This restaurant/cocktail lounge (named the "best bar in America" by Esquire magazine) was used as a location for the film Factotum.
In this scene, Chinaski (Matt Dillon) has met a new lady drinking budddy in Laura (Marisa Tomei). He spends his last couple dollars buying her a scotch. Guess what happens?
Nye's has two areas (bar and restaurant/lounge), and this scene was filmed in the bar side. Every Friday and Saturday, "The World's Most Dangerous Polka Band" play the bar.
