1040 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown LA
Exit 110 N. Fwy at 9th, right on Flower, left on Olympic, right on S.
Grand
(213) 746-9200
Sun - Sat: 4pm - 2am
Cover: $5 after 7pm (VISA, MC)
Dance fee: $27/hr with 10 minute minimum
Map
There is now a rear as well as front entrance, and there is free
parking in the rear (on the corner of Olympic and Olive).
This club is not to be confused with the Grand Avenue Club, the
regular dance club formerly known as The Shark Club, just a few doors up
the street. This is perhaps the only Latino club aside from Tropical that I can recommend -- not because the
action is so good (it seems to go in cycles), but because if you’re a
gringo you’ll be less likely to feel out of place here than the other
Latino clubs (Tropical also being an exception). They have a high
percentage of non-Latino customers, primarily Asians and blacks with a
sprinkling of gringos.
This is just about the only Latino club besides Tropical where you
will find girls of other ethnicities. The reason for this is management
can’t seem to make up their mind if they want it to be a traditional,
dance intensive Latino club or a more tip intensive, moderate mileage
club like Flamingo used to be (see discussion under Las Palmas above).
Along with Fantasy, they have been one of the
main beneficiaries of Dreamland’s closing. A
word of caution regarding mileage: it’s available, but you should be
prepared to lower your standards considerably. The quality of the girls
pales in comparison to Fantasy, e.g., there are a lot of “porkers.”
Sure you can find a few gems, but they are few and far between.
Like most Latino clubs, the place appears designed to encourage you
to dance, as there is no place to sit down except for the stools around
the snack bar. There are two combination dance floor/couch areas. There
is a large, enclosed dance floor in the main room just past the front
counter at the top of the stairs. Just outside this room are a few
couches, and there is an adjacent couch area that used to be the main
dance floor. There is another large couch area with a smaller dance
floor just to the right of the top of the stairs. This is also the TV
room. The setup in this room is very similar to VIP and Sugar
Honey (the owner of LA Grand is also part owner of VIP and SH).
There are cameras in both couch areas.
