4of five · Bars · Silver Lake
Red Lion Tavern
German · Beer hall · $$
Sixty-plus years of German beer hall on Glendale Blvd, complete with dirndls, liter steins and an upstairs biergarten. Order the schnitzel and a Spaten and stay longer than you planned.
Walk-ins onlyNo reservations — the upstairs biergarten is the seat worth waiting for.
Go when
Weekday happy hour, 12–5 — the beer garden is half empty and the pours are cheap. Saturday night it's a crowd.
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