Here are four fantastic after-dark destinations you’ve likely never heard of.
YNK
18000 Von Karman Ave, Irvine, CA 92612
YNK, tucked behind Floe Lounge at the Irvine Marriott Airport, offers cocktails for cocktail connoisseurs in a super-cool setting mixing screens and eclectic artifacts—it’s like a cocktail journey through time. My favorites? The Miso Honey Butter Corn with bourbon and the elegant rum riff Guava Chiffon Pancake—both have to be tasted to be believed. What’s YNK stand for? You Never Know!
Hijinx Hotel
517 Spectrum Center Dr, Irvine, CA 92618
Hijinx Hotel, where you play, not stay, and adjoining Holey Moley mini-golf, both new at Irvine Spectrum Center, are unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Let’s just call them … unusual. Suite 404 is the hotel’s speakeasy. It’s on the 8th floor—only there is no 8th floor. How do you get in? Maybe take a photo in the photo booth and see what happens. Don’t tell anyone! Top-selling cocktail? The Watermelon Fling.
The Bow Room
860 Spectrum Center Dr, Irvine, CA 92618…