Gas Lite

"At this den of debauchery, the name of the game is karaoke. The Gaslite is one of the best bars in Santa Monica where you can cut loose, plus there’s free popcorn and a dance floor that gets wild in a hurry. So skip the scene and the long lines at a bar you don’t want to be at anyway and go experience the dive bar of your dreams." - brant cox, sylvio martins, nikko duren

"Welcome to one of the most legendary bars on the Westside. This dime-sized joint along Wilshire is technically a karaoke place, but don’t let that deter you - the dancing here is very real. The Gaslite is definitely not where you start your evening, it’s where you end up at 12:30am dancing your soul out to a stranger's jaw-dropping rendition of “What’s Love Got To With It?” " - brant cox, nikko duren

"Located on a stretch of inland Santa Monica dominated by framing stores and supermarkets, The Gaslite remains one of the wildest bars on the Westside. The crowd seems to change nightly here, but you can always expect things to be unpretentious and on the brink of complete chaos. If you sign up for karaoke, you’ll probably end up singing Meat Loaf with a stranger before being carried off into the night on someone’s shoulders." - Brant Cox

"If you’re on the Westside and just need a night to stop thinking about why you got into this business in the first place, Gaslite is your move. The dive bar on Wilshire is more or less a karaoke spot, but if you hit the right pocket of the evening (aka when everyone’s sh*tfaced), you will be greeted with a tiny little dance floor where absolutely anything goes. Gaslite is not where you start the night, it’s where you end up at midnight after a long night of playing nice at all the other bars." - brant cox

"“But there aren’t any fun bars on the Westside.” Raise your hand if you’ve heard one of your Eastside friends say that. Now put your hand down and take them to The Gaslite. Immediately. The classic karaoke bar in Santa Monica is still one of the most unhinged nights out in the entire city - and the kind of bar you stumble into at 12:30am, rip a few unadvised whiskey shots, and watch a heavyset man sing Meatloaf while crowdsurfing to the bathroom." - brant cox