulevard drag, the minimalist, upscale Here Lounge accommodates a large crowd comprised of the scene's prettiest and cruisiest guys. The Sunday...