Sassafras Saloon is on Vine Street in Hollywood and draws on a specific Southern Gothic aesthetic that distinguishes it from the usual Hollywood bar inventory. The story behind the design is that an actual Savannah townhouse was deconstructed in Georgia and rebuilt inside the space, and whether or not that is entirely literal, the interior earns the claim: wicker chairs, hanging plants, portraits of Southern patriarchs, antique mirrors, and a creaky conveyor belt above the bar that displays bottle-aged cocktails in slow rotation. The Old Fashioned is consistently praised, and the cocktail list is genuinely one of the better ones in the neighborhood. Live music runs most nights, typically jazz with some blues and occasional DJ sets, all free. The bar is spacious enough to be comfortable even when busy.