The Frolic Room (1 Viewer)

[PhillyDave]

Doing some random "world wide web surfing" i came upon mention of the Frolic Room in Hollywood as a particularly favorite dive bar of Buk's. How true and if so what's it really like? Still a worthy hang?

 

[hank solo]

Mentioned in one of the Barfly threads...

You can actually go IN The Frolic Room on Google Maps.

Let's see if this link works..
http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1AFAB_enUS448US448&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=the frolic room bar&fb=1&gl=us&hq=the frolic room bar&cid=0,0,6740466231805143968&ei=U8P7TpPzLKm1sQLZgNHDAQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&ved=0CBEQ_BI

Also see https://bukowskiforum.com/threads/weekly-readings-at-the-frolic-room.5102/

 

[roni]

I've been there once and liked it. Not too much so that I'd make it my favorite bar, but quite well.
Basically it's exactly what this Google-Maps thingy shows, one long, strait room with paintings on the side opposing the bar.

 

[nado]

The Frolic Room was just used as a scene for about a minute in the April 10th, 2013 Southland episode. (season 5, episode 9).

 

[PhillyDave]

Thanks. What's said about it seems to remind me of a favorite bar around here in the Northern Liberties area, the 700 Club, , assuming you go on an off night and by that i mean a "non-downtown tourist night". Sundays thru Thursdays are best. http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-700-philadelphia .

 

[Ponder]

Has TV: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: No

Ouch-Twice.

Oh and
Smoking: No

That's not a bar.

 

[nado]

Oh and
Smoking: No

That's not a bar.

I know what you mean, but at the same time I sure don't miss smoke filled bars. I'm glad most of them are non-smoking these days.

 

[PhillyDave]

Has TV: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: No

Ouch-Twice.

Oh and
Smoking: No

That's not a bar.

Wheelchair Accessible: No. Huh. My dumbass never realized. And as to the tv? They hardly ever put it on and it is kind of easy to ignore. The regulars are a good bunch.

 

[skiroomalum]

Actual name is Bob's Frolic Room. It's xnext to the Pantages on Hollywood Blvd. First place I ever got loaded in LA. There was a second Frolic room on a side street(Ivar or Cahuenga maybe...). Very narrow bar with no character. Firefly much better bar close by but now long gone.

 

[mikestro1]

Frolic 2 was on Wilcox.