Rock & Reilly's Pub / Whiskey Bar

West Hollywood, Los Angeles –

With a drinks menu heavy on whiskey, a dozen flat-screen tuned to sports, and a prime location along the famous (infamous?) Sunset Strip, Rock & Reilly’s attracts everyone from cocktail snobs and celebrities to sports lovers.

The ground floor lies somewhere between the border of cozy and downright small, with the TVs that line the exposed brick walls complemented by taxidermy and whiskey barrels, the latter of which keeps the focus on the true order of business even when the game’s on.

Midweek sees a crowd of creative twenty-somethings that usually includes actors, trendy musicians, and casual locals. They may show up at 4pm for Happy Hour, but they often stay on to work through the list of forty-five whiskeys, which they can pair with Irish classics like corned beef and not-so-Irish fare like grilled cheese lathered with Gruyere.

Scattered sofas and mounted muskets above a fake fireplace create more of a lounge feel on the mezzanine, where older sports fans retreat to watch the game in peace over whiskey- or vodka-heavy cocktails, while celebs are known to rent out the private back deck.

Calm is definitely not the name of the game after 9pm on most nights, especially on Fridays when both floors overflow with loud rock and the requisite groups of rowdy barhoppers working their way down the Strip.

Quietly cool by day and raucous long into the night, Rock ‘n Reilly’s attracts folks with wide-ranging definitions of Rest ‘n Relaxation.