Caffe Brass Monkey

Last weekend my friend had a birthday party at the karaoke bar, Caffe Brass Monkey. This bar is located randomly on Mariposa and Wilshire in Koreatown. It turned out to be a fun place, but I have a few complaints. First, there is a 2 drink minimum. In my mind, drink minimums are just as bad as cover charges. No bueno. No gracias. Second, if you are using a credit card there is a $20 minimum. Who in Los Angeles carries cash? No one I know. The drinks reasonably range between 5-10 dollars which is awesome, but I didn’t want to get wasted. Nor did I want to purchase two overpriced sodas. Although it’s more expensive, I’d rather get drunk than be ripped off for soda, so I ordered double shot of Knob Creek whiskey.

The DJ was cool. He had a hairdo like Vanilla Ice and a great voice to help save the unfortunate karaoke singers who either were not singing loud enough or were just bad singers. The one hilarious downfall to the night was the emotionless skinny white girl that had signed herself up for songs using different names. Maybe I wasn’t drunk enough, but this girl was unbearable. She kept going up for rap/hip-hop songs, which could be considered cute, but once you realized she either is illiterate or was too drunk to read, the cuteness faded fast. As she fumbled through the words of every song, she kept squatting her body closer to the floor making it look like she was having a bowel movement. While doing these squats, she kept pawing at her crotch to grab at what RuPaul refers to as “the candy.” Last but not least annoying, she tried to steal our friend’s song when it was his turn! Thankfully, after her 3rd song IN A ROW (the sixth or seventh of the night) we were leaving. I hope for everyone’s sake the DJ started to regulate her stage time. Note: In the picture she is the one on the left trying to hold it in.

Caffe Brass Monkey
659 S Mariposa Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90005

Get Directions(213) 381-7047