Fais Do-Do
5257 West Adams Blvd (map)
Los Angeles, CA 90016
(323) 931-4636
This roughed-up ‘30s-style speakeasy offers old-fashioned club seating, a huge stage where a varied selection of world, jazz, blues, R&B and rock music entertains the crowd, and a slightly vague selection of beers and wines for your boozin’ pleasure. Don’t let its bizarre location fool you – there are no zombies hiding in those shadows – though the parking can be tricky, as the tempestuous doorman will tell you. Wherever you are coming from, the trip is worth it for acts such as Vaud and the Villains, the rowdy big-band act of ill repute that graces the venue on odd Saturday nights. Watch your valuables, ladies and gents.
The haiku version:
Prohibition can’t
Kill the party in this or
Any century