Dada Echo Park

Dada Echo Park is a semi-hidden restaurant/bar that looks like you might need a password to get in (you don’t). The doorway is in a service alley behind Dada Market and Little Fish, and inside you’ll find a dark lounge leading to a fenced patio with a massive tree rising through the middle. Mysterious entrance aside, Dada Bar stays on the cool side of the speakeasy trend, mostly because it embraces the breezy bistro rubric. A host will give you the option of sipping kumquat margaritas with shaggy art couples at the candlelit bar, or having a sit-down dinner involving a juicy pork chop and brothy bean stew in the skylit dining room. On weekends, disco DJs take over the hi-fi stereo system, turning every room into a dancefloor. But even on a random weeknight, Dada Bar is a perfect under-the-radar hang (at least for now).