Head to these spots for witchy midnight margaritas in LA

By Andrea Aliseda

Published October 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM PDT

Smoke swirls above a stemmed cocktail glass on a bar mat, next to a metal jigger and a dish of limes.

At the center of the 1998 film Practical Magic is a story of sisterhood — and, well, a healthy round of margaritas. In the newly released sequel, Practical Magic 2, the cocktails make their celebrated return.

Two light skinned women, one with dark hair, one with red hair, laugh together at an outdoor party bar lit with string lights, surrounded by glasses and a blender of drinks.

For anyone who watched the original midnight margarita scene — with Aunt Franny, Aunt Jet and their nieces, Sally and Gillian Owens, gathering around their warm New England kitchen dancing to the tune of Harry Nilson's "Coconut" — the joyous boisterousness is likely seared well into memory.

As we turn toward Halloween, we figured the ghouls, witches and warlocks of Los Angeles may well be inspired to roam under the cloak of darkness seeking their own midnight margaritas.

Here are the best places to visit across the city that will be open to host your own shenanigans — at midnight and beyond. So go out past 10 p.m., live a little.

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Bar Flores (Echo Park)

A pink cocktail with a salted rim sits in a glass, with a halved grapefruit and bowl of pink salt nearby.

Daisy (Sherman Oaks)

A deep red cocktail in a stemmed glass sits on a bar counter, with bottles and bar tools blurred in the background.

Daisy, the bar in Sherman Oaks dedicated to margaritas, is fashioned as an Angeleno take on the norteño cantinas of Baja California that birthed the drink. Unique versions of the cocktail, like mangoneada margarita and baja slaw margarita, invigorate the experience, but salient standards like the Cadillac and Tommy margaritas make for a well-rounded menu.

Location: 14633 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks
Hours: Monday 5-11 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday 5 p.m. to 12 a.m., Friday 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Footsies (Cypress Park)

A margarita with a chili-salt rim and lime wedge sits on a bar counter lit by purple and red lights.

Shim Sham (Filipinotown)

A margarita with a chili-salt rim and lime wedge sits on a bar coaster, with string lights glowing in the background.

Count on this lively horseshoe bar, with their idiosyncratic whole dill pickle martini, to give you your midnight margarita fix. Shim Sham's is as classic as it can get, with just tequila, lime juice and sugar on ice. Pay them a visit during their nightly happy hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for an $8 margarita.

Location: 3123 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles
Hours: Monday through Sunday 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Mermaid (Little Tokyo)

A salt-rimmed margarita with a dried citrus wheel and striped straw sits on a dark table lit in blue.