Spare Room

Best American Hotel Bar at the 2025 Spirited Awards, this Hollywood Roosevelt venue combines a wood-panelled gaming lounge with two vintage bowling alleys from the early 1800s, Art Deco arched windows overlooking Hollywood Boulevard, and a cocktail programme anchored by the Salt & Vinegar Martini—potato vodka, Noilly Prat, Colony Bitters, and pickle brine. Punch bowls serve six to twenty. The photo booth is secret. The atmosphere channels a 1940s bowling parlour that never existed but should have. Spare Room treats entertainment and mixology as the same discipline.