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Inside The Love Song Bar, Next to Downtown's Newly Remodeled Regent Theater

Mitchell Frank has an approachable new cocktail bar in Downtown's Historic Core

Matthew Kang is the Lead Editor of Eater LA. He has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los Angeles since 2008. He's the host of K-Town, a YouTube series covering Korean food in America, and has been featured in Netflix's Street Food show.

Here's the inside of Love Song Bar, the new craft cocktail lounge inside Mitchell Frank's Regent Theater. Accessible from the street and on the opposite the new Prufrock Pizzeria, it's the ideal place to nab a drink before or after a show. Inspired by various popular and classic songs, consider Arcade Fire's Neighborhood, essentially a mezcal Old Fashioned, or Lou's Waiting for the Man (a manhattan).

Or try the Karen O aka "The Big O," is a simple tequila sour. The drinks are supposed to be fun and approachable, though still made with top grade spirits (check below for the full menu). In addition, there's a small bar menu with some bites from Prufrock's kitchen, though the pizzeria's full menu won't be available here. The interior at Love Song features plenty of reclaimed wood and a record player that goes through classic tunes on vinyl.

Love Song Bar
448 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA

CLASSIC HONEST ROCKTAILS

BLACK FLAGG's RISE ABOVE / DARK N STORMY $12
Goslings Black Seal Dark Rum, Bunbaberg Ginger Beer, Fresh Lime Juice

THE CURE'S SATURDAY NIGHT DRIP DRIP DRIP / MOSCOW MULE $12
Russian Standard Vodka, Bunbaberg Ginger Beer, Fresh Lime Juice

SCOTT WALKER'S "GENIUS" / DAIQUIRI $12
Matusalem White Rum, Fresh Lime Juice, Sugar

THE HORRORS PRIMARY COLORS
High West Vodka Martin
*served w/ pickle & juice "MARK E. SMITH"

LOU'S WAITING FOR THE MAN / MANHATTAN $12
Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Sweet Vermouth, Angastora Bitters, Luxaardo Marischino Cherry

KAREN O aka "The Big O" / TEQUILA SOUR $12
El Jimador Blanco Tequila, Lemon Juice, Egg White, Sugar, Angastora Bitters

FUTURE ISLANDS WAITING ON YOU / WHISKEY SOUR $12
Buffalo Trace Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Egg White, Angastora Bitters.

ELLIOTT SMITH BECAUSE / SAZERAC $13
Old Overholt Rye, Regans Orange Bittes, Peychotes Aromaticd Bitters, Sugar,Mata Hari Absinthe

THE ECHO+PLEX / EASTSIDE $12
Beefeater Gin, St Germaine, Cucumber, Mint

IGGYS PASSENGER / OLD FASHIONED $12
Old Overholt Rye, Sugar, Bitters, Orange Peel

INTERPOLs PDA / TEQUILA OLD FASHIONED $12
El Jimador Anejo Tequila, Sugar, Angastora Bitters, Orange Peel, Luxardo Cheery

ARCADE FIRE's NEIGHBORHOOD / MEZCAL OLD FASHIONED $13
Del Maguey Vida Mezcal, Sugar, Bitters, Orange peel, Luxardo Cherry

POETS & MUSICIANS LIBATIONS

TS ELLIOT's ETHER $12
Beefeater Gin Martini and Noilley Pratt vermouth.

HUNTER S. THOMPSON $13
Mata Hari Absinthe, Beefeater Gin, Russian Standard Vodka, fresh lemon Juice, Bundbaberg ginger soda

HOUSES OF THE HOLY $12
Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Fresh Mint, Sugar

KEROUAC'S CADILLAC $12
El Jimador Blanco tequila, Fresh Lime Juice and Cointreau

FITZGERALD (RAMOS GIN FIZZ) $12
Beefeater Gin, Fresh lime juice, splash of soda

THE FLEMING - (Vesper Martini ) $13
Beefeater Gin, Russain Standard vodka, and Lillet

CAPOTE $12
Tito's vodka and Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice

TENNESEE WILLIAMS $12
Beefeater GIN,Fresh Lemon juice & Fresh Lime Juice, egg white, cream

FIDLAR $13 (Fuck It Dog Life's a Risk)
Trumer Pils Beer and Shot of Old Forrester whiskey

(WILLIAM S.) BURROUGHS $12
Russian Standard vodka and mexican coke

Oscar Wilde
Mata Hari Absinthe

prufrock

448 Main Street, Los Angeles, CA (323) 284-5661