10 LA Restaurants With Great Cocktails - Los Angeles - The Infatuation

"The Mexican food at Mírate may be inconsistent, but the cocktails are always hits. We’d happily send anyone to this multi-story restaurant in Los Feliz solely to drink under a giant lit-up tree in their courtyard. Classic cocktails feel new and interesting like a carajillo sweetened with nutty marzipan, a crisp martini that mixes gin, vermouth, and tequila without tasting like rocket fuel, and the best spicy margarita we’ve ever had—lacto-fermented chorizo makes this tequila cocktail taste like beef jerky, which sounds odd but is delicious in a smoky-salty kind of way." - sylvio martins, brant cox, garrett snyder