October 16, 2007

S Marks the Spot

S Bar

Where L.A. nightlife is concerned, things just seem to get curiouser and curiouser.

Such is the case, anyway, with the newly opened S Bar, the latest Philippe Starck-designed spot from Sam Nazarian’s SBE and Brent Bolthouse.

Tea party with wacky potions like horseradish and pomegranate margaritas, Bee Knees (gin, house-made clover honey syrup, and fresh lemon juice), and Blackberry Love Soda (vodka, fresh lime juice, blackberries, and brut).

More intimate than its siblings Hyde and Area, S Bar works a Mad Hatter aesthetic with mismatched lounges, club chairs, and coffee tables (the ones with drawers are good for stashing purses and such). Clusters of upside-down lamps from every era hang precariously above Gothic candelabras; back-lit screens depict the walls of Versailles. And a ceiling-set flat-screen in the loo screens loopy classics like Alice in Wonderland.

So in you go.

Down the rabbit hole.

S Bar, 6304 Hollywood Boulevard, at Vine Street, Hollywood (323-957-2279).