322863 Sat Sep 02 22:42:09 -0700 2006 10 2 Los Angeles Area 0 1850958 Anyone have any info on this place. It seems like its been there forever but i never see anyone going in or out. Sat Sep 02 22:42:09 -0700 2006 21052 carln 1 1851148 Ahhh, Dear John's. Now this is Retro/Old School. It's a middle class piano bar/gin joint. Not groaty or lowlifey. It's for grown-ups and isnt where the construction guys stop for beer. Generally friendly, relaxed and polite. If you know the lounge scene at Billingly's then that's about what Dear John's is like. There's almost always a singer. They have about 5-6 booths and the same amount of tables (in the same room as the bar.) The menu is smallish and generally has a steak, some chops, maybe a pot roast or grilled chicken/fish--burgers too if I remember but leaning more towards multicourse dinners. Unfortunately I've only been for drinks in these last many years so I wont comment on the food but years ago we liked it. Not fantastic but pleasurably competent. I wish I had more, but it's a start. K* Sun Sep 03 01:51:26 -0700 2006 1850958 16652 KayZee 2 1851432 I have driven past Dear John's going to and from work every day for nearly 6 years and can count the number of people I've seen coming or going on one hand. FYI - the currently lounge singer is Johnny Racine, who performed for years at the now defunct San Gennaro's in Culver City. Sun Sep 03 06:58:08 -0700 2006 1851148 34980 off2cdwzrd 3 1851943 Re; the lounge singer. That alone is enough to keep me out. He was one of the reasons we didn't go to San Gennaros. Sun Sep 03 19:24:10 -0700 2006 1851432 16652 KayZee 4 1852111 Hilarious! Now I want to go just to see how bad he is! Sun Sep 03 21:31:53 -0700 2006 1851943 11738 writergirl 5 1853034 bad. like a saturday night live skit. Mon Sep 04 16:30:38 -0700 2006 1852111 11935 westsidegal 1 1851194 The steaks are awful, the martinis are bad, the wine is from a box. I would still go there though because the place is pretty cool. Sun Sep 03 02:31:47 -0700 2006 1850958 13554 cls 1 1851368 just came from there tonight. i'd recommend sticking to the courvoisier. generous pour. friendly bartender. friendly patrons. after you've had enough courvoisier, and enough good conversation, you reallly don't care that the steak has some gristle and that the salad is smallish with bottled dressing. Sun Sep 03 05:23:15 -0700 2006 1850958 11935 westsidegal 1 1852049 this place is the steely dan of restaurants. Sun Sep 03 20:49:53 -0700 2006 1850958 28919 logan 2 1852104 Now that's an interesting analogy. Do you mean it used to be good but isn't anymore? Sun Sep 03 21:29:28 -0700 2006 1852049 10274 Debbie W 1 1852165 it corners the market on itself, and seems to be encased in resin. i love steely dan, like i love the bonaventure bar. Sun Sep 03 22:05:39 -0700 2006 1850958 28919 logan