LA's Best Bars to Pass Out In
Ideally, the best place to end up in a drunken heap is your bathroom floor. But that requires the type of planning few people are capable of, especially if you've just had the worst day of your life. Again! So, to help you erase all conscious memory of that unpleasant test result or the boot on your car, we've listed some drinking establishments in our city that offer the right amount of privacy, cheap booze, well-placed vomit receptacles, and public sleeping areas. After a few hours at most of these joints, you should be blissfully oblivious to the world around you. Better yet, most of these bars' proprietors -- who are usually three drinks ahead of their customers -- won't even notice your sprawled body on the floor until they crawl over it the next day.
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Smog Cutter
864 N Virgil Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90029
A bar where the staff is drunker than the customers is always a good choice when you're looking for a place to pass out. "Last call" at this East Hollywood pigsty evokes … the Fall of Saigon, where desperate expats clung to departing helicopters. You, meanwhile, are just looking to escape the aggressive waitresses trying to grab your butt. If you pass out here, you may well wake up in the bar owner's bed, which is probably more comfortable than a jail cell. [link]
Les Deux Cafe
1638 N Las Palmas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90028
So many beautiful fountains and pots, so many places to puke! The mile-long line at the bathroom door ensures you'll never make it to the sink in time, so after maxing … out your credit card on bottle service upstairs, join the other pretty people strategically hunched around the conveniently placed vomit receptacle at this expensive but very charming patio-bar-club. And if you slightly resemble a reality show star, the TMZ camera crew parked outside may capture it all on film. [link]
Del's Saloon
12238 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Two reasons to pass out at Del's: no celebrities will witness it, and you'll probably be the best looking person in the room, even when you're face down on the smoking … patio. The bar features lots of distracting entertainment. like hit or miss karaoke performed by Vietnam vets in uniform, homeless guys fighting in the alley over an empty beer can, and a legless pool shark. Therefore, you, passed out in the corner, should attract no attention whatsoever. [link]
Cabo Cantina
8301 W Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Happy Hour at this Girls Gone Wild recruitment center in West LA lasts from 4-8 p.m., which means you can pound margaritas, pass out, revive, and open another tab at … least twice in one evening. And the place is always packed solid, so your near lifeless body on the ground won't be too noticeable. And at the end of the night, the bouncers simply sweep up the remaining customers and dump them on the sidewalk, three feet away from the waiting #2 Wilshire bus. [link]
Brentwood Restaurant
148 N Barrington Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Shockingly, liquor licenses do exist in Brentwood. The dimly lit bar at the Brentwood Restaurant is well stocked with high-end booze and liqueurs, and it offers a late … night happy hour between the strategic hours of 10 p.m. and midnight -- perfect to finalize your bender while you slowly sink into the shadows. The lack of any light at all means no one will notice you until the cleaning crew starts in with the mop. [link]
Avalon Hotel
9400 W Olympic Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
The cabanas out by the pool are perfect for concealing the fact that you're out cold. If these are too pricey, simply lounge on the incredibly comfortable patio furniture … closer to the water and let the mojitos do their work. Your descent into oblivion should attract little notice, and when it does, you can sleep it off on the well manicured grass in front of the hotel's entrance, located in a safe and quiet Beverly Hills neighborhood. [link]
14 Below
1348 14th St
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Begin your binge in the depressing sports bar attached to the club, where the non-definition television and dreary clientele should inspire you to drink fast and … furiously. The cheap prices certainly help. Once you're seeing double, stagger off to the tiny club in the back, where the lack of air conditioning and over-capacity crowd will hasten on your coma; you should be crashed in the corner just in time to miss the band's first slow song. [link]