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    Los Angelinos: Where to get a beer near the LA Convention Center?

    Since we have a fair amount of LA inhabitants here, I figured it best to ask where a nice but none too expensive bar is near the LACC. Don't care if it's a bit gritty as long as a guy can get a cab or a bus relatively late at night from there.

    As I live near Main Street in Santa Monica, all my needs are taken care of locally, and I only go to the Convention Center for business. Well, I will be going there for business in a matter of days, and the gentlemen I'll be meeting with love to drink till they can't walk. I'm never much interested in that myself, so I know nothing, and all my local buds also rely on Main Street for their watering holes.

    So, help, please? Where can I take them that won't charge an arm and a leg (an arm is acceptable)? A good selection of booze is preferred. Food is a secondary interest -- it's nice if they serve some pub grub, but the quality of the drink is far more important than something to chew on. Besides, if they wanted quality eats, that's something I can very easily handle myself (and will be, since I have a few dinner dates).

    Thanks in advance.

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    Dark alley behind the nearest mexican grocery store.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kohan View Post
    Since we have a fair amount of LA inhabitants here, I figured it best to ask where a nice but none too expensive bar is near the LACC. Don't care if it's a bit gritty as long as a guy can get a cab or a bus relatively late at night from there.

    As I live near Main Street in Santa Monica, all my needs are taken care of locally, and I only go to the Convention Center for business. Well, I will be going there for business in a matter of days, and the gentlemen I'll be meeting with love to drink till they can't walk. I'm never much interested in that myself, so I know nothing, and all my local buds also rely on Main Street for their watering holes.

    So, help, please? Where can I take them that won't charge an arm and a leg (an arm is acceptable)? A good selection of booze is preferred. Food is a secondary interest -- it's nice if they serve some pub grub, but the quality of the drink is far more important than something to chew on. Besides, if they wanted quality eats, that's something I can very easily handle myself (and will be, since I have a few dinner dates).

    Thanks in advance.
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    Pile into a taxi and drive away, the area surrounding the LACC shuts down around 8PM, and there isn't a night life to speak of within walking distance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Correction View Post
    Pile into a taxi and drive away, the area surrounding the LACC shuts down around 8PM, and there isn't a night life to speak of within walking distance.
    To where?

    Really, does no one here go out for a night on the town? There have to be some people.

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    The Edison?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meteora View Post
    The Edison?
    Yes, here. It's not withing walking distance, hence the cab recommendation.

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    The only problem is that The Edison is closed a couple of days a week. Also, the place is located around 2nd and Main, so it might be kinda far for homeboy here.

    Another one that is kinda close (8th and Olive) is Golden Gopher, just a few blocks from the Staples Centre. The others I remember are more like sport-pubs type of places.

    Overall, The Edison is an interesting place.

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    Golden Gopher is the exact kind of place I'm looking for. The Edison is something I'd probably go to with close friends (or a meaningful business contact) instead.

    Thanks much.

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    the Edison isn't cheap, but what place in LA is? That being said it's probably the coolest alcohol-serving building I've ever been to.

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    Go somewhere with pear cider, I had it at a bar near UCLA which isn't near the CC but I highly recommend it Enjoy E3

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    Do you work for a game company or a retailer or the media?

    If you find a good bar while you are down there let me know as I am headed that way tomorrow after work and will be hanging around the convention center for the week. I think my friends and I will go walking around a little bit to try to find a good place to hang after each day.

    I hope there are some good places to go within walking distance of the Mayfair Hotel.