Happy’s Liquor and Market

This unassuming convenience/liquor store on a quiet stretch of Highland Park's Avenue 50 belies one of the finest selections of beers in the Los Angeles area. Part of a small, local chain of shops—with other outlets in El Monte, Whittier, Norwalk and Hawaiian Gardens—Happy’s has a truly remarkable selection of fantastic beers and ciders. Because it is also a full service liquor store, micro-brews share shelf-space with the big-boys of American brewing, and this co-mingling seems to keep the prices on the craftier bottles and six-packs surprisingly low. Definitely a go-to location for truly hard-to-find beers and unusual gems.