Neighborhoods Cahuenga Corridor Nightlife Guide

Formerly a sketchy area off Hollywood Boulevard, the Cahuenga Corridor has become a popular nightlife destination, luring in everyone from Paris Hilton (with celeb entourage) to beat-seeking hip-hoppers and rowdy punks. - LA.com

Citizen Smith

Pleasing celeb-obsessed pals is easy at this way-Hollywood restaurant and lounge that serves up dancing and stylized comfort food like fried chicken and mac-and-cheese with jalapeno to the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Piven and Chris Rock.

Shag

This hot-and-bothered Hollywood club wasn't named after a type of carpet, if you know what we mean.

Beauty Bar

Stocked with cred-drenched young ones, the space offers amusing (and popular) deals like a manicure and a martini for $10.

Hotel Cafe

Though unassuming, this music venue has become an essential part of LA's new folk scene, boasting headliners like Alexi Murdoch, Gary Jules and Gomez singer/songwriter Ian Ball.

La Velvet Margarita Cantina

Tijuana chic meets Gothic creep at this cantina where black-and-white Mexican cult films play, and the bar fires up fresh pineapple margaritas.

Burgundy Room

Smudged mirrors, shaky ceiling fans, sticky floors, a dinged-up table top bar and hanging red Chinese lanterns give the narrow interior of this dive bar a Vietnam-era G.I. look, while the tattooed Sid and Nancy-type crowd and punk rock aesthetic give it a CBGB's vibe.

Big Wangs

With pool tables, a digital jukebox, plasma TVs perched everywhere and the mouth-watering signature buffalo wings, this barn-themed bar is a haven for the jaded and starved.

The Spotlight Club

Friendly neighborhood gays and Hollywood hipsters party side by side at this old-school bar that offers dirt cheap drinks, pool, video poker machines, and a shirtless dude restocking the occasional buffet.