Short Stop

The Short Stop can be found at W Sunset Blvd 1455. The following is offered: Bars & Pubs. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Los Angeles there are 136 other Bars & Pubs. An overview can be found here.

Happy Hour: Every day from 5pm to 8pm, get $1 off all drinks, free pool and complimentary jukebox selections.

Know Before You Go: Can't find the entrance? Look for the neon "cocktails" sign and the smokers huddled in front of it.

“Looking for a party? – you’ll find it” at this dark and windowless former cop hangout (it looks like a bunker from the street) in Echo Park where “poor, smug, mustached” types mix with “hot Latinas”, “art chicks” and “skateboarders” while drinking “cheap” booze, playing pool or getting down on the serious dance floor; it’s also a “must-go before any Dodgers home game.”

The strike force splintered, the Armenian money train was a disaster, and Julian still keeps dropping the soap. Okay, we weren't here in the Rampart cop days, nor the trucker hat Manifest Destiny era of pool table dance breakdowns. Legendary, jam-packed dive for photo booth PDA and charting the progress of late-era gentrification; stay alert for Westside/Valley UFO's. Can hardly breathe,...

Before it became the neighborhood hot spot, bartenders were serving up spirits to off-duty cops at this local haunt. After the Rampart scandal hit, a new group of investors took over, including...

There's no sign out front (unless you count the one that says "Cocktails") but that hasn't stopped anyone with a cool haircut and at least one item of vintage on their person from finding this former cop hangout. On weeknights, The Short Stop (co-owned by Greg Dulli from the Afghan Whigs) is a fairly quiet neighborhood spot where work-worn Eastsiders relax at the small bar or candlelit tables...