The best wine bars in Los Angeles right now

Los Angeles has a wine bar for every version of the night you want. The low-lit corner room where the pours are natural and the conversation runs long. The bottle shop that turns into something livelier after dark. The aperitivo corner that makes Silver Lake feel briefly like somewhere in northern Italy. None of these places are destinations in the flashy sense. They are neighborhood rooms, and the neighborhoods are worth the drive.

In Los Feliz, Bar Covell · 2081 Hillhurst Ave #A, Los Angeles, CA 90027 is the sort of room that makes you want to live on that block. The wine list rotates and leans natural, the staff knows the list cold, and the cheese and charcuterie boards give you something to do with your hands while you decide on a second glass. It's warm without being fussy, and the room hums at a volume where you can actually talk. Los Feliz has no shortage of good evenings, and this one anchors the top of Hillhurst with quiet confidence.

Also in Los Feliz, Drawing Room · 1800 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027 earns its name. It has the feel of a room that belongs to regulars without making strangers feel like they've wandered into the wrong party. Unpretentious, steady, the kind of bar you return to not because anything is spectacular but because everything is right.

In Atwater Village, Nico's Bottleshop · 3111 Glendale Blvd Ste 2, Los Angeles, CA 90039 is the rare shop that has a whole second life after you walk past the shelves. The focus is natural and low-intervention wine, and the Fish Friends wine club is a real thing with a real following. Downstairs is Baby Battista, a bar that occasionally has DJ nights and the kind of energy that makes Atwater feel like it has more going on than people give it credit for.

Silver Lake shows up twice and earns both entries. Bacari · 3626 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026 pulls from the Venetian bacaro tradition, small plates, pours by the glass, a room that encourages staying longer than planned. It sits on a stretch of Sunset that rewards walking before or after. The aperitivo angle means the food and the wine make sense together, which is not always a given.

A few blocks away, Bar Bandini · 2632 Griffith Park Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039 leans Italian in a way that feels earned rather than performed. The natural wine list favors Italian and European producers, the pasta is made in-house, and the antipasti spread gives you something to graze on across a whole evening. Negronis and Aperol Spritzes are on the cocktail side if wine isn't the move. The atmosphere is relaxed in the way that good neighborhood bars always are, present but not loud about it.

Up in Highland Park, Good Housekeeping · 5631 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90042 holds down a corner of the neighborhood with a minimalist ease. The space is cozy and the approach is unfussy. It functions as a cafe during the day, which means the crowd skews local and the pace is unhurried. Highland Park has a lot of good blocks and this is one of the better reasons to spend time on Figueroa.

If you are trying to put together an actual night, start at Nico's in Atwater Village, pick up a bottle to take home later, then walk the evening through Silver Lake at Bacari or Bar Bandini. End in Los Feliz at Bar Covell with something from the rotating list and a board to share. The city connects these places more easily than it looks on a map, and every one of them will make you glad you made the trip.

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