The Lexington Bar – Los Angeles

“It’s about having punk rock one night, having comedy the other night, and having a burlesque drag show the next night. If it’s good, good is good,” says Tim Mars, the owner of The Lexington bar on 3rd Street. You could say Mars gets what it means to deliver a good time after spending years on the road as a stand-up comic. He stitched together the perfect dive bar in 2013. It’s grungy, friendly and a drink isn’t going to drain your rent fund. You don’t feel judged here. You don’t feel like you owe them anything, You’re just here to have a good night. There’s also a smoking patio out back where Mars says, “That’s where the world gets figured out.”