La Fonda de los Camperos

La Fonda de los Camperos doesn't look like much from the outside. It's on a desolate Mid-City stretch of Wilshire Boulevard. Park in the lot on the corner, hop over the little fence, and try to find the door — the place looks a little like a fortress. One Friday evening, I'm waiting for my friends in the entryway, and a patron knocks on the enormous, heavy wooden door. He's right — it does sort of feel like a speak-easy.