So, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Clowns are terrifying. And Courtney Love is horrifying. So you’d think that a sorta-but-not-really-circus-themed go-go club that once counted Courtney Love among its onstage attractions would be the kind of place that would give Dumbo a goddamned heart attack. Yet, no, it’s actually amazing, largely because there are neither clowns nor Miss Worlds. This place is a Bourdain-approved, Father John Misty-hanging marvel of Los Angeles crazy that, these days, is a little more PG-13 (there’s no real nudity, but plenty of bikinis), but nonetheless includes the kind of tattooed, pole-based acrobatics you’d expect to find in Portland, OR, except somehow both more athletic and more tattooed. It’s our LA editor’s go-to dive bar, and a good chunk of Los Angelenos’ as well.

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