Gold Dust Meridian

"This beloved, low-lit Hawthorne cocktail bar runs its happy hour from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and all day Sunday, with dishes like $8 artichoke dip and $10 juicy-crispy chicken wings. The bar knocks off 50 cents from all wells, wine, and draft, which leaves a good number of drinks in the single-digit range." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden, Maya MacEvoy, Eater Staff

"This beloved, low-lit Hawthorne cocktail bar runs its happy hour from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and all day Sunday, with dishes like $8 artichoke dip and $10 juicy-crispy chicken wings. The bar knocks off 50 cents from all wells, wine, and draft, which leaves a good number of drinks in the single-digit range." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden, Maya MacEvoy

"Gold Dust Meridian always has three slushies on its menu: the Chi Chi, essentially a frosty piña colada, as well as another seasonal special like a strawberry daiquiri or a frosé; the third is the two of them artfully swirled together. The dark diner interior isn’t the most conducive for sunny day drinking (unless you’re hiding from the sun), but the shaded back patio and front picnic tables make for a lovely getaway." - Michelle Lopez, Brooke Jackson-Glidden

"On a sunny day, Hawthorne bar Gold Dust Meridian is one of the best patio joints in town, the sidewalk filled with the vitamin D-deprived enjoying a marionberry margarita, a tofu caprese salad, and some arugula and artichoke dip. By night, drinkers and diners tuck into the black leather banquette until 2:30 a.m. for lemon pepper chicken wings, macaroni and cheese with bacon and tomato, and drinks like the Bleeding Heart, made with blood orange vodka and wild hibiscus nectar." - Thom Hilton

Essentially Sandy Hut’s more chill little brother. Insane food & they have a French 75 on the menu.