So what can a tourist do in Seattle at night besides check out bars and restaurants? After scouring Seattle’s weeklies, The Stranger and Seattle Weekly, as well as local blogs, Yelp and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Web site and skipping over live music shows, we found the Radiohead laser show at the Seattle Laser Dome. Is…
Category Archives: Cocktails
Seattle Trip: King's Hardware & the Bacon Peanut Butter Burger
I just arrived in Seattle (only my first full visit — other two were more like stopovers) and I already found my favorite bar! I’m sure there are other great bars out here but do they also have Skee-Ball, the Horse’s Neck cocktail and a bacon peanut butter burger? I’m guessing not. King’s Hardware, named…
Valentine Cocktails: Love Potions & Jello Shots
Love is in the air, suddenly hearts and roses seem to populate the world and the movie theaters are showing nothing but romantic comedies. It’s enough to drive anyone to drink, singles and couples alike. Fortunately, there are bars in L.A. that feel ya and have created many Valentine cocktails that you can either toast…
Cocktail Review: Ivan Kane’s Cafe Wa s New Cocktail Menu
When I first checked out Ivan Kane’s Café Wa s in Hollywood last year, I couldn’t help but think that the only thing missing from this beautiful Bohemian restaurant was a specialty cocktail list. Amazingly it didn’t have one. Sure it has a full bar, an upstairs absinthe bar and a couple of absinthe cocktails…
The Fig: Santa Monica's So Fresh & So Yum Restaurant
Rosemary & Rhubarb, Blueberry & Thyme, Lavender & Cucumber. Nope, I’m not talking about yummy-scented bath soaps or what I’m currently growing in my garden. H’yeah! Like I know how to garden. These are actually the sorts of cocktails new Santa Monica restaurant, the Fig, is crafting behind its bar. Located inside the fancy (it’s…
Copa d’Oro Cocktail Bar in Santa Monica: Pick Your Poison
Grazie, Vincenzo Marianella! For bringing your special brand of cocktailing to the Westside. Because of Vincenzo’s new bar, Copa d’Oro cocktail bar, in Santa Monica, I don’t have to trek all the way across town for one of those fancy cocktails. You know, the ones you find at the Edison or Comme Ca. Vincenzo, noted…
The Association's $10 Vintage Cocktails
I admit it. Part of the reason I avoided checking out new downtown bar, The Association, was because of its name. It just sounds so clique-y, so elitist; the siren call to douchebags, says I. Word of mouth seemed to confirm this. But then when I was hanging out with H.C., after we went to…
Cocktail Review: Casa Cocina y Cantina's Cocktails
New downtown Mexican restaurant Casa Cocina y Cantina had a press release boasting a menu “unlike any other Mexican restaurant menu in Los Angeles.” But I couldn’t help but wonder if that held true to its cocktail list as well. So my friends (Johnny the Fish and Tara) and I stopped by on a very…
My Top 10 Favorite Cocktails From 2008
I had a lot of cocktails last year but only a few were memorable. Here are my top 10 cocktail faves from my bar adventures in 2008. They’re listed from most recent to so not recent. 1) No Named Bourbon Cocktail at Riva: This baby was off the menu and created by the bartender, a bourbon…
Today's Stream of Consciousness
Did you know that making a New Year’s resolution could be bad for you? Having said that, I’ve got a bunch! To be more organized, lose weight and to be more frugal. What’s yours? Whist wants you to be their Facebook pal. If you sign up as a fan of the restaurant on Facebook and…
