Club Tempo

Looks like it’s been remodeled has three rooms with an open top patio different type of music played in every room no more transgender’s on Fridays dancing it is fun food and drinks are cheap nice location.

Happy New Year!
This year a friend of mind and me decided to go to Club Tempo for New Years Eve.
It didn’t disappoint us. It was everything we expected and more!
$ 7 parking, $ 5.75 domestic beers, and $ 36 dollars for enchiladas! That was a special surprise. We were expecting a $ 25 cover charge but when we were told $ 36 it hit the right spot. It must have been to cover the cost of the wood covering the toilet tanks.
We felt screwed and didn’t even have to use condoms.
It’s so sad when customers come last. The owner should be ashamed and at least consider how much the average customer earns that goes there. As oppose to bilking a few to make up for shortfalls, it would make more commonsense to lower prices, bring in more customers and have satisfied ones as well while make a profit.

This is a cool bar/​club. CASH ONLY. Funny and elaborate 30 minutes drag performances at around midnight (you can dance or hang out in their patio area and grab tacos if you’re not into drag).
When you do find some very good looking brown cowboy he’s usually partnered up, but everyone is super chill so don’t feel afraid to go up and talk to someone (mostly in Spanish)
Three different music rooms. The downstairs vaquero/​ranchero/​paisa room has a live band on weekends. Sunday is the best night to get a taste of the variety offered here. Definitely bring your buddies and have a good time. (Your lesbian friends would have fun here too!) :)

Went for the new Friday nite ‘Peanuts’ drag show. This is a new transgender
Show, due to the recent closing of Palms Bar. new host is Maria Roman,
A 6’4″ blonde bombshell T-​Girl performer & actress. Instead of having both
go-​go dancers & performers, she has 2 girls do both the duties of performers
& dancers, combined. fYI — cover is $ 10, but if you show the Craig’s list
post, it’s reduced to $ 5

Nice hole in the wall place. It’s mostly hispanic gay guys with cowboy hats that go. When I went I mostly stayed upstairs where they played more dance music and latin pop. I stayed away from the downstairs room because all they were playing was Mexican Coridos. Not really the type of place you get all dressed up. It’s more laid back. I LOVE the drag show performed by beautiful queens performing to spanish music. The only reason I go here is really because of the drag show but I like to dance a bit too. It’s fun!

Cuidado si es la primera vez que vienen a este bar, Ellos abren sus puertas
a las 9:00 a sí que tomen en cuenta esto:(

Worst place ever! This place has gone from bad to worst.

I love the laid back atmosphere here it’s so down to earth and fun, my uncle when ever he comes down to visit this is where he wants to go. It’s great so to sum it up good times to be had by all … ENJOY !!!

Club Tempo — WILD Latino Gay dance Club –Drag Queen Shows
Disclaimer I’m an Asian Non-​Spanish speaking straight girl, so forgive me, I don’t understand most of whats being said on stage during the performances, except from whats translated to by my friend/​gay-​bassador. Also I really don’t recognize most of the music nor the celeb acts the «ladies» are paying homage too, but overall this place is very unique and lively. I’ve been twice already and I thought it was great fun, its very much like stepping into a different world for me, a mini vacation.
Details about the Venue… in a commercial area, not too far from the 101 and the Forever Hollywood Cemetery.
2-​story Club, downstairs has 2 small dance floors the one thats always open usually open plays what seems to be «old favorite» latin dancing music.
Up the stairs theres 2 areas. The larger room has the bar, dance floor with stage.
Tables and chairs are placed around the dance floor for groups and couples to sit.
The stage and dance floor is medium in size. Each of the times I was there it was a holiday weekend, so the stage was decorated in colors of the holiday. President’s Day was patriotic red, white and blue and this Thursday night it was green and white in prep for St. Patricks day on Saturday.
Music upstairs is current Latin dance music and occasionally the DJ will throw in a pop dance hit Pit Bull, Usher or LMAFO.
Theres also and open air patio with strings of lights overhead and heat lamps where people can smoke or get some food or drink, its nice to go out there to get a break from the chaos and booty shaking.
Parking: Free lot, but some nights you have to pay to park in the lot, only a few bucks.
Admission: Free or $ 2 per person.
BRING CASH.
Crowd: 99% Latino, 95% Gay Men 5% Misc… Lesbians, Straight people, Other.
Almost Every type of Latin gay men here, young, old, punk, hipster, flashy cowboy, macho, femme…
Attire: You’ll fit in if you go full cowboy hat, boots and all, with Flashy jeans, form fitting button down or t-​shirt, boots, and its totally appropriate to go full gender bending glam girl, wear whatever you can to accentuate those curves, lengthen your legs in sky high heels. These ladies all shine and glitter!
Drag performances done entirely en espanol. The two times I went there were at least 6 performers each evening and each entertainer performed at least 2 songs and dressed in total concert, flashy formal wear. Songs are all lip synched and at times they’ll turn on the mic to interject some jokes to the crowd. Audience members will come up and give tuck a tip in the performers cleavage or hem of their skirt and give them an kiss on the cheek and a squeeze and whisper some words of appreciation and encouragement in their ear. Most all of the ladies on stage are clearly in drag, but there are one or two where I really was really questioning…
Thursday night one of the entertainers came out as Paulina Rubio, but not sure how close she looks to the real Paulina, but her face was nicely made up.
Another performer her dress was totally transparent under the stage lights, so I’m not sure if that wardrobe malfunction was intentional or not, but you could totally see her boobs.
That night was really special because one girl came out as Adelle and she was great! She lip synched 3 live performance songs. It was the one set I could actually sing along to, the audience was really receptive too. She really good her hand motions and her dress was fab like her black dress at the Grammys, it was black and had sleeves, a total vintage silhouette, but it was totally amped up with sequins, remember it must be super flashy, its a drag show!!!
If you like inexpensive drinks, Latin dance and dance music, gay latino men, occasional «lady» with massive cleavage and booty, drag shows this is the place to be, I’m not sure if theres many places like this in California.
Come out to Club Tempo if you just want to dance, be entertained and turn your man or lady on the dance floor and not be judged!

this place won my heart. my girl and I were taken there for the first time with a couple of our male friends. We really wanted to go to a girl bar… but we were outvoted 4 – 2. oh well.
There was a cover charge on the night we went, although I don’t remember what it was… due to the drinking.
But wow as soon as we walked in my breath was taken away… good ol’ rancheritas were playing that reminded me of our family birthday parties growing up… and macho looking, mustache bearin, boot n tejana wearin men were dancing cheek to cheek on a packed dance floor. It was beautiful…
we also wandered to another room and there were some performances by some drag queens that were sensational… we watched for a bit and then wandered back over to the main room and danced cheek to cheek.
oh…we’ll be back… especially now that we are in the neighborhood…

Ok I will Go from Not Impressed to Much Much better! I don’t know if it was because of my strongly worded Review (I would like to think so) Or because the economy tanked and not as many people were going out, But when i went back to tempo Many many many months later They had done away with the number system crap and there wasn’t a line of people wrapped around the building twice. I had an enjoyable time, Hopefully it was policy changes that made this happen, brought on by The power of the people. (I’ve left my original Post so you could see what Was originally going on there)
(orig) Not Impressed! They have this whole «number thing» they do apparently for crowd control! it’s the same BS everyweek, They make people dance in the one bar and wait until a number is called, While tons and i mean tons of people get in and go right up to the more active bar! it’s total hollywood BS where you must know someone or give money to go to the cooler part of the bar! I get tired of playing Games at this place! I can take my money down the street where they will let everyone in! Years ago tempo used to have a huge line and be very very popular, but now it’s not as popular! barely even a line anymore on sunday «which used to be the «famed night» I’m assuming it because everyone gets tired of playing their games! go down the street you find just as many hot latinos! without the GAMES

Club Tempo is one of the good gay clubs and bar that i have ever been to even tho i only been there once the experience was fun, my favorite dance floor is the one with the mexican cowboys in their tight pants and they ask to dance with you and just cool, through out the whole night there were a few men flirting with me, and the Drag show is a must see. if anyone else knows of other gay cowboy bars please post or blog it to me thanks.