I was scarred by Tokyo Delve‘s so admittedly wasn’t all that thrilled about doing sake and sushi at a Hollywood Japanese chain restaurant. Little did I know that it wasn’t to be an evening of sake bombs, too-sweet teriyaki and the chicken dance. Rather, an upscale evening with great quality food and the only master…
Category Archives: Cocktails
A Q&A With Joseph Brooke of The Edison
I was bummed that I couldn’t get anywhere near the dreamy and very much in demand Joseph Brooke, the Edison’s new director of spirits, when he was mixing cocktails at the packed Radio Room last week. But was thrilled when I got the chance to interview him for LA Weekly‘s Squid Ink. For that, Joe…
The Wine House Road Trip 2010: Dinner at First & Hope With Tequila Ocho
The Wine House’ Road Trip 2010 has lined up what’s probably one of the best destinations ever for a party bus and it’s only a 12.4-mile bus ride away. On Thursday, March 11 the Westside wine store is presenting a very special evening at the not-yet-opened First & Hope Supper Club, hosted by Tomas Estes…
This Weekend: LA Weekly Tweetup, 24-Hour Oscars, Scotch Tasting
Such a jampacked weekend! And I’m just talking about the 5K/10K Firecracker Run on Sunday as well as the Gold Standard. But here’s what’s going on the other days of the week. Thursday, February 25 LA Weekly Web Awards Tweetup: A Post-Party Get Together As many of you know I was banned from 7G nearly…
How To Order a Drink at the Edison's Radio Room, & Last Night's Recap
By 10:45pm, I was done. My friend Dre and I had sat on the same bar stools at the Edison’s uber-packed Radio Room night since 8 but at this point we (read: me) were tired of getting leaned on by drunk girls, projectile flirted over by drunk girls and spilled on by drunk girls as…
National Margarita Day: 6 Ways To Celebrate
I’m so deep in the throes of my no-drinking-for-Lent experiment that I forgot that it’s National Margarita Day today. Fortunately the tweeps on Twitter reminded me. So I came up with a short list of suggestions on some tasty ways to celebrate this very important holiday. 1) Copa d’Oro’s $5 Tommy’s Margarita during the bar’s…
Win Tickets to The Edison's Radio Room, Free Drinks & Reserved Table
**********CONTEST CLOSED************ Have you always wanted to check out the fabulous Radio Room night at the Edison downtown but have an aversion to cover charges? I feel ya, that’s why I was ecstatic when Dan Cox of Dan Cox PR offered me a pair of VIP tickets to give away to one of my lucky…
A Closer Peek at First & Hope Supper Club
Earlier this week I had a chance to check out the not-yet-opened First & Hope Supper Club thanks to Aidan Demarest, its cocktail consultant, who was hosting a Pernod absinthe event for a bunch of journalists. Apparently the party guests started off at the Varnish and then were taken via horse-drawn carriages up the long…
Insider Info About Downtown's New First & Hope Supper Club
It’s a mixology musical chairs in L.A. lately what with the shake-up of Audrey Saunders leaving as partner and head of the bar at The Tar Pit and barman Marcos Tello up in the air about taking her place behind the stick*, and Joseph Brooke leaving Copa d’Oro to take over as director of spirits…
Blog Bite: $4 Buffalo Trace, $5 Sazerac Rye at Bigfoot Lodge West
Stopped by the Bigfoot Lodge West for my friend Shelley’s celebratory cocktail hour. We’re celebrating her getting into UCLA med school. She had confused this Bigfoot with the Atwater one which has a happy hour. This one doesn’t but fortunately on Monday nights it IS whiskey lover night. Meaning we have our choice of a…
