The Westside’s live music standby since 1931, Harvelle’s is a blues lover’s heaven – a dash of Southside Chicago, a touch of New Orleans’ French Quarter, and a pinch of Memphis, all a few blocks from the Santa Monica shore. The cosily narrow club’s evolution into a more deluxe den only enhanced its sexy, sweaty scene, and carousing on the checkerboard dance floor feels as delightfully dirty as ever. A minor cover charge provides entry to one of the most rollickin’ music rooms in LA with absolutely zero attitude (and Sunday’s triumphant Toledo show comes with free waffles!). Just hold your cocktails tight if the cabaret dancers need to commandeer your tabletop for a bit of bump and grind.