Circle Bar's white Main Street facade with a red neon Circle Bar sign and a black door — Photo: DocFreeman24 (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0). CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Santa Monica / Main Street · Santa Monica, CA

Circle Bar

Windowless Main Street dive since 1949: neon Circle cocktails sign, dark booths, stiff wells, and a locals scene after it reopened in May 2026.

Historic Late night Cheap beer

City: Santa Monica, CA
Neighborhood: Santa Monica / Main Street
Address: 2926 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90405
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Website: circlebar-sm.com
Why it is listed: Publicly documented as a dive. Source

Hours, a real floor plan, and a map pin will live here once we have them. We do not invent closing times.

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