La Costeña's fluorescent Costa's Bar Rules sign above vinyl stools on Main Street — Photo: Missvain (Sarah Stierch), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 · Source

Downtown / Historic Core · Los Angeles, CA

La Costeña Bar

DTLA Main Street Mexican dive (Costa's) with fluorescent Costa's Bar Rules, vinyl stools, and stiff well pours for regulars.

Historic Cheap beer Late night

City: Los Angeles, CA
Neighborhood: Downtown / Historic Core
Address: 271 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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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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