Bar 1200 at Sunset Marquis Hotel, West Hollywood
In this town of door muscle and guest lists, it’s amazing how much riffraff manages to squeeze past the velvet ropes. But you’ll find no such mouth-breathers in here. This clubby lounge is of a piece with its hotel—somehow tactful and understated in its aggressive defense of exclusivity. Celebrities move through the room with all the pretension of guests at an Omaha Marriott, which encourages the no-listers to focus on their Negronis instead of their Nikons. Because a tight door makes all this nonchalance possible, come early and look sharp.