Central locale since 1906 busts muy bueno prices for rooms, plus Indian, Mexican, and coffee house eats, along with Hank's Bar. A respite from the hectic L.A. streets, but still dingy and dirty. Clean sheets, not as much freaky fun as The Fig, but quieter and much simpler. Still, proceed with caution. That guy wanting to borrow a cup of sugar might be collecting human heads in his fridge.
Although the original grand old man behind the bar, Henry "Hank" Holzer, is no longer with us, his legacy endures at this classic Downtown watering hole on the ground floor of the Stillwell Hotel. Its battered booths and well-liquored patrons, who have been elbowing up to the bar here for a decade, mingle nicely with the drop-in customers currently infusing the new surge in Downtown L.A.'s...
Grab a stool and a drink and pretend it's 1957 New York at this homey downtown bar.:
The Scene
Despite the overly obvious signs proclaiming it ""the last of the great neighborhood bars"" with ""yesterday's charm ... what's not to like,"" Hank's is still the real deal....