Nicole Whelan

Neighborhood Bars & Nightclubs

7702 Club (7702 Santa Monica Blvd.; 323-654-3336), with its brooding, dark environment, is offset by the bar’s suspiciously energetic 24-hour-a-day clientele. 7969 (7969 Santa Monica Blvd.; 323-654-0280), formerly known as Peanuts, was recently renovated, due to fire, but evenings like "Sin-a-Matic" and "Michelle’s XXX Topless Revue" forge fearlessly on. Barney’s......