The Roost

The Roost: Because you like drinking with your grandpa — or just that guy at the end of the bar who looks like him. A dyed-in-the-wool dive in Atwater Village, the Roost is the kind of place you go to get lost. It's dark inside, day and night, with the sole illumination coming from a series of hanging lights equipped with dim red bulbs that make the place feel comfortingly womb-like.

Read the rest of the LA Times article here: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/12/entertainment/la-et-night-roost-20130712