Harvard & Stone, the new East Hollywood watering hole from Mark and Johnny Houston — the duo behind destination drink spot La Descarga – promises to be the neighborhood bar East Hollywood/Los Feliz has been waiting for.

The 3,500-square-foot, two-level bar, in the space formerly occupied by the Stone Bar and named after the nearby intersection on Hollywood Boulevard, feels reminiscent of where Rosie the Riveter must have grabbed drinks post factory whistle. The walls are faux rusted and aged, high top tables are supported by old pipes and hanging metal baskets which look straight out of a coal mine display whiskey bottles instead of broken-up granite. The drink prices here aren’t exactly everyday affordable at $9-$11 for specialty cocktails and $7-$8 for well but neither are they outrageous like most cocktail-savvy spots.

Unlike popular spirit-centric bars like rum bar La Descarga or whiskey bar Seven Grand, H&S’s goal is to offer the “most unique selection of American distillates,” according to bar man Steve Livigni. “We’re really focusing on craft American distilleries so there are more people making whiskey in the U.S. than any other particular thing but there’s people making great vodka, gin, absinthe, rum, brandies and applejack. So we’re going to feature a lot of that stuff, too.” However, the bar will also stock a small menu of tequila, cognac and rum as well as recognizable brands.

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