WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21st, 2006

Footsies
2640 N. Figueroa
Los Angeles, CA 90065

The World Dive Bar Tour shall this week travel into the largely uncharted terrain east of the mystic LA river for a visit to a place called "Footsies". This playful name is grounded in a bar that features classy portraits of female nudes (no bush) on the walls, and despite having over twenty different varieties of lamps, manages to remain, as a point of pride, one of the darkest joints the tour will visit — a perfect environment for some playful flirting with the eccentric cast of regulars.

Park in the well-hidden back parking area and step through the assortment of broken chairs and barbecues into this no-frills bar, which features a single pool table, plenty of comfortable seating options, a jukebox packed with The World Dive Bar Tour’s Greatest Hits, and a fine selection of liquors and bottled beers (keg refrigeration capabilities are not found in the badlands east of the river). On a sad note, the notice out front states that the establishment is applying for renovations including a dance-floor and DJ area, so enjoy Footsies this week, while you can, before the hipster menace jumps the mighty river and runs wild all the way to the Mississippi.

Carpe Drink’em

Alex, Damien, & Travis, WDBT Co-Czars

"If you want to be cool, first you pull your headband into the cool position. Then you just lean back, put this hand in your pocket and then you wave this hand behind you like you just cut one and your trying to shoo away the stench."

- Cheech Marin, "Born in East LA"