Vinyl Record Store and Cocktail Bar Part Time Lover Opens in North Park

CH Projects has pressed play on Part Time Lover, a new hifi bar and record store on 30th Street that co-founder Arsalun Tafazoli says is just the first of several ventures the group — whose UTC bar Raised by Wolves just earned a spot on 50 Best’s list of North America’s 50 Best Bars for 2022 — is planning to open in North Park.

Previously Bar Pink, the space still revolves around music. Notoriously exacting down to the details, Tafazoli tells Eater that he’s handed over creative control — at least of the music component — to Folk Arts Rare Records, who will be curating the record store’s offerings and the bar’s daily soundtrack.

A record store stocked with vinyl records.

With the retail shop operating at the back of the venue, the rest of space is a craftsman-esque living room designed to promote listening, hanging out, and discovering new-to-you music. The coffee station serves Heartwork Coffee and a small pastry menu while the bar features natural wine, beer, and a cocktail list created by bartenders Ewan Bennie and Alicia Perry that includes a selection of easy-sipping highballs and drinks like an Old Fashioned variation made with bourbon, Japanese whisky, barrel-aged maple, bitters, and koji, a Japanese ferment.