Sonny McLean’s
2615 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90403

St. Patrick’s Day holds a special significance on the World Dive Bar Tour, as it’s the time of year when we pay homage to our Irish ancestors and the unique drinking establishments they’ve brought to this country. As the holiday itself will rarely fall on a Dive Bar Wednesday, we’ll celebrate it during the nearest prior week. Plus, WDBT has no desire to commingle with the insufferable crowd that comes out of the woodwork to get sloshed once a year on March 17th.

Alas, we head to Santa Monica to visit Sonny McLean’s, a place unlike any we’ve yet seen on the tour, fusing together the character of the dive with the fraternal warmth of the Irish pub. Step in the door and you’re bound to see a glasses of Guinness lined down the bar and two fellas yammering about all the guys named "Patrick" in their family.

Sonny’s has two..count’em…TWO Golden Tee games as well as pool, darts, and the naked-chick bar video game. They serve a respectable variety of the finest draught beer from Bud Light to Smithwick’s, and a pint of Guinness is under five bucks.

As usual, the casual debauchery starts around 9PM an gets really interesting by 10:00. Come for one drink, or stay for one too many. Bring anyone and everyone, and join us for a great time in the middle of the week. If you arrive early or late, look for the people having a damn good time (it’ll be us), or start having a damn good time on your own (we’ll find you).

Carpe Drink’em,

Alex, Damien, & Travis, WDBT Co-Czars

"The Irish ignore anything they can’t drink or punch."

- Irish Proverb

Irish Times
3267 Motor Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90034 (Palms)

As WDBT occasionally leaves us in a "haze," we neglected to check our calendars for important holiday that might land in proximity to our Wednesday gathering when creating the initial schedule. Not wanting to anger any Irishmen, we’ll celebrate St. Patty’s this week at one of LA’s finest pubs, Irish Times.

One could argue that if you’ve been to one Irish pub, you’ve been to them all. With the mandatory Guinness on tap, stained hard-wood decor, and Celtic music in the background, you have just about all you need to transport you to the land of majesty. However, complete with a Golden Tee golf, 75 cent pool tables, and a juke box full of the best rock n’ roll, Irish Times also brings together the best dive bar characteristics for the ultimate conglomeration of cheap entertainment and celebration of another culture through excessive drinking.

As usual, the casual debauchery starts around 9pm and gets really interesting by 10:00. Come for one drink, or stay for one too many, bring anyone and everyone, and join us for a great time in the middle of the week. If you arrive early or late, look for the people having a damn good time (it’ll be us), or start having a damn good time on your own (we’ll find you).

Carpe Drinkem,

Alex, Damien & Travis, WDBT Co-Czars

"The problem with the world is that everyone is few drinks behind."
- Humphrey Bogart