Gran Blanco

From the same team behind nearby all-day Australian eatery Great White, Gran Blanco serves amazing drinks, natural wines and a decent selection of Asian-inspired bar bites from a tiny, well-decorated space just under the iconic VENICE sign. While the izakaya-lite seasonal cuisine here won't knock your socks off if you've ever visited Japan, or even just Little Tokyo or the South Bay, the food menu makes for great drinking fare, from the chicken katsu curry to the toro caviar seaweed bites. The crispy rice sticks nod to Korean tteokbokki while the “tremendous” cheeseburger-stuffed spring rolls take a page from Chinese American cuisine—just the kind of meat and carbs you'll need to wash down all those impeccably crafted cocktails.