Los Angeles, CA Area

[Tequila Joe]

My definition of a tequila bar is that at the bare minimum the establishment has at least 20 bottles of tequila not including what is in the wells. The places that I am aware of that meet this criteria are listed below:

EL FLORIDITA RESTAURANT
1253 N. Vine St.
Hollywood, CA 90038
(323) 871-8612
http://www.elfloridita.com/

Twist - Renaissance Hollywood Hotel
1755 N. Highland Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 491-1000
http://www.renaissancehollywood.com/restaurant.asp

El Coyote
7312 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
323-939-2255

La Velvet Margarita Cantina
1612 Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
323-469-2000

El Carmen
8138 W. Third Street
Los Angeles, CA
323-852-1552

El Guapo
7250 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA
323-297-0471

El Cholo
1121 S. Western Ave
Los Angeles, CA
323-734-2773

Mexico City
2121 Hillhurst Ave
Los Angeles, CA
323-661-7227

Cabo Cantina
11829 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA
310-312-5840

Fiesta Cantina
8865 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood, CA
310-652-8865

L’Scorpion
6679 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA
323-464-3026

Mexicali Cocina and Cantina
12161 Ventura Blvd
Studio City, CA
818-985-1744

Border Grill
1445 Fourth Street
Santa Monica, CA
310-451-1655

Tortilla Jo’s
Downtown Disney
714-781-DINE
http://www.patinagroup.com/tortillaJos/

[buzzjoy]

Hey Joe, thanks for the listing. I travel to the LA area a couple of times a year, but usually down south from Redondo to Long Beach. Do you know of any good spots in that area?

Thanks, Buzz

[Tequila Joe]

I do not currently know of any in that area but I am heading to LA this week and will post some if I find out of any new places. Glad to hear you enjoy and appreciate the list.

[themexicanidol]

Theres a place called The Spanish Kitchen on cahuenga that has fair share of tequila... and starting this summer they will be having a once a week tequila school.

[MaloMateo]

One place you missed is
Malo Restaurant
4326 Sunset Blvd.
323.664.1011
www.malorestaurant.com

If you come in and have any questions ask for me, Mateo. Currently I have over 140 100% blue agave tequilas and 25 mezcals.
I have tasted every bottle behind the bar and just finished my latest tequila menu. Our website should be up to date by June with a about 10 new tequilas and I have taken about 8 off. Everything behind the bar is 100% blue agave and I have plenty of deals made with the producers to keep the prices low on many of my favorites.

p.s. If only I could find my all time favorite Arette Suave 'gran classe'. I just sold my last shot last night! If anyone knows how I can come across a bottle that would be great.

[Tequila Joe]

Originally Posted by MaloMateo

One place you missed is
Malo Restaurant
4326 Sunset Blvd.
323.664.1011
www.malorestaurant.com

If you come in and have any questions ask for me, Mateo. Currently I have over 140 100% blue agave tequilas and 25 mezcals.
I have tasted every bottle behind the bar and just finished my latest tequila menu. Our website should be up to date by June with a about 10 new tequilas and I have taken about 8 off. Everything behind the bar is 100% blue agave and I have plenty of deals made with the producers to keep the prices low on many of my favorites.

p.s. If only I could find my all time favorite Arette Suave 'gran classe'. I just sold my last shot last night! If anyone knows how I can come across a bottle that would be great.

I will definitely come in the next time I am in the LA area. Thanks for the heads up. It will be my first stop.

[tvJefe]

The Spanish Kitchen is on La Cienega, not Cahuenga.

[tvJefe]

I'm going to try and drop by Malo this Friday. I'll ask if you are around, Mateo. Looks like I may have to stick to regular Anejos though. Your HSS is a little pricey.

Menu looks good.

[Piña]

Theres now ( a year later) Mucho in Manhattan Beach.

http://www.muchomb.com/

But Im glad I live in LA, Malo, and El Carmen are much better

[Piña]

Today after some research (thanks to El Tesoro site) I found a gem of a wine and spirit store on the Glendale/Atwater border.

Topline Wine & Spirit CO
4718 San Fernando Road, Glendale, CA 91204
(81 500-9670

El Tesoro Platinum for 39 bux
Penca Azul Blanco for 49 bux (750 ml!)
7 Leguas for 38 bux

Its not a typical liquor store, its in an industrial park without much fanfare, I passed it twice before seeing.

there selection is no comparison to Ramirez, but they have a great top shelf tequila selection, Don Valente Licorice line, 7 Leguas, Purasangre, just to name a few. What Im saying is they dont carry the crappy lines. About 30 different lines of all the good stuff at good prices.

Anyway, I bought the Penca Azul blanco, it put me over budget, but they have great prices.