Seco
Bar · Silver Lake ·
Natural wine bar with Mexico City & Mediterranean flavors
Natural wine bar with Mexico City & Mediterranean flavors
"Seco is the size of an apartment but jam-packed with wannabe art directors who all smell like Santal 33, split their time between Silver Lake and Lisbon, and are secretly hoping to glimpse Emma Chamberlain eating an olive. It’s one of the only bars in town with a scene spilling out onto the sidewalk, and is the place to go if you want a true 2025 LA experience: sharing oxygen with someone moderately internet famous. Reservations can be made for the dining room, but most people just walk in—standing around nonchalantly with a glass of chilled red is canon here." - brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park
"Seco is the size of an apartment but jam-packed with wannabe art directors who all smell like Santal 33, split their time between Silver Lake and Lisbon, and are secretly hoping to catch a glimpse of Emma Chamberlain eating an olive. It’s one of the only bars in town with a scene spilling out onto the sidewalk, and is absolutely the place to go if you want the true 2025 LA experience: sharing oxygen with someone moderately internet famous." - allie conti
"Named as a participating Los Angeles restaurant in a Japanese-government–backed wagyu promotional campaign (through mid-December), where chefs are creating special menus to showcase Japanese wagyu—the specialized, fatty beef from Japan." - Mona Holmes
"Silver Lake sushi hotspot Santo opened its sister restaurant, Barr Seco, in late August. During the day, the airy restaurant operates as a cafe, serving coffee alongside dishes from chef David Potes like a matcha yogurt bowl, tomato miso soup, and a spicy tuna salad bocadillo. After dark, the cafe flips into a cozy bar with a wine list curated by former Kismet sommelier Kae Whalen. The bar focuses on offering natural wines and options by the glass range from $14 to $17. To pair with the wine, Potes developed a menu of dishes including a scallop crudo with tomatillo, an adobo-marinated pork tostada, and spicy vodka strozzapreti pasta. — Rebecca Roland, associate editor" - Eater Staff
"Barr Seco means the “dry bar” in Spanish, which ironically doesn’t apply to this new Silver Lake spot from the Santo people. The moody, green-tiled bar pours natural wines and serves small plates like endive caesars decorated with anchovies, seafood tostadas, and jamón and cheese baguettes. We recently visited Barr Seco. Read our thoughts here. " - sylvio martins