Jalisco Inn Number Two

Love this place! Cheap drinks sexy helpful bartenders. Love Angel ! Thanks you guys!

In response to Michelle P…
«strraight men — they won’t bother you»?? Guys — don’t go to a gay bar if you’re gonna freak about getting hit on. That’s not «bothering» someone — that’s what gay bars are for — for guys to meet guys who like guys. There are a hundred straight bars downtown — and one gay bar.

For years I considered this place off limits — DTLA’s answer to The Spotlight in Hollywood — and too sketchy for a delicate flower like me.
Having finally visited the place on a Saturday night a few months ago, I think a reassessment is warranted.
The music was fine for dancing (with extra helpings of Shakira), the lights were mercifully dim, and it wasn’t too crowded. And the drinks were cheap — the only truly useful metric when judging a watering hole.
I was accompanied by a large group, and we stayed mostly in our bubble, so that could have shaded my impressions of the experience. Would I come here by myself? No. But I don’t go to bars alone, in general. Though there was definitely some of that going on here!
But when I did look around to take in all the pageantry, everyone was having a good time, and I was more appreciative of the richness and diversity in our community. Ugh — did I really just type that?
Anyway, for better or worse, it fills a hole (Jesus, did I really just type that??) in the DTLA bar scene. Definitely worth a visit.

Only gay bar in Downtown, a few blocks down from City Hall, free munchies on Wednesdays, i’m there! :D

Unsavory gay character land deep in the heart of Downtown…
Apparently this place has at least two Unilocal aliases (The Gay Ranchero and the New Jalisco Bar one but both with the same address) haha…
Is there any real reason to believe the clientele will change much here from night to night? NO…
There’s no doubt this is a gay bar as there is a rainbow flag outside…
Dancer # 1 Mr. Zapateado: This guy really, really got into his dancing. Whenever he grew tired or missed a beat he would pause and wait for the right moment to start dancing again. He was timing his dance moves to the beat. Kind of like a surfer waiting for a wave to ride haha!!! It was a combo of Mexican ranchero zapateados and the beat of his own drum. Zapateado dancing is like that done for the Mexican hat dance for those of you who are not Mexican. Yes, he was dancing this to current dance hits… not to banda, nortenyas, quebraditas, etc… Maybe they were still playing in his head. This guy was falling over here and there. Pretty drunk. He was wearing pointy boots and a hoodie. He was proud of wearing his hoodie over his head and made sure it was on regardless of his frenetic and even aggressive dance style.
Dancer # 2The Diva: This guy was doing his own version of Juan Gabriel prancing/​dancing. Not a pretty site. This guy was falling over drunk too.
Dancer # 3 and 4 (Los Tios Panzones) «The Chubby Uncles»: Sombreros and big beer bellies… Wow!!! Some of us have uncles that look like this. NO, I don’t want to watch uncle Pastacio dance… ugh!!!
Non dancer # 5 The aggressive Drunk Guy: This guy had a really snugly fitting cap tightly pulled over his head. It was covering the beadiest eyes ever. He came over to our booth UNINVITED and sat down. He proceeded to grab a random bottle someone else had left there and play with it and lightly bang it on the table in a drunk out of his mind way while staring at us fixedly now and then. He was so drunk he even mouthed the random bottle a couple of times. Blech…
The drinks are not particularly cheap… and it is not really a full bar. On this particular occasion the bartender told me to wait a while for her to get the tequila I requested. It seems the bar mostly serves beer.
If you would like to run into this unsavory menagerie do so at your own risk… they appeared to be locals. Surely you will run into them the night you walk in here…
The only thing worth mentioning about this place is the big white erect plaster penis hanging proudly over the bar area. Come here so you can see it.

The best Michelada w Negro Modelo I have had outside of Guadalajara Mexico, and for only $ 4.50 served in DTLA!!! This was a perfect dive bar experience with a gay twist (straight-​friendly)!
This was stop #5 on Shauna D’s (Minty) DTLA Dive Bar Crawl. And, I loved it. There is a red, patent leather 2-​seater outside for smokers, and a sidewalk outside that is the best intoxication screening test I have seen in pavement form. There is no cover, plenty of seating inside, and a drag show with dancing to follow. But the best feature was Tony, the shirtless hawtie behind the bar with amazing abs and a great smile who will dance for you as he serves his drinks (also a much better michelada maker than the female bartender). He was so charismatic that we went back for another Michelada when the crawl was over. And for your straight men, no one will bother you. The people are sweet.
So, this was my favorite new find on the crawl.