One of the most gorgeous (and expansive) new restaurants in Los Angeles, it seems like there's as much lounge and bar space as there is dining room area for this New York City transplant. The drinks are going to veer toward the clubby and sweet, but that's honestly what most people want at places like this, right?

This lovely dining room was once Dominick's, a legendary West Hollywood haunt. Now Baja California chef Diego Hernandez and the team behind Hinterland in Santa Monica have opened Verlaine. Aaron Melendrez is behind the bar here with composed, creative aperitifs like a pamplemousse creme de mezcal and Aperol drink topped with champagne. There's also a selection of pitch-perfect classic drinks composed of original recipe cocktails.

This easy-going Silver Lake restaurants has seasonal fare and pizzas to go along with solid cocktails that'll please most palates. Try The Black Lodge, mixing bourbon, Laphroig scotch, Cynar and Montenegro for a rich sipper.

The Houston Brothers have remade the former Butchers & Barbers into a magic show and cocktail lounge (you need to buy separate tickets for the magic show). Crying Tiger, a Thai and Chinese concept from the Luv2eat Thai Bistro folks is available if you're hungry, while there's a set of magical drinks to sip on before the show begins.

Though the bar isn't very wide here, it's more than capable, with barman Brandyn Tepper at the helm. The ice is perfectly clear, the drinks are approachable and sip-worthy with Evan Funke's Italian dishes, and the vibe is ever so slightly European in a way that only Venice could pull off.

Koreatown has a sleek new cocktail lounge with barman Todd Eames overseeing the clubby sippers like the Alpine Lift, mixing gin, aperol, zirbenze, and white vermouth. The four-sided bar is the heart of the space, but be sure to order some bites by chef Michael Hung.

This swanky Valley restaurant comes from the team behind Boneyard Bistro, with an international approach to flavors. The cocktails veer heavily toward gin, which is a good thing if you love tonic. The happy hour itself has six different kinds of gin and tonic, featuring everything from Malfy gin with Fever Tree Indian tonic and shiso leaf to Mahon gin with tonic, grapefruit, and celery leaf.

Simplicity is key at The Slipper Clutch, a throwback back tucked away in Downtown Los Angeles. You'll find club-style classics like vodka cranberry, bourbon and root beer, and seven & sevens as the highlights on the highball menu.

The reformed menus at this rather gorgeous Venice mainstay gives the place a completely different feel. The food menu feels very much like the vibe-y Japanese food you'd find in West Hollywood, while the wine and cocktail offerings feel updated for 2017. Step in, hang out, drink up, and enjoy.