LA often seems to think that nothing gets better with age. But LA's third-oldest restaurant retains a classic, rowdy Hollywood charm.

Since 1920, Barney's Beanery has attracted celebrities and regular Joes who love classic comfort food—burritos, chili, burgers, the famous French onion soup—and a cold brew. (More than 200 different kinds of bottled beer, 28 on tap, are available.) With a plethora of pool tables, video games and TVs blaring the game, the Beanery also attracts a rowdy twentysomething crowd of sports fans, sure, but also the lone cabbie who just wants a bowl of chili, or Quentin Tarantino, who might be slouched in a back booth working on his next script. —Virginia Melin