The other night, my friend Ramona was celebrating her last night as a Chambord ambassador with a little gettogether at her favorite bar, the Happy Ending Bar and Restaurant. Apparently she likes to come here to watch football on Sundays. Yes, it’s a sports bar. But unlike a lot of sports bars that you know,…
Category Archives: Cocktails
A Cocktail Tale: Seven Grand's Irish Coffee
There’s nothing like a nice cuppa Irish coffee on a chilly winter night, even if that winter night is about 50 degrees. You’ve probably had the Irish coffee that’s sweetened with Bailey’s and topped with canned whipped cream and maybe even sprinkled with cocoa. That’s all well and good but if you want it done…
Today's Stream of Consciousness
Flickr Shot by dotsara (detail) Since I have to stay in and work on this oh-so lovely Sunday, I had time to think (and read) a lot of things: Two Westside bars that I had accidently-on purpose forgot about got new snazzy makeovers: The Mor Bar on Main Street is now Main, replacing its tacky…
Cocktail Review: Katrina at Kumo
My friend Steve at Kumo was bored. It seemed that people go to Michael Ovitz’s shiny Clockwork Orange-decorated restaurant more for the high-price, small-portions food than the cocktails. A shame considering they have a nice bar area, a very talented bartender and some interesting cocktails. Last night Dre and I kept Steve company. As the…
Luna Park's Mini Bar: A Drinker's Starter Kit
Last night after watching Sweeney Todd at the Arclight and consequently swearing off meat for at least a month, Shelley and I decided to finally check out Luna Park’s Mini Bar cocktail flight ($13.50). I was in dire need of a drink anyway after that bloody movie. Yes, definitely no shepherd’s pies for a lonnnng…
Hipcooks West Open! Take a Cocktail Party Class
Huzzah! The Hipcooks Westside location is up and running. If you’ve always wanted to take one of these cool cooking classes but felt the Brewery in downtown was too far to go for it, you’ll be happy to know that Monika, owner of Hipcooks, opened up a kitchen on the Westsiiide, on Robertson Boulevard north…
NYE Cocktail Ideas: Add Some Kick to Your Toast
Flickr Shot by cecily7 OK, yes, I still have cocktails on the brain. They like ’em really sweet and syrupy up here in Sacto and don’t even know what a whiskey cocktail is. Bah! Anyway, with nothing else to do but dream of good cocktails, I assembled this list of 10 cocktail alternatives for those…
Required Reading for Serious Cocktail Enthusiasts
Shopcast powered bywww.ThisNext.com Stuck up at my folks’ place in NorCal, I’m missing all my fave bars and cocktails so out of boredom and homesickness I came up with this list of required reading for all those like me who are fascinated with cocktail culture and vintage drinks. There are some books with pre-Prohibition cocktail…
Green Fairy at Home: Simple Absinthe Cocktails
Since my bro and I are up in NorCal staying with our parents, we are bored out of our minds. So I thought an interesting way to pass the time would be to get loaded off absinthe since I haven’t had a chance yet to explore the bars in our area, and staying in and…
Chloe: Voulez-Vouz Boire Avec Moi Ce Soir?
Last night, my friend Shelley and I checked out Chloe, a new bar/lounge in Santa Monica that took over Voda‘s old space off the 3rd Street Promenade. Shelley read about it on Daily Candy and I heard about it on UrbanDaddy. Both writeups told of a charming Parisian lounge where one can enjoy vintage cocktails…
