Mercury Liquors

06/06/08

Top Secret!

by IDrink4TheKaz at Citysearch

This place is amazing. Great decor, sick talent, best drinks in LA. And if you can't find it, go back to San Franciso or where you come from, you weinie.

• Pros: Exclusive but not snobby
• Cons: None

Multimillion-dollar restoration transforms historic downtown bank building into a sexy, speakeasy-style lounge.

by Randi Schmelzer at Citysearch

The Preview
L.A.'s Historic Core bar scene reaches new depths as nightlife visionaries Marc Smith and Cedd Moses (Golden Gopher) and real-estate developer Andrew Meieran convert the former Los Angeles Trust and Savings Building's 6,000-square-foot basement vault into an Al Capone-worthy cocktail spot. Behind a 12-inch-thick circular safe door, the lower-level lounge maintains much of the building's original 1912 architecture. Complementary renovations include stainless-steel walls, marble floors and walnut-wood paneling.