The LBC's new high point: Halo, atop the restored Fairmont Breakers on Ocean Boulevard, 360 degrees from downtown LA to Catalina, with the harbor lights below.
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Atop the restored Fairmont Breakers, 360-degree views from downtown LA to Catalina, cocktails over the harbor lights.
Pip’s Tip Top of the restored Breakers, 360 degrees. On a clear day you can see Catalina.
Atop the newly restored historic Breakers hotel, this Art Deco high-rise dining room and rooftop bar has anchored the downtown skyline since the 1940s.
Pip’s Tip Reservations book out well ahead. Walk up to the bar instead, seating there is open.
Perched above BO-beau's main dining room on Pine Avenue, this open-air beer garden pours roughly 50 taps alongside wagyu sliders and bulgogi fries.
Pip’s Tip Fifty taps above the Pine Avenue dining room. Beer garden, not a cocktail roof.
A late-night mezcal and craft cocktail lounge stacked above sister restaurant Padre, with an open-air terrace among downtown's few after-hours perches.
San Diego's Ballast Point took over a sprawling two-story harborside space where upper patios and fire pits look out over passing boats and marina sunsets.
An unlikely open-air bar built into the top of a Gelson's grocery store near the marina, pouring Long Beach's own Trademark Brewing.
The Long Beach outpost of this small chain sits on the second story of the 2nd & PCH complex, with four bars, table service, and a DJ most nights.
This Second Street favorite built its reputation on an upper-level outdoor patio overlooking Belmont Shore's main strip.
Tucked on the second floor of The Crest tower near Shoreline Village, Risu pairs a deep whisky list with a heated, dog-friendly outdoor dining area.
The rooftop restaurant atop The Viv Hotel reopened with a Spanish-inflected steakhouse menu, panoramic Anaheim views, and a shot at Disneyland fireworks.
Eleven floors above the JW Marriott Anaheim Resort, this rooftop lounge keeps it casual with charcuterie and a front-row seat for Disneyland fireworks.
A recently refreshed rooftop lounge perched above the sand in Huntington Beach, purpose-built for sunset and fireworks watching over the pier.
Atop the Island Hotel near Fashion Island, this rooftop lounge trades on golden-hour views stretching from Newport Harbor toward Catalina.
The elevated pool deck at this boutique King Harbor hotel is built for sunset cocktails over the marina, with half-priced apps during happy hour.
The top-deck bar at this Pier Plaza institution is the go-to bird's-eye perch for sunset happy hour, with a sightline straight down the pier.
An elevated perch above the Strand and the Manhattan Beach Pier, pairing upscale steak-and-seafood dining with photographed sunset views.
A South Bay fixture since 1952, this tiki-kitsch spot on Redondo's Fisherman's Wharf has an upstairs 'crow's nest' with harbor sunset views.
The restored Breakers hotel, the harbor below, Catalina on the horizon, Long Beach finally has its rooftop.
Rooftops are one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle, find the lounges, whiskey bars, jazz clubs and the Domino Club below.
