Vandermemes from James Van Der Beek The first weekend of the rest of your 2011. How are you going to spend it? Thursday, January 6 Miss Dakota’s Burlesque Academy Forget the gym and all its New Year resolutioners. At this burlesque boot camp, which kicks off tonight, you get a great workout while picking up…
Category Archives: Cocktails
Top 10 Favorite Cocktails of 2010
2010 was another good year for me and drinking. La Descarga and Hemingway’s opened, I gave up booze for a month and then was the judge for many cocktail competitions and even won an award for drinking a lot. But what really made this year awesome was the following cocktails, whether they introduced an innovative…
Vu Restaurant: Calvin Klein Cocktails, Manhattans on Crack
Jolie Klein, one of the four bartenders responsible for the cocktail menu at the new Vu Restaurant in Marina del Rey, seems to have the deck stacked against her: 1) Unlike a lot of L.A.’s renowned bartenders who can claim training under New York’s elite mixologists, she’s self taught; 2) she doesn’t have much on…
Giveaway: Free Five-Cocktail Tasting at Osteria La Buca
***CONTEST CLOSED*** In celebration of Christmas, Osteria La Buca in Hollywood is hosting a “12 days of Christmas” promotion where it offers a new gift every day via Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. You can win things like a free lunch, dinner or holiday gathering and choose to enjoy it yourself or get it in the…
Hostaria del Piccolo: White Pizza & The 7 Dwarfs Cocktails
What is the big deal with Chef Roberto “Bobo” Ivan’s Hostaria del Piccolo, the Santa Monica sister to his Piccolo restaurant in Venice? Well, not only does the modern pizza joint offer gluten-free pie — made with naturally leavened dough comprised of kamut, soy and polenta flour — but they have a gorgeously stocked bar…
2010 DonQ Holiday Mixoff at Esquire House
Five of L.A.’s top bartenders, an $18.9-million home in the Doheny Estates and a party full of willing drinkers. Such was the DonQ Holiday Mixoff at the ultimate bachelor pad, the 9,000-square-foot 2010 Esquire House, a house party venue created by the magazine featuring 11 lustworthy rooms dripping with brands like Salvatore Ferragamo and Hugo…
Free Appetizers & Champagne Toast at Comme Ca Party
This Wednesday Comme Ca in West Hollywood will be passing out free appetizers as well as offering free champagne for their toast to celebrate their third anniversary and the launch of their new location which opens in new hotel, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The free passed apps are available to guests from 5:30 to 7:30…
Tonight: La Descarga Debuts New Winter Drink Menu
CORRECTION: The menu launches tomorrow night! La Descarga in East Hollywood debuts its new winter drink menu! Of course the classics and some crowd favorites remain, like Hemingway’s Daquiri and Tapping the Admiral, which LD owner Steve Livigni says is “now barrel aged for two weeks in whiskey barrels and served neat, exponentially better.” Sadly,…
Providence Bartender Zahra Bates' Bruleed Persimmon Holiday Cocktail
My list of the top 10 holiday cocktails in L.A. is up on Squid Ink today and features tasty boozy seasons greetings by some of our town’s best bartenders. And no, there aren’t any peppermint mochaccino martinis here. Rather, these are cocktails that personify the flavors of this time of year: nog, cranberry, butter rum…
2010 L.A. Drinker's Holiday Gift Guide
Sometimes we drinkers want something else for the holiday other than another random bottle of booze from BevMo… OK, just kidding, that’s always a good present. But in the case that you’d like to get something more on the mark to open up for the festive season, I compiled this SoCal-centric list of 12 gift…
