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Saints & Sinners

 

Feeling sinister?

  • Address: 10899 Venice Blvd. [ map ]

    Cross Street: Kelton Ave.

    Neighborhood: Culver City

    Phone: (310) 842-8066

    Hours: Daily 5pm-2am

    Type: Bars, Lounges

  • Cost: No cover

    Features: Kitschy, Rock, Indie

    Parking: Street, small lot

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If the Jetsons had a groovy uncle who worked in the porn biz, we imagine his decadent crash pad would look something like this.

Bobby Green goes for unabashed kitsch. His Bigfoot Lodge in Atwater looks like Smokey the Bear's log cabin; Highland Park's The Little Cave looks like a gothic bat cave. His newest, Saints & Sinners, captures the time during the late '60s and early '70s, after hippies went out of style but before disco came into vogue. ("It's like the cocaine era before it got ugly," he told us.) A circular fire pit dominates the front lounge, silver chandeliers illuminate the curved bar, and under a buttoned-up vinyl ceiling are walls tiled with white quartz rock normally found in old-lady gardens. Punching up the naughty-and-nice theme are Grecian-style angel statues and a back room with a black-and-white vinyl wallpaper design that can only be described as the biggest female orgy ever. We almost expected to see Dirk Diggler walk straight in from Boogie Nights to flash his stash, but the crowd of trendy Westsiders, punk-rock babes and rockabilly boys are better behaved. Celestial sippers who want to work the halo act should order the sweet and creamy Angel Dust cocktail; the cinnamon Schnapps and Bacardi 151 Hell Fire drink is for the more horn-y. —Alexandra Le Tellier
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