Everson Royce Bar Is Closing, Calling L.A. 'Disturbingly Difficult'

The Arts District cocktail bar at Seventh and Mateo streets, known for its back patio and its burger, is ending an 11-year run.

The sign outside Everson Royce Bar only ever said “BAR,” and the real party was out on the back patio. Its owners called the place “a site-specific installation of a never-ending party” in an Instagram post. On Dec. 20, that party ends, according to Time Out; Eater LA reported the last day as Dec. 19.

The Arts District cocktail bar — at 1936 E. Seventh St., according to its website, on the corner of Mateo Street, according to Time Out — announced Oct. 23, just ahead of its 11th birthday, that it would close for good, Time Out reported. Between the thank-yous to staff and regulars, the owners took a swing at the city itself, calling Los Angeles a “disturbingly difficult place to do business in,” and suggested there would be more details to come.

E.R.B. is the latest name on a list of L.A. bars that's grown all fall. West Hollywood's Employees Only poured its last drink Sept. 27 after eight years. Its managing partner, Tom Sopit, told Eater LA that many of the city's professional bartenders are actors, and they're leaving town for work.

In late October, Ye Rustic Inn was set to lose its patio. By Oct. 31, Pasadena's last gay bar was pouring its final round after 45 years.

Two of E.R.B.'s co-owners, Randy Clement and April Langford, had already closed one place this fall. Their Altadena wine shop and patio on Lincoln Avenue, West Altadena Wine and Spirits, served for the last time Oct. 25; after the Eaton Fire, it had turned into somewhere the neighborhood came to gather. The owners put that closing on a steady stream of complaints from neighbors, according to Time Out. Good Neighbor Bar, their cocktail bar next door, is staying open.

E.R.B., as most people call it, opened in 2015 beside an outpost of Silverlake Wine, another Clement business, and soon outdrew it. The kitchen had its own following: chef Matt Molina's cheeseburger, a single patty with nothing on it but cheese and house sauce, has held a spot on Time Out's best-burgers list for years.

Until the end, E.R.B. is open Wednesday through Sunday, with happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m., according to the bar's website. It's closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

The bar wants a big finish. In the same Instagram post, it asked anyone who's felt “the pure magic that is E.R.B.” to come back “as many times as possible between now and December 20.”

Source: la.eater.com, retrieved November 5, 2026. Other sources: the bar's website, erbla.com; timeout.com.