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All the LA Bars and Restaurants Featured in Modern Noir Cop Show Bosch

A location guide to the real spots on the Amazon Prime series

by Matthew Kang@mattatouille Apr 19, 2019, 11:59am PDT

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Bosch at El Compadre

by Matthew Kang@mattatouille Apr 19, 2019, 11:59am PDT

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Season 5 of the popular Amazon Prime show Bosch premieres on April 19 and show follows LAPD detective Harry Bosch as he grapples with crime, corruption, and his personal life in Los Angeles. The modern noir show reveals an unvarnished, completely real side of the City of Angels, and it’s perhaps the best series on TV that shows LA at its best, worst, and everything in between. What’s great about the Bosch is that it avoids the “Hollywood stereotypes that tend to reduce the city into a collection of stock images.”

Restaurants and bars have played a fantastic supporting role in portraying modern day Los Angeles, so here are 18 locations in Bosch. Just a note, there are even more actual LA locations in this show but these are just some of the more significant scenes. In addition, this map only includes episodes up to Season 4. All seasons of Bosch are currently playing on Amazon Prime Video.

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Little Dom's

This popular Italian-American restaurant in Los Feliz is where the Koreatown Killer in Season 4, episode 6, rides a bike by a patron eating on the patio and swipes her phone.

2128 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

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Little Dom’s

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Musso & Frank Grill

In season 1, episode 3, Bosch meets police deputy chief Irv Irving at Musso & Frank in Hollywood, which is supposedly Harry Bosch’s favorite place in the city. In the scene, Irving tells Bosch that the DA is trying to make a run for mayor. In the actual episode, another restaurant stands in as Musso & Frank.

6667 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

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Boardner's by La Belle

Boardner’s seems to be one of the Hollywood police department’s favorite watering holes. There’s a brief scene outside of the Cherokee Avenue bar in Season 4, episode 7, but it’s also in Season 1 and then again later in Season 4 episode 9.

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1652 N Cherokee Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

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Scene at Boardner’s in Hollywood

El Compadre

This Silver Lake Mexican restaurant was the title name of Season 3, episode 4, but actually doesn’t really show up in that episode. Instead the popular police hangout was where Bosch said in Season 1 that it was where he met with fellow detectives to blow off steam at a “k-party” or a “kill party,” after the shooting of Roberto Flores.

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7408 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046

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Formosa Cafe

In Season 3, episode 5, the show takes Bosch to West Hollywood’s legendary Formosa Cafe, where he meets Lt. Grace Billets for a drink. The restaurant and bar is currently closed but is poised to reopen after new ownership promises to rehabilitate the space and return it to its former glory.

7156 California State Route 2, West Hollywood, CA 90046

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Shake Shack

At the beginning of episode 5 of Season 3, Bosch is waiting in line at West Hollywood’s Shake Shack with his daughter Maddie. He says, “this is why I like In-N-Out. You’re in, you’re out.” Maddie tells her dad, “this is way better, trust me.” Always the LA homer, Bosch says, “you love In-N-Out. The animal fries.” “I know,” she says.

8520 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069

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Bosch and Maddie at Shake Shack

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Cactus Taquerias #1

This popular Hollywood taco stand is the scene of a shooting in Season 1, episode 2. Bosch hears the police radio report the shooting and he rushes over to find the parking lot swarming with officers.

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950 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90038

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Cactus Taqueria #1 in Bosch

The Smog Cutter

This legendary East Hollywood dive bar has now closed, giving way to a new spot called Equal Parts. But the dive was the name of the first episode of Season 3, where there’s a crucial early scene involving shots.

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864 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029

Smog Cutter in Bosch

Gabriel Golden Soup Restaurant

This San Gabriel Valley restaurant is the scene of a card game that allegedly took place in Season 4, episode 8. Bosch and Edgar show up to question Ting to see if his cousin had played the card game there. Ting gives the detectives a tour of the kitchen where he denies knowing the Chinese mainlander in question.

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1039 Valley Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776

Jar

Suzanne Tracht’s midcentury modern restaurant has been the set of so many TV shows and movies it’s hard to count them, but the list includes Mad Men, I Love You Man, La La Land, Entourage, Modern Family, and Ray Donavan. For Bosch, the show brings police chief Irv Irving and Jun Park on their date that they discussed at Cafe Demitasse. They discuss how the season’s incident could bring up tensions like the 1992 LA Riots while picking at a salad.

8225 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

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Jar Restaurant scene in Bosch

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Swingers

Detective Jerry Edgar meets with Lt. Grace Billets at Swingers diner on Beverly to have coffee and discuss an important clue, a plastic owl, with a cryptic Latin message of “beware, beware, God sees.” It leads to a hint that points to Harry Bosch as a suspect.

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8020 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

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Jerry Edgar at Swingers

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Du-Pars Restaurant and Bakery

Du-Pars shows up a few times in Bosch. It’s notably where Bosch and his daughter Maddie meet up in season one but here Harry meets Eleanor Wish in Season 4, episode 4, where Wish tells him that her marriage is over. The classic Farmer’s Market coffee shop has been open since 1938 (and makes some killer pies)

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6333 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Original Tommy's Hamburgers

This classic burger spot in Historic Filipinotown is the scene where Detectives Brad Conniff and Julie Espinosa share some chili burgers on a car trunk. Conniff gets a call that his suspect has been taken into custody.

2575 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057

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Tommy’s in Bosch

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Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles

In the first episode of Season 4, Bosch goes to Downtown LA’s absolute classic the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, which was also the scene of numerous Mad Men scenes. The grand hotel’s bar was also in Season 2 and again in Season 3. In the premiere episode of Season 4, Bosch follows Walker through the bar after trying to eavesdrop on his phone call.

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506 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071

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Bosch at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel bar

Cafe Demitasse

Police deputy chief Irv Irving meets Jun Park at this bright Little Tokyo coffee shop in Season 3, episode 4 where Park explains to Irving what happened to her younger brother and how it affected her parents. Things get awkward when Irving hints that their meeting might be a date, though Park pushes a back slightly. Irving then suggests more strongly that he might ask Park out, and she says, “what have you got to lose?” with a smile.

135 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Nickel Diner

In season 2, episode 9, Bosch takes his daughter Maddie to Downtown LA’s beloved Nickel Diner, a restaurant that isn’t that old (about ten-plus years) but feels many decades old. When they sit down, he says, “best chocolate shake in LA,” to which she replies, “you always say that.”

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524 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

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Nickel Diner

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Cole's

In Season 3, episode 4, Detectives Bosch and Edgar meet with Scott Anderson at the historic Cole’s in Downtown Los Angeles. The dimly lit French dip restaurant and bar could be the most noir location in LA, with its shadows and blinds providing the ideal place for the detectives to press Anderson on his source. Since Cole’s works so well as a location for this show, it also comes up in the first two episodes of Season 3.

118 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

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Espresso Yo Self

This Venice Boardwalk spot is where Xavi, Trevor Dobbs, and Woody Woodrow meet up to talk about a covering being blown in Season 3, episode 4. Later in the season in episode 7, Edgar sees Woodrow there and is forced to shoot him.

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1827 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291

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Espresso Yo Self at Venice

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Little Dom's

2128 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

This popular Italian-American restaurant in Los Feliz is where the Koreatown Killer in Season 4, episode 6, rides a bike by a patron eating on the patio and swipes her phone.

2128 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

Visit Website

Little Dom’s

Musso & Frank Grill

6667 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

In season 1, episode 3, Bosch meets police deputy chief Irv Irving at Musso & Frank in Hollywood, which is supposedly Harry Bosch’s favorite place in the city. In the scene, Irving tells Bosch that the DA is trying to make a run for mayor. In the actual episode, another restaurant stands in as Musso & Frank.

6667 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Visit Website

Boardner's by La Belle

1652 N Cherokee Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Boardner’s seems to be one of the Hollywood police department’s favorite watering holes. There’s a brief scene outside of the Cherokee Avenue bar in Season 4, episode 7, but it’s also in Season 1 and then again later in Season 4 episode 9.

Open in Google Maps

1652 N Cherokee Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Visit Website

Scene at Boardner’s in Hollywood

El Compadre

7408 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046

This Silver Lake Mexican restaurant was the title name of Season 3, episode 4, but actually doesn’t really show up in that episode. Instead the popular police hangout was where Bosch said in Season 1 that it was where he met with fellow detectives to blow off steam at a “k-party” or a “kill party,” after the shooting of Roberto Flores.

Open in Google Maps

7408 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046

Visit Website

Formosa Cafe

7156 California State Route 2, West Hollywood, CA 90046

In Season 3, episode 5, the show takes Bosch to West Hollywood’s legendary Formosa Cafe, where he meets Lt. Grace Billets for a drink. The restaurant and bar is currently closed but is poised to reopen after new ownership promises to rehabilitate the space and return it to its former glory.

7156 California State Route 2, West Hollywood, CA 90046

Visit Website

Shake Shack

8520 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069

At the beginning of episode 5 of Season 3, Bosch is waiting in line at West Hollywood’s Shake Shack with his daughter Maddie. He says, “this is why I like In-N-Out. You’re in, you’re out.” Maddie tells her dad, “this is way better, trust me.” Always the LA homer, Bosch says, “you love In-N-Out. The animal fries.” “I know,” she says.

8520 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Visit Website

Bosch and Maddie at Shake Shack

Cactus Taquerias #1

950 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90038

This popular Hollywood taco stand is the scene of a shooting in Season 1, episode 2. Bosch hears the police radio report the shooting and he rushes over to find the parking lot swarming with officers.

Open in Google Maps

950 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90038

Visit Website

Cactus Taqueria #1 in Bosch

The Smog Cutter

864 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029

This legendary East Hollywood dive bar has now closed, giving way to a new spot called Equal Parts. But the dive was the name of the first episode of Season 3, where there’s a crucial early scene involving shots.

Open in Google Maps

864 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029

Smog Cutter in Bosch

Gabriel Golden Soup Restaurant

1039 Valley Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776

This San Gabriel Valley restaurant is the scene of a card game that allegedly took place in Season 4, episode 8. Bosch and Edgar show up to question Ting to see if his cousin had played the card game there. Ting gives the detectives a tour of the kitchen where he denies knowing the Chinese mainlander in question.

Open in Google Maps

1039 Valley Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776

Jar

8225 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Suzanne Tracht’s midcentury modern restaurant has been the set of so many TV shows and movies it’s hard to count them, but the list includes Mad Men, I Love You Man, La La Land, Entourage, Modern Family, and Ray Donavan. For Bosch, the show brings police chief Irv Irving and Jun Park on their date that they discussed at Cafe Demitasse. They discuss how the season’s incident could bring up tensions like the 1992 LA Riots while picking at a salad.

8225 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Visit Website

Jar Restaurant scene in Bosch

Swingers

8020 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Detective Jerry Edgar meets with Lt. Grace Billets at Swingers diner on Beverly to have coffee and discuss an important clue, a plastic owl, with a cryptic Latin message of “beware, beware, God sees.” It leads to a hint that points to Harry Bosch as a suspect.

Open in Google Maps

8020 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Visit Website

Jerry Edgar at Swingers

Du-Pars Restaurant and Bakery

6333 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Du-Pars shows up a few times in Bosch. It’s notably where Bosch and his daughter Maddie meet up in season one but here Harry meets Eleanor Wish in Season 4, episode 4, where Wish tells him that her marriage is over. The classic Farmer’s Market coffee shop has been open since 1938 (and makes some killer pies)

Open in Google Maps

6333 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Visit Website

Original Tommy's Hamburgers

2575 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057

This classic burger spot in Historic Filipinotown is the scene where Detectives Brad Conniff and Julie Espinosa share some chili burgers on a car trunk. Conniff gets a call that his suspect has been taken into custody.

2575 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057

Visit Website

Tommy’s in Bosch

Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles

506 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071

In the first episode of Season 4, Bosch goes to Downtown LA’s absolute classic the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, which was also the scene of numerous Mad Men scenes. The grand hotel’s bar was also in Season 2 and again in Season 3. In the premiere episode of Season 4, Bosch follows Walker through the bar after trying to eavesdrop on his phone call.

Open in Google Maps

506 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Visit Website

Bosch at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel bar

Cafe Demitasse

135 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Police deputy chief Irv Irving meets Jun Park at this bright Little Tokyo coffee shop in Season 3, episode 4 where Park explains to Irving what happened to her younger brother and how it affected her parents. Things get awkward when Irving hints that their meeting might be a date, though Park pushes a back slightly. Irving then suggests more strongly that he might ask Park out, and she says, “what have you got to lose?” with a smile.

135 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Visit Website

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Nickel Diner

524 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

In season 2, episode 9, Bosch takes his daughter Maddie to Downtown LA’s beloved Nickel Diner, a restaurant that isn’t that old (about ten-plus years) but feels many decades old. When they sit down, he says, “best chocolate shake in LA,” to which she replies, “you always say that.”

Open in Google Maps

524 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Visit Website

Nickel Diner

Cole's

118 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

In Season 3, episode 4, Detectives Bosch and Edgar meet with Scott Anderson at the historic Cole’s in Downtown Los Angeles. The dimly lit French dip restaurant and bar could be the most noir location in LA, with its shadows and blinds providing the ideal place for the detectives to press Anderson on his source. Since Cole’s works so well as a location for this show, it also comes up in the first two episodes of Season 3.

118 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

Visit Website

Espresso Yo Self

1827 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291

This Venice Boardwalk spot is where Xavi, Trevor Dobbs, and Woody Woodrow meet up to talk about a covering being blown in Season 3, episode 4. Later in the season in episode 7, Edgar sees Woodrow there and is forced to shoot him.

Open in Google Maps

1827 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291

Visit Website

Espresso Yo Self at Venice

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