When I first sampled Saints & Sinners’ cocktail list during their launch party, I skipped over their Holy Water cocktail ($10), a lethal martini made up of both premium gin (Tanqueray) and vodka (Ketel One, I think). Back then, I was still into the sweet drinks and that just sounded unappetizing. But the other night…
Category Archives: Cocktails
Coco Noche Chocolate and Wine: A Girlish Delight
I’m swearing off chocolate forever…OK, maybe not forever but umm maybe only until tomorrow. It’s just after having dinner, cocktails and dessert at Manhattan Beach’s Coco Noche I am all chocolated out. What could possibly have made me come to such a strange and unlikely point? In my enthusiasm to try out this wine and…
uWink: Chuck E. Cheese for the Next Generation
Flickr Shot by uWink I don’t really do the Valley but uWink Bistro is giving me reason to reconsider. I’ve only just heard about it but apparently it’s a restaurant that was created by the former founder and CEO of Atari AND Chuck E. Cheese, Nolan Bushnell! I know! Fun! Glancing at the menu online,…
Mandrake Bar: An Acquired Taste
I first heard about Mandrake, Culver City’s newish bar, from CalendarLive. It sounded pretty cool; and a new bar in burgeoning Culver City is always a good thing. Located in the dodgy end of La Cienega near a bunch of art galleries, the bar was easy to overlook, nevermind the small neon sign out front…
The Cha Cha Lounge: A Hipster-Intrepreted Dive Bar
Why are all the cool bars on the Eastside? Last night was my first time in the Cha Cha Lounge, located right across the street from the Red Lion Tavern on Glendale Boulevard, and I loved it! Judging from the outside, I didn’t know what to expect. When I think “Cha Cha” I think “Cha…
Ford's Holiday Cocktails: Gingerbread & Pumpkin Pie
Ever since Bols discontinued its Pumpkin Schnapps two years ago (Boo! I say!), finding a pumpkin pie cocktail during the holiday season has been like searching for the Holy Grail of Booze. But the other night when Dre and I visited our old friend, Steve the bartender, at Ford’s Filling Station, he surprised me by…
Border Grill: Never Met a Happier Hour
When it’s Monday and I’m in need of a nearby happy hour (since Bodega Wine Bar and Air Conditioned Lounge seem to be closed on Mondays, boooo!), the usual fallback position is Border Grill in Santa Monica. Not saying that it’s settling, it’s just sometimes a girl wants a little variety and something stronger than…
Molly Malone's Irish Pub: Where Everyone Could Know Your Name
When my friends and I found ourselves in West Hollywood last night in a state of unfancy dress with a craving for cocktails, I racked my brain for a bar where we would feel comfortable showing up dressed down. No to Lola’s, obviously, and teeny-tiny Dime was packed with a crowd of people spilling out…
Ooh, I Wanna Go Here: Chakra Cuisine
Damon Winter / LATimes I saw this in CalendarLive and was instantly intrigued. Chakra Cuisine, a new bar/restaurant, opened up in Beverly Hills and offers seven different cocktails for your seven different chakras. I’ve heard of drinking to cure what ails you but never on this level. From CalendarLive: Anahata, the green chakra of the…
Liquid Therapy: Free Vodka and Sake at Tokio
Flickr Shot by Yuki Yaginuma This sounds too good to be true but apparently Tokio, the retro Japanese lounge/restaurant on the Cahuenga Corridor, has an effective way to get you over the hump: two hours of free vodka and sake. That’s right: two hours of free booze. Every Wednesday it’s all you can drink from…
