North Park's Part Time Lover was named one of the best bars in America

• Esquire also recently tapped North Park's luxurious Lafayette Hotel as the best new hotel of 2024.
• Both spots are by Consortium Holdings — the hospitality group behind some of the city's trendiest bars and restaurants.

Zoom in: Part Time Lover is an upscale, yet relaxed cocktail lounge that spins and sells vinyl from Folk Arts Rare Records — one of the oldest record stores in California.

• The vibes are "mid-century living room yet more luxe" with a long wooden bar, velvet couches and checkered floors that make the interior design "as mesmerizing as the music," Esquire says.
• Sip on a Japanese-style old fashioned or whisky highball as you listen to "everything from acid jazz to deep house to tropicalia."

Yes, but: As our Andy Keatts knows, a few P.T.L. cocktails will likely mean some vinyl is coming home with you.

If you go: The bar on 30th Street is open 4pm-2am, and the record shop is open 4-10pm.