Anderson .Paak’s New Speakeasy, Andy’s, Is “Like My Home Studio … But With Bomb-A** Food”

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 — By Gary Baum

With a secret entrance behind a newsstand, the musician and newly minted director’s hot new live-music venue takes over the West Hollywood site of Britney and Justin’s legendary dance-off.

Anderson .Paak, the Grammy-winning musician who’s also half of Silk Sonic with Bruno Mars, opens Andy’s on Sept. 25. It’s an intimate throwback live-music venue with a focus on R&B and jazz. His partners are his friends: seasoned L.A. nightlife impresarios Mark and Jonnie Houston, whose other industry-favored ventures include La Descarga, Break Room 86, No Vacancy and Level 8.

“It’s going to be a little like you’re in my home studio, or mom’s basement,” .Paak says of the West Hollywood club at 9077 Santa Monica Blvd., right between the Troubadour and Dan Tana’s. “But with bomb-ass food and a top-notch sound system for the stage.” (.Paak also debuted as a director earlier this month at TIFF with K-Pops.)