Pollen In Love at DTLA’s Broken Shaker

The crowd here tends toward swim gear for sitting around the pool and shorts and tees in the lounge area. The cocktails are fabulous.
Maureen Harrington • Los Angeles Magazine • September 28, 2022
Don’t stop with the lobby of the Freehand Hotel. Though it’s charming, filled with chic women and their beaus lounging on couches, pass through and go upstairs to the rooftop Broken Shaker, where the crowd tends toward swim gear for sitting around...
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