Verdugo

Cool place. Great beer, cool people. Love the food trucks. There is a photo booth and a bathroom that locks, which is always great at a bar. Outdoor area is the best part.
Only thing that sucks is the music. Horrible music and it’s too loud. You are forced to listen to it/​endure it whilst inside/​ordering your drinks. Luckily the outside area makes up for it, as it’s not playing outside.

Great beer selection and great bar. I love the ambiance here. The music is awesome and the general crowd is pretty cool too. One of my favorite bars in Los Angeles!

Awesome bar with a great beer garden. Great selection of beers and whiskey. All around very enjoyable spot to have a beer and smoke a cigar in the beer garden. Parking can be found on the street and never had problems. But if go later at night it might be hard.

The goat group knocks it outta the park! This place has an incredible patio and an amazing list of beers to choose from. The back room is also quite friendly, with tall wooden tables and awesome light fixtures. I must emphasize the beer list, it is truly phenomenal and the selection is one of the best I’ve seen in the greater Los Angeles area. You can also grab a quick bite from food trucks parked adjacent to the patio. Nice! I will be back.

Cute spot very hipsteresk but cool vibe good drinks reasonable price also have à photo booth

It’s the attention to detail. The community and neighborhood reach out programs. They care about the look of the street and what their establishment adds to that.

Great bar. Nice outdoor patio.
Great music.
Good selection of beers.
Food truck right outside.
Nice place to socialize with others and have a conversion

Finally made it here. I love how much space there is and on a Saturday night at prime hours I never felt claustrophobic. We were able to grab a table and had a few Sinners (fireball shot + beer) in the perfect weather last weekend on the patio.

well this was an interesting bar. first time here and not quite sure what to say about it
first, parking is absolutely horrendous. i drove around for 30+minutes to find a decent spot, and the neighborhood is not a nice one either
the outside of the bar only has a sign reading «cocktails» so it is pretty hard to miss
upon entering the interior bar portion is very dark, booths on one side, and a lit bar on the other
continuing through there is a smaller room with two tables, bathroom and a photo booth
outside is really cool, that is where the 3 stars goes; it is fenced around with wrap so you can’t see out and people outside can’t see in; there are picnic tables, heaters, and walls are lined with beer signs
there is also another outlet with a food truck, i didnteat but it looked good
as for drinks, i ordered some lemon twist thing, which had a taste of very sour lemonade, no alcohol, and a beer which was not to my taste
the crowd is a very hipster crowd, not necessarily my forté either
ah well i tried it

We love Kendra$$$$&&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ were gonna go again tonight n hideout were too famous.

I celebrated my birthday here last Saturday. I live in San Diego and was looking for a venue to celebrate with my Los Angeles friends. I wanted something laid back and that definitely played hip hop music. I emailed Verdugo Bar and got a response from Wes, the general manager. I emailed a few places but Wes was the most responsive and accommodating.
When you walk in it is the main bar area, then a separate middle room with seating and then the outdoor patio. Wes reserved the middle room for us and guaranteed the DJ would play 90’s hip hop for us that night. Wes wasn’t working that night so John was managing the spot and helped us when we arrived.
The outdoor area played different music from a playlist, so you can only hear the DJ from inside. I wish that wasn’t the case, but everyone inside had a great time. My friends started a dancefloor in the middle room reserved for us and it was perfect. I LOVED the patio. There was a food truck parked and the lighting and seating was amazing. For being December it wasn’t chilly at all. They have heat lamps. From what I recall, drinks were in expensive and overall everyone had a good time. There was only street parking but I found a spot when I showed up.
Great spot. Easy going. Good music. Definitely will return.

Fun bar. Parking sucks really bad, so carpool if you can. Great beers, and they have food trucks that come in. Love their outdoor space, it feels really chill and friendly. They have music inside, if you are vibing for that.
Parking: Street.
Payment: Cash or Card
Overall: Love it. Would go if I’m in the area.

I honestly love this bar. Whenever I want to «go out» my roommates and I love to come here. It’s a fun, easy-​going spot with awesome selections of beers and these amazing «infused» house cocktails. They also get Pliny The Elder on draft every couple of weeks which is such a score, best IPA there is and even better when it’s so hard to find on the west coast.
The backyard takes me back to hanging out at a friends house party with a ton of fun games, booze and people having a good time. Cozy, well lit and good music. I never leave without meeting a few cool new people.
Bartenders ive encountered were fun, fast and knowledgable.
Local food trucks sometimes show up on the weekends and it’s always bomb.
This place is a blast and a spot worth checking out!

The Verdugo bar kinda reminds me of a feeling when you meet up with an old friend you haven’t seen in a while but you get right back to that place where you last left off. That’s the feeling I get when I’m there and I love it. it’s familiar and very comforting. I love the vibe and the staff is wonderful. The back patio is terrific and I love that there are food trucks that come on certain nights too. The music is always good, usually hip-​hop or throwback jams that make you want to dance, especially after a couple Deliriums.
Earlier this month, I had my BF’s 40^th birthday here and he had the time of his life! Wes couldn’t have been more accommodating to our needs. There were a few hiccups with the reservation of a certain food truck (that just dropped off the face of the earth the week prior to the event) and like a true professional, Wes was able to deliver another food truck in the last hour (which had an even better menu and great customer service) and the party went off without skipping a beat. Everyone had a great time! could you ask for anything more? I think not. My only regret was that I didn’t take more pictures of this night. Anyway, you are sure to have a good time at The Verdugo Bar, whether it’s just sitting at the bar enjoying your favorite beer or a gathering with friends.
This is an awesome, chill place!!!

Great beer selection and the outdoor ambiance/​games are great.
Drinks could be stronger though and the bartenders could pay more attention to who’s been waiting for a long time to be served.

+Cool spot. Indoor dark dive bar feel whereas outside patio is nice and hipster feeling.
+Drinks! They have a ton of beers on tap and a lot of really good custom cocktails. Their lavender cocktail is my favorite!
+Happy hour. +++happy hour from 3 – 7 on Saturday. $ 4 well drinks and $ 2 off beer.
+Food trucks at night. But if you come earlier then that they don’t mind you bringing outside food or even having food delivered to the venue.
+Lots of street parking (though it looks crazy ghetto)

Its been a while since I’ve been back, but its a great bar that a friend recommended to me a while back. Great selection of drinks and nice ambiance. Mixed hipsterish crowd. I liked the outdoor area to chill.
One bonus of going here is that you can enjoy great street tacos nearby afterwards to soak up the alcohol.

About five years ago I met my husband here, so I should love this place, right?
You would think so, but we came back recently, driven by a mix of nostalgia on my part as well as desire for a tasty IPA and some good music, the experience wasn’t as great as I remembered from previous times. The website promised a mix of 80s, 90s, indie, etc. that Saturday night.
When we showed up (granted it was early, about 9 maybe), the inside was almost empty. We walk up to the bar and look at options. The only bar tender there was engaged in what seemed like conversation with a group of about four people at the bar. Maybe it looked like we didn’t care about ordering, but I did want to order. After quite some time chatting, she tells us she’ll be right with us, then finally starts getting that group’s drinks. After asking about the ingredients in the spicy jalapeño cocktail, a «Hot Marge it’s called, and determining that it is a margarita made with jalapeño-​infused tequila, we ordered it while my husband was still perusing the drink menu. And… they were out of that special tequila, so we ordered an IPA. The on tap beer selection is decent but is probably now equaled or surpassed by other bars.
The night was okay; the KONEstruction truck was out there, and I like the outdoor patio as it was very pleasant outside on a summer night. Also, the board and card games are fun. I didn’t like the abnormally cold a/​c indoors (perhaps in anticipation of a larger crowd that never materialized) or the spotty service. There was a good number of people outside, but it was a turnoff to see the empty interior when we went back inside and now the bartenders were busy taking shots with their friends. If you want to have fun while working, go for it, but don’t forget to do your job well.
Plus, the music they were playing wasn’t 90s or 80s; it was some more recent hip hop that was not to our taste. We left about 11 and it was still pretty empty. I wouldn’t bother returning.

A+ post-​dodgeball hangout bar.
I come here weekly (Wednesdays) and the crowd is always either bumping or incredibly sparse. Either way, it’s always a great time. The bartenders are bar none some of the nicest people, and always very accommodating. We roll in with between 10 and 30 (sweaty, loud, energetic) people every week, and they always greet us with smiles and «heyyyyyyy“s.
There are three sections of the bar, the front (where ordering happens as well as a few booths), the middle (where the bathrooms are, and a handful of tables for game playing), and the outside/​back patio (where the real fun goes down). The back patio sometimes houses a food truck for any late-​night munchies, and always has games available.
You can pay with the Tabbed Out app at Verdugo.

Placed in a quiet, desolate part of Glassell Park, it is easy to pass but don’t and bring a thirsty mouth and a hungry belly.
This place reminds me so much of the bars in Austin, TX.
Business in the front. Party in the back.
When you walk in there is the bar area and as you keep going you find this huge outdoor space with picnic tables and a food truck (it changes weekly).
There have a large array of craft beers on tap. A photo booth to take drunken photos with your friends.
This is a laid back, smooth place to grab a cheap tasty dinner, eat outside and get a buzz all in one fantastic location.
I am a huge fan. It’s a perfect spot for the summer heat and in the winter I will just have to put on a sweater because truck food plus alcohol well it just speaks to me.
It was one of the things about Austin that I loved and I miss.
As soon as I am off of this insane diet, of no alcohol and no diary /​carbs, you will be the first place I will return to get back into my dirty lovely ways.