The Silverlake Lounge — Restaurant in Los Angeles

If I come back here, it will be only because my friend's band is playing. The bar tender lied to my face when I asked about the one kind of red wine he was pouring (really cheap, wino brand Livingston). I asked him how long the bottle had been open (a magnum-sized bottle probably from the gas station down the street). He said "only a couple of hours." No red will go bad that quickly, even cheap Livingston, so I went ahead and ordered. Well, at the first sip, it tasted like waste water from a leather tanning factory. Even cheap wine isn't that horrible, and only a bottle that has been open for too long (12+ hours) will have this kind of nasty, terrible taste. I returned my glass and my girlfriend's glass, and this bartender couldn't have been more of a prick. He got pissed off at me as if I (the customer) was being unreasonable. Maybe he's a Trumpster and doesn't know how to apologize or at least do something, anything to make things better. I then ordered beer for us instead, and, get this, instead of apologizing and with a smirk on his face, he said "that'll be two dollars more." I then told him, "you know what, you could have bought a 90 point Cabernet at Trader Joe's for probably less than you paid for that swill, but you guys were too lazy to make the effort." I gave him the two dollars, composed myself for the sake of my girlfriend, and did the best I could to enjoy my friend's band. But this a-hole bartender would have been unfazed if he had ruined my night. That dude needs to go find another job, one that he doesn't hate so much. And what is it about a place of business that would allow someone like that to work there and, in California of all places, be so completely ignorant of wine...

First of all, The Sliverlake Lounge is a small yet cozy (21 and over) hole-in-the-wall lounge/bar so if you have children, leave them at home with a babysitter. Cover charge is $10 at the door, and don't forget to get your hand stamped so you could get back in if you need to step out for a bit.

Second, small as it is, this locale makes a very nice venue for any local or up-and-coming musicians and bands to perform their songs for a rather lively audience. Also, I heard through the grapevine that many bands, including Silversun Pickups have played here over the years.

Third, this place gets pretty crowded fairly quickly (standing room only) so if you come to watch a performance, try to get there early. Unless, of course, you're a strong and healthy young adult who doesn't mind being on his/her feet for several hours.

Fourth, just like at other Iive performance venues, the bands here can get really loud (especially if you're up near the stage) and I noticed some smart people using earplugs as a precaution to prevent possible hearing loss.

Fifth, they have a relatively small parking area, but you'll be happy to know that there's a larger pay parking lot conveniently located on the same side of the street very close by, literally just a few feet away from this locale and it will only cost you a flat fee of $10 for the whole night.

And lastly, for any handicapped music afficionados--just in case you were wondering--this place looked to be wheelchair accessible so come on down, bring a friend, have some drinks and...

Really LA Weekly?!

LA Weekly just lost all of its little respect I had for it by putting this place on their top list for bars in Silverlake. I know Silverlake isn't the first place people have in mind if they want to paint the town red, but seriously this place is crap.

Hello and Goodbye...forever.

This place is like a blast out of a mid 90's mexican movie where it's all musty with a slight misty fog in the air and there are 5 guys at the bar and 10 guys sitting up along a wall of chairs and as you come in they all turn and look at you. Awkward.

Cover Charge? Depends.

To really push it over the edge, there was a cover charge! Ha! Literally, laugh out loud man! It was $5 dollars at first! Until we all looked in, saw how bad it was inside and walked away the door man told us it was free if we bought drinks! He bargained with us! What is this, a car sale?! We had to pretend to walk away before he pulled us back, pathetic. I heard stories of it being $8 cover also?! I guess it's just whatever the doorman wants to...