Hidden next to a Chuck E Cheese with no sign visible from the street, the sign by the door simply says "Comida, Cerveza, Chicas" (food, beer, girls). Inside is a small spartan dark room with a single pool table, a DJ in the corner on his laptop playing ranchero/banda/corridos. There's a folding table with an altar/shrine to the Virgin Mary with candles lit and roses strewn about. There are no beers on tap and I'm not sure there's any alcohol other than beer. The food available is bags of cheetos or cup noodles. The girls consisted of the bartender (an older lady). Not a hipster in sight (despite their "affection" for Latino dive bars, no self-respecting hipster would be caught dead this deep in the Valley). So far so good. Up until this point I'm glad to have found a low key place to drink in this part of town. BUT five dollars for a warm bottle of Dos Equis? Is that what they charge you if you don't order in Spanish? 3 dollars for a cup of instant noodles? At 8 dollars I'm still sober and hungry. I could have gotten some liquor at the liquor store two spaces down and some food at the Taco Bell at the corner and ate/drank in the alleyway. If the prices were just a tad cheaper and perhaps there was a better selection of alcohol (as far as I know they only had Tecate and Dos Equis), I would love this place. read more

Cantina De Oro - Granada Hills, California

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