There's an older name for a place like this.
It translates closest to “where the listening is easy.”
TheSanctuary
Five floors of a Broadway landmark. A house with its own rules and a standing welcome for mortals and monsters alike.
Step across the threshold and the noise of the city stops behind you. That is the whole promise. A room where the arguing outside does not follow you in, and where nobody asks you to be anything other than what you are.
Clifton's has been many things since 1932: cafeteria, cabinet of curiosities, the strangest room on Broadway. It fed anyone who walked in, whether or not they could pay. Sanctuary DTLA carries that forward and makes it explicit: this is neutral ground and all are welcome.
Come for the comedy, stay for the dancing, and if you notice that some of the regulars seem to be something other than human. Well. Every good room in this city has its secrets.
Keep Informed
Nights, openings, and the occasional thing we don't post publicly.
Its origins are unknown.
Come for the escape.
Music, comedy, dancing, magic, trivia, good drinks.
Fridays · The Basement
Below Broadway Comedy Night
Rotating line up of LA Comics in the subterranean nether bar atop LA's Under Realm.
Fridays & Saturdays - Top Floor Tiki
Castaway Karaoke
Open mic karaoke hosted by a talented crooner. Grab the mic, pick your song, and sing your way off the island.
Saturdays - Main 2 Floors
Noche de Leyendas
Latin dance night. Salsa that actually knows the steps. Lessons at nine, the floor is yours after.
Saturdays - Basement & Ballroom
Curtain Call - The Clifton's Affair
A Traitors-inspired live social deduction experience. Guests don’t watch the game. They become part of it.
SUNDAYs - Third Floor Ballroom
Mahjong Madness
DTLASIA hosts community mahjong! Friendly games, great conversations, and a little competition.
Sundays - 4th Floor Treetop
D&D in DTLA
Join us for D&D games in the most immersive building downtown on Broadway.
Sunday, OCT 8 & 11 - Main Floor
Niu Lai - Shitty Movie Club
We’ve all seen the clips. None of us have seen the film. Would love to watch together.
Thursday, OCT 15 - Basement
Halloween - Shitty Movie Club
Darcy from The Last Drive-In digs up a handful of her fave horror films we've never shown. She shows a clip from each, you vote, we screen the winner.
OCT 30 - NOV 01 - All Floors
The Dark Wedding
An ancient, dark power from the Nether Realm seeks to consummate a wedding pact to cement his place in our world forever.
Take a floor, or take the building.
Five floors, each with its own character, and a whole building that can be yours for a night. Weddings, premieres, holiday parties, productions, and the occasional thing we've been asked never to describe.
One floor, or all fivePrivate events · full run of the houseEnquire
Some of our regulars ask questions the bar can't answer.
For them, there's the true account of Earth's secret history. Twelve chapters, kept by people who take the keeping seriously.
To the Archives →