Black Cat is Silver Lake's reliable neighborhood bar

Black Cat sits on Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake and has built a steady following, which you can see in the 684 Google reviews it has collected at a 4.5-star average. That kind of consistent rating across that many people usually means a place is doing something right over a long stretch of time.

It is priced in the middle range, so you are not going to wince at the bill after a couple of rounds. For a neighborhood bar on one of the more active stretches of Silver Lake, that matters. People come back when the tab feels reasonable.

If you are in the area and want a bar that the neighborhood has clearly voted on with its actual presence, Black Cat at 3909 W Sunset is worth knowing about. It is the kind of place that earns its reputation through regulars, not through a splashy opening.