You know when it ’s hot enough outside that when you get in your motorcar you yip a short scrap because the stitching on your seat is literally searing your bottom ? Yeah – it ’s that raging out today . Which is why we ( with the help of some of our favorite peeps on societal media ) make up one’s mind to rank the good spots to sit for some sweet relief before conk out back out into hell on Earth .
10. The Apple Store at The Grove
Mid - WilshireSeriously , it ’s as if they turned the thermostat to " make indisputable our electronic computer servers are call for ice " and then align it just one level heater . It ’s a beautiful affair .
9. Tantalice Thai & American Diner
TorranceThis otherwise - not - really - remarkable - at - all - in - any - way Thai restaurant shares a paries with an ice skating skating rink . grievance .
8. The Last Bookstore
DowntownPros : extremist cold ; Harry Potter . confidence game : Danielle Steel ; running into your midway - school librarian .
7. The Griffith Park Planetarium
Los FelizLearn about constellations . Cool in more way than one . OK , cool in one way .
6. Nic’s Beverly Hills
Beverly HillsIt has a walk - in freezer full of vodka . Ask to just " find out it out " and see what they say . And if they say no , just ride with your back against it until they drag you out .
5. Coffee Commissary
BurbankReally , if there ’s any coffee shop in the vale that’snotcranking its A / C , let ’s be honorable – it ’s gon na terminate up broke . But this is your best wager .
4. Enterprise Rent-A-Car
AlhambraJust blab out to them about insurance policy , for , like , half an hour , then " modify your mind , " and boom . Dim sum total time .
3. That bridge in between the two parts of the Westside Pavilion mall
West LAYou jazz , the one over Pico , with benches and chairs and glass overlooking the street ? That one .
2. Cedars-Sinai
Mid - WilshireSeriously , the hospital ’s wait way has comfy chairs , destitute Wi - Fi , and an episodic piano role player . And is parky enough that you may need a jumper .
1. Any movie theater, even one playingWarcraft
CitywideOK , notWarcraft . Anything butWarcraft .
( For real , on a pro - tip : call 211 to observe the close metropolis - approved " Cooling Station " near your house – they ’re usually senior centers and program library , but , hey , they ’re insensate . And that ’s all that matters . )
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