Listening Bars / Los Angeles

Listening Bars & Vinyl Cafes in Los Angeles, California

9 spots where buying and listening happen in the same room.

• The Airliner

  Open 5pm–12am today

  Historic Lincoln Heights dive bar with a renovated upstairs hi-fi sound room designed to feel like the inside of a speaker box, built around vintage Klipsch speakers (Heresy, Cornwall, Klipschorn AK3) and a large subwoofer.

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• The Artform Studio

  Open Hours not listed

  Highland Park hybrid hair salon and boutique record shop curated by producer Adrian Younge and Sherry Younge, stocking soul, jazz, hip-hop and psychedelic vinyl.

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• Bar Franca

  Open 9pm–2am today

  Downtown LA hi-fi sound bar (Historic Core) relaunched fall 2025 under new ownership with a custom Danley sound system tuned for disco, house, funk, and jazz vinyl sets.

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• De La Playa Records & Leisure

  Open 11am–7pm today

  Highland Park hybrid space pairing a curated ~3,000-record vinyl shop with a 100+ option non-alcoholic cocktail bar, weekend vendor stalls, guest DJs and rotating local art. Opened June 2024.

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• Gold Line

  Open 5pm–2am today

  Highland Park cocktail lounge co-founded by Chris Manak (Peanut Butter Wolf of Stones Throw) built around a wall of ~8,000 vinyl records played by bartenders and DJs on McIntosh amps and Altec Lansing speakers.

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• HipHop Philosophy Record Shop

  Open Hours not listed

  Hip-hop record shop, radio station and art gallery near downtown LA; vinyl spanning hip-hop history plus live events, by appointment after relocating from a flood-damaged prior space.

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• Permanent Records Roadhouse

  Open Hours not listed

  Part record shop, part dive bar, part live-music/comedy venue in Cypress Park; the LA expansion of the Chicago-founded Permanent Records label/shop, opened in 2019.

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• Sunset & Vinyl

  Open 7pm–2am today

  70s-inspired cocktail lounge hidden above 800 Degrees Pizza near the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with an in-house vinyl collection patrons browse and queue up for the bartenders to play.

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• Zizou

  Open 5pm–12am today

  French-Moroccan wine bar and restaurant in Lincoln Heights built with sound as part of its design, hosting hi-fi/vinyl listening pop-ups in its garden and dining room.

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