Tomorrow do a good deed just by enjoying a lovely dinner! That’s right, for Dining Out for Life, participating local L.A. restaurants are inviting Angelenos to dine out for a good cause. If you have breakfast, lunch or dinner at any of the restaurants, a minimum of 25% of the proceeds will go to benefit…
Category Archives: Dining
Osteria Mozza's First Educational Wine Dinner
My favorite dinner place, Osteria Mozza, is doing its first educational wine dinner next month and they only have 20 spots available around their communal table. This first of many “fun and relaxed” wine dinners will focus on the wines of Piedmont, “one of the world’s most inspiring regions.” The wine list consists of “everyday”…
This Weekend: Tequila Social, Cheesy Contest, Giada in the Flesh
How to make a “famous Gossip Girl grilled cheese sandwich,” normally $50, at home. Wow, what a jampacked weekend! And not as hot as last weekend. Umm, where to begin? Thursday, April 23 Nike Fashion Show and Freebies at Road Runner Sports in Torrance If you’re in need of some new athletic wear to gear…
Celebrate Earth Day: Green Cocktails, Organic Wine and Charitable Cupcakes
Happy Earth Day 2009, earthlings! Chances are that you have many community-service activities planned today. But what about afterward when you’re feeling all warm and fuzzy from your good deeds? Wanna keep that mellow going? Check out the following for eco-friendly yummies. At the Edison downtown, for every Tru2 Gin drink purchased, a tree will…
Discount Tickets for LA Weekly's LA Weekend
Neato! Thanks to Happy Go Marni for this heads-up. LA Weekly is having its own weekend festival celebrating all that’s great about L.A. as well as its 30 fabulous years in publication. There will be must-see events like Henry Rollins djing, Wil Wheaton reading and signing books, a matinee performance of Point Break Live! and…
Seed Kitchen: Yummy Faux Meat, Fer Real
Those who know me know that I am not into healthy food but at all. But Dan Cox, PR guy, kept saying I should check out Venice’s Seed Kitchen, the newish Japanese-American fusion vegan macrobiotic restaurant brought to you by Sanae Suzuki and her husband Eric Lechasseur (formerly of M Cafe de Chaya). I don’t…
Casa Downtown: All-Day Grand Opening Patio Party
Photo courtesy of Casa Downtown In downtown LA this Thursday, Casa‘s outdoor bar and patio are officially finished and up and running and they’re debuting with an all-day celebration from 11am to 2am. Drink specials include $7 Cazadores margaritas all day (yum!), 2-for-1 cocktails when you drop off your business card 2:30-5pm and $4 shot…
Hangover Cure: Rush Street's Red Eye Brunch
You had an awesome night of barhopping but one cocktail too many, you mixed your spirits and you didn’t even drink a drop of water before you went to bed. Next morning? Raging headache, and the last thing you want to have for brunch is some buttery pancakes drenched in sweet syrup. Blech! Fortunately there’s…
This Just in: Restaurant Press Releases in the CoC Mailbox
For some reason I just got a ton of press releases in my email box so I thought I should take care of it all (well most of it) in one shot. AMMO’s Three Courses Plus 3-Scoop Sundae for $30 This Hollywood restaurant is offering three courses of farm-to-table cuisine for $30 Mondays through Thursday…
Carl's Jr. Bourbon and Burgers Party at Crown Bar
Last night Carl’s Jr. threw a special Bourbon and Burgers party at West Hollywood’s Crown Bar to celebrate its new Kentucky Bourbon burger. A diet-obliterating monster of charbroiled Black Angus beef patty, two strips of bacon, pepperjack cheese, garlic-pepper onion straws, lettuce, tomatoes and Kentucky bourbon glaze. Ay yah! It’s available in single ($2.99), double…
