Meet 11 Men Behind LA’s Nightlife Scene

While deveining shrimp as 9-year-olds in the kitchen of their mother’s Thai restaurant, Jonnie and Mark Houston made a vow: No more long hours, thankless work, little time to relax. But something either went horribly awry or blissfully correct. Today, the fraternal twins operate seven establishments—including Harvard & Stone, Pour Vous, La Descarga, and the accessible-to-all Piano Bar—where they attend to just about every detail at every venue at all hours.