A favorite among the new haunts popping up in steadily revitalised Downtown, the Gopher is a revamped speakeasy redone in faux-glam 1970s stylings – soak in those glitzy chandeliers – and the bearer of one of the oldest liquor licenses in LA (from 1905, which also means you can buy booze to go). You’ll find one of the city’s most eclectic collections of scenesters basking in the glow of the gopher-shaped lamps at the dive bar-gone-deluxe. From business types to college kids to the artsy loft crowd, it seems like just about everyone digs the Gopher.