With Dodger fever gripping our city (and myself missing tonight’s game slaving away at work), I thought I might review a sports bar that gives a little something extra.  The Happy Ending in Hollywood serves up gourmet food in a sports bar/frat house atmosphere.  Happy Ending serves up kobe beef everything and fancy pants mac and cheese with delicious cheese and mushrooms (I recommend the Filet Mignon Sliders on Pretzel Rolls though, since you asked).  They take so much pride in their fancy bar food they even put the chef’s name on the menu.

A handsome fellow celebrates after catching a delicious Lobster for only $2

Even with the gourmet selections you can hardly call The Happy Ending classy.  Beer pong tables upstairs, a drink special wheel, flat screen TVs in every direction, as well as drinks that are served in beach buckets prevent this bar from ever claiming itself a Gastropub.  The crowning achievement by far is their The Lobster Zone: a claw machine like any other except instead of crappy plush toys inside, it has a tank of live lobsters waiting to be plucked out (please don’t tell PETA).  If you are skilled enough to catch a lobster, the chef gladly boils it up for you and serves it with a delicious sauce and asparagus.

If you are hungry, want to watch sports, and are not afraid to occasionally interact with the more Ed Hardy types,  The Happy Ending is the bar for you.

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WHAT: Sports Bar, Good Food, Party Atmosphere
WHERE: The Happy Ending
$$: Spin the Drink Wheel to get a new drink special

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