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.

Tired of the too-glitzy Hollywood club scene, co-owner Joe Barker wanted to build a place for a young, hip clientele that doesn't need a velvet rope, sky-high prices and snooty service to consider the night a success. Big Wangs, his new venture with partner P.J. Brill, takes itself much less seriously than its celeb-magnet neighbors to the north. The drink menu includes beers at very un-Hollywood prices and colorful concoctions like the Wang Banger, a Red Bull shooter that, ahem, "tastes like Tang (and we don't mean Poon)!" Almost every night features specials on food and drink: Mondays, pizza and a pitcher costs $10; Tijuana Tuesdays serve Tecate, frozen margaritas and tequila shots for just $2 from 7pm to close; Wednesdays host the Lord of the Wings eating contest as well as karaoke.—Enid Portuguez