California’s Bar

Guadalajara


A two-story gay bar that's popular with a diverse 20- and 30-something crowd usually OFB (out for business). It gets packed around 10pm, and Friday and Saturday nights are a madhouse. Great DJ most nights and dancing anywhere there's a free spot.


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Nearby Guadalajara attractions

1. Templo de Nuestra Señora del Carmen

0.09 MILES

Facing a small leafy plaza, Templo de Nuestra Señora del Carmen is a 17th-century chapel that was remodeled in the 1860s, with lots of gold leaf, old…

2. Templo de la Merced

0.28 MILES

Close to the city center is the ornate Templo de la Merced, which was built between 1650 and 1721; inside are several large paintings, crystal chandeliers…

3. Plaza Guadalajara

0.31 MILES

Plaza Guadalajara is shaded by dozens of severly cropped laurel trees and has great views of the east of the cathedral. Boasting a few fine cafes, it's a…

4. Palacio Municipal

0.32 MILES

On the north side of Plaza Guadalajara is the Palacio Municipal, which was built between 1949 and 1952 but looks much older. Above its interior stairway…

5. Catedral de Guadalajara

0.35 MILES

Guadalajara’s cathedral is the city’s most conspicuous landmark with distinctive neo-Gothic towers built after an earthquake toppled the originals in…

6. Cathedral Crypt

0.35 MILES

The cathedral in Guadalajara includes a Gothic crypt, where three archbishops are buried.

7. Rotonda de los Jaliscenses Ilustres

0.37 MILES

Jalisco’s hall of fame, in the plaza on the north side of the cathedral, is ringed by 30 bronze sculptures of the state’s favorite writers, architects and…

8. Museo de Arte Sacro de Guadalajara

0.38 MILES

This pious collection astride the eastern flank of the cathedral is filled with dark and brooding 17th- to 18th-century religious art, as well as some…