Best Pub Crawl

Hopefully the Thai food will sober you up a little, because you don’t want to fuck around at the next stop — White Horse on Western Avenue. The proprietress, a gregarious but tough-as-nails Hungarian woman named “Mama,” will throw your ass out on the street if you get out of line. So behave. If you don’t piss her off, Mama usually puts out free food at the bar. If you’re lucky, she has hot dogs, but I went in there one night and she was serving slices of black forest ham on sugar cookies.

The last Metro Red Line train leaves Hollywood and Western around 12:30, so if you’re planning on taking public transportation, don’t miss it. But if eight and a half hours of drinking just isn’t enough, now is the time to bailar, amigos. Guatelinda is beckoning.

Timothy Norris

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Having only scouted out the club one time at the tail end of my own pub crawl, I honestly can’t tell you what Guatelinda is like, other than harboring an abundance of pelvis shaking. I vaguely remember a spacious bathroom. Hey, if you make it this far into the crawl, you won’t remember much, either.

If you close out Guatelinda and still have more crawling in you (my hat’s off to you, sir/madam), or you just don’t feel like sitting around for a taxi, Harvard House Motel has water beds, color TVs and “adult movies.” They’re serious about the adult movies, too — they’ve got two signs bragging about it. I can’t vouch for their selection.

Pink Elephant Liquors, where Charles Bukowski used to get his booze back in the day, delivers until 2 a.m. if you need some in-room refreshment.

Good luck, have fun and be sure to sleep on your side.

 
Tiki Ti, 4427 Sunset Blvd., Los Feliz, (323) 669-9381.

El Chavo, 4441 W. ­Sunset Blvd., Los Feliz, (323) 664-0871.

The Dresden Room, 1760 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz, (323) 665-4294.

Ye Rustic Inn, 1831 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz, (323) 662-5757.

The Drawing Room, 1800 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz, (323) 665-0135.

Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz, (323) 666-3524.

Cheetah’s, 4600 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, (323) 660-6733.

The Stone, 5221 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, (323) 466-6061.

Hi Thai Noodle & Thai Angel Cafe, 5229 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, (323) 446-4415.

White Horse, 1532 Western Ave., Hollywood, (323) 462-8088.

Guatelinda Nightclub, 4916 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, (323) 666-7070.

Harvard House Motel, 5251 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, (323) 463-3238.

Pink Elephant, 1836 N. Western Ave., Hollywood, (323) 462-0060.