Seven Grand

Address: 515 West 7th Street, (@ Grand Avenue), Los Angeles, California, 90014, United States
Tel: +1 213 614 0737
Website: view Seven Grand’s website
Door: Go early
Style: Lounge bar
Food: Bar Snacks
Established: 2009

Review

This is L.A. so even a down-to-earth whiskey bar needs to look the part. Ascend the wide staircase to Seven Grand's gentleman's club-like space and three antique pool tables on a tartan carpet stretch out in front of you.

The black walnut bar runs practically the length of the room and behind it shelves bristle with several hundred Scotch, Japanese, Canadian, Irish, Indian and Welsh whiskies, ryes and bourbons and wheat spirits including numerous single cask, rare and collectable bottlings. A ladder leads bartenders up to the taller shelves. Cocktails rightfully revolve around a short selection of classic whisky drinks, from a Whisky Crusta to the Boulevardier (bourbon, Campari and vermouth) and the Dagny Taggart (single malt Scotch, Aperol and Torani liqueur served over an ice ball rinsed with Ardbeg). All a reasonable $12 and well executed. Live bands play Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday evenings. 3.5/5