ACEP Report 019 - "Anyone know of any REAL dive bars (in Los Angeles)?

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AvA CONSENSUS EXTRACTION PROTOCOL
ISSUE 019
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🍺 TOPIC: “Anyone know of any REAL dive bars?”
👥 COMMUNITY: [r/AskLosAngeles](r/AskLosAngeles)
📊 DATASET: 319 usable comments and replies

LIQUID ZOO EMERGES AS REDDIT’S DEFINITIVE LA DIVE BAR, WHILE THE DRAWING ROOM INSPIRES THE THREAD’S BIGGEST REACTION
More than 300 comments sent Reddit deep into LA’s remaining world of dark rooms, cheap drinks, 6AM openings and establishments where looking slightly rundown is considered a plus.
📣 Liquid Zoo generated one of the strongest combinations of repeated independent recommendations and unmistakable “yes, this absolutely qualifies” discussion in the thread.
⬆️ Liquid Zoo also produced the strongest distributed Community Endorsement across its qualifying support, while the Drawing Room generated the thread’s biggest single recommendation - an extraordinary 198-upvote endorsement.
⭐ When independent nominations, distributed community endorsement and supporting discussion were combined, Liquid Zoo emerged as the overall ACEP consensus winner.

⚔️ FEATURED BATTLES!!!

Liquid Zoo VS Drawing Room - The overall consensus winner faces the dive bar responsible for the thread’s overwhelmingly most-upvoted individual recommendation.

Cozy Inn VS Copper Bucket - Two of the most repeatedly recommended neighborhood dives go head-to-head after each surfaced across seven separate qualifying mentions.

ACEP CONSENSUS RANKINGS
📣 Independent Mentions
⬆️ Community Endorsement (upvotes across all mentions)
⭐ ACEP Consensus Score

1. Liquid Zoo

📣 5 ⬆️ 100 ⭐ 13.92

1. Cozy Inn

📣 7 ⬆️ 67 ⭐ 12.69

1. Drawing Room

📣 4 ⬆️ 84 ⭐ 10.45

1. Copper Bucket

📣 7 ⬆️ 50 ⭐ 10.09

1. The Scene

📣 5 ⬆️ 54 ⭐ 9.55

1. Monte Carlo Bar

📣 8 ⬆️ 28 ⭐ 8.27

1. Escondite

📣 5 ⬆️ 44 ⭐ 7.63

1. Tattle Tale Room

📣 4 ⬆️ 46 ⭐ 7.39

1. Blipsy Bar

📣 5 ⬆️ 32 ⭐ 7.12

1. Power House

📣 5 ⬆️ 32 ⭐ 7.08

1. Foxfire Room
   
2. Sugar Suite
   
3. La Cita
   
4. Lotus Lounge
   
5. Oh Grady’s
   
6. Ye Rustic Inn
   
7. HMS Bounty
   
8. Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
   
9. Scarlett Lady
   
10. Canby Sweet

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Issue 019 · Published by Anything Vs Anything · 2026