Roosterfish

"Breakfast burrito purveyor the Rooster opened a second location on the Westside at 401 Lincoln Boulevard in Venice. The new outlet is tucked inside the cloud kitchen collective Colony Cooks." - Cathy Chaplin

"Fans wept when Roosterfish, the Westside’s oldest gay bar, closed in 2016. The neighborhood felt Roosterfish’s absence until owners Mario Vollera and Patrick Brunet brought it back from the dead. The bar is no longer a dive, and owners have had to increase prices to stay competitive, but it still has the same charm." - Rebecca Roland, Eater Staff

"Roosterfish, a historic queer bar, has been a staple of the early LGBTQ scene in Venice for more than 40 years. It closed in 2016 but was resurrected two years later by new owners Mario Vollera and Patrick Brunet. The bar is doing well and is expanding to a new location in West Hollywood, taking over the closed Pump space at 8948 Santa Monica Boulevard. The new location plans to introduce a light menu of Italian bites, expanding beyond just cocktails." - Farley Elliott

"Venice’s longstanding gay bar Roosterfish has come back to life, adding a new chapter to the nearly four-decade-old bar saga. Roosterfish was for the better part of 40 years a staple of the LGBTQ scene in greater Los Angeles. The Abbot Kinney bar stood as a second home for many on the Westside throughout the turbulent 1980s and ‘90s, but succumbed (like many) to the changing Venice neighborhood’s ways over the past decade. In 2016 the former owners decided to close the place for good. Eighteen months later, new owners Mario Vollera and Patrick Brunet wanted to bring Roosterfish back from the dead. The pair are well-known in Venice, having run South End pizzeria and wine bar for years. They promised to clean up the place a bit and have it ready for Venice Pride last weekend. And so it seems that’s exactly what happened. LA Weekly reports that the bar is back in action following a big send-up during Pride week, though the prices and some of the decor items have changed. Drinks now run in the $12 to $14 range. As for hours, Roosterfish will run daily from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., expanding to 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday." - Farley Elliott