A newly filed alcohol license application for a Silver Lake Boulevard address has surfaced public records connecting the applicant, Condorita, to the owners of El Condor, the Sunset Boulevard bar that has anchored the neighborhood for a decade. The filing lists Condorita's address as 1639 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026, and names Dustin James Lancaster as a member and manager of Condorita LLC.
According to WhatNow Los Angeles, Condorita is seeking an alcohol license for the Silver Lake Boulevard location, and public records connect Condorita LLC to both Lancaster and Tyler Coleman Bell. Lancaster and Bell are known locally as the owners of El Condor, a bar at 3701 Sunset Blvd. WhatNow reported it reached out to Lancaster about plans for the Silver Lake address and whether Condorita is connected to El Condor, but he had not responded before press time.
Exactly what Condorita will be remains unclear.
El Condor's Looming Exit From Sunset Boulevard
The filing comes as El Condor itself is in flux. Lancaster told the Los Angeles Blade that rising prices in the neighborhood were “what forced the owner and his team to give up El Condor's current lease.” The outlet reported that El Condor would be forced to vacate on November 1, though a separate snippet tied to the same Blade report described the bar as closing for good on October 31 — a discrepancy the available reporting does not resolve.
Despite the looming exit, Lancaster was clear that he does not see this as the end for El Condor. He told the Blade that “the goal is to have it live on in a different space — but it will certainly be in Silver Lake.” He also said the community response to the closure announcement had been meaningful. El Condor's own website currently carries a notice reading, “Nesting until Spring 2027. Watch this space!”
A Decade On Sunset, Dating Back To El Conquistador
El Condor's roots in the neighborhood stretch back more than a decade. The Los Angeles Times described it when it opened as a Mexican restaurant from L&E Oyster Bar owners Tyler Bell and Dustin Lancaster, taking over the former El Conquistador space at the same Sunset Boulevard address.
A Busy Season For LA Liquor License Filings
The Condorita filing lands amid a steady stream of alcohol license activity across the city. A permit-tracking site, New Restaurants and Bars Coming to Los Angeles, CA, reported that Los Angeles accounted for 172 of California's 3,080 statewide filings over a recent 90-day period, or about 6 percent of the total. The same tracker gave conflicting counts for the most recent 30-day window, citing both 8 and 12 new Los Angeles liquor-license applications, a discrepancy that remains unresolved in the available data.
For now, the clearest facts are the ones on paper: a filing at 1639 Silver Lake Blvd., a corporate link to two well-known names in the neighborhood's bar scene, and a Sunset Boulevard landmark in limbo. Whether those threads connect remains an open question until Lancaster or Bell confirm it publicly.
