This place is definitely a dive. The kind of dive where you don't want to touch anything and if you do, you want to spill sanitizer all over your body. The dj is in a little hole in the wall (literally). Cash only. I like my dive bars like the Roost. Where it's a little dirty, but you don't feel like you'll catch anything by touching a chair.

Even so, I still find myself here from time to time.

Funny story:
One time my friends were playing the Echo and we bar hopped to Golds and to here. One of them ordered a Purple Hooter just because and they kicked him out. (It might have been him knocking the stools over and causing a drunken scene, but I think it was the Hooter that did it.) Pretty hilarious. Don't expect to order anything other than the basics here. Parking is what it is. Expect to park up a hill-this is Echo Park.

This place is so gritty and crusty. But that's why I like it so much. The walls are tagged, the people are greasy, and I feel like there is not a better bar. There's a pool table, but that's about as grand as the amenities get. The DJ section is a cut out hole in the wall (literally). At night, it's full of echo park's newest immigrants: the hipsters. During the day, I've been told the locals stop by for a drink after a long day's work (i.e. at Dodger Stadium). The transformation at night is the only crowd I've seen and it's a great group with interesting style.