Mas Malo downtown — home of over 200 tequilas, a tequila vault and a basement cantina — has one more reason for cocktail fans to flock its way: a new list of drinks featuring classic cocktails, but all made with tequila in place of their respective traditional spirit. And sure, this isn’t a new thing…
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This Weekend: Free Grilled Cheese, Mixtape Mixology, Mega Bakesale
Lots of eating to be done this weekend. But enough about me, what are you up to? Thursday, March 31 Mixtape Thursdays Big Bar will be mixing it up for tonight’s Mixtape Mixology when guest bartender Eric Castro steps behind the stick to work his San Francisco magic on some Plymouth Gin cocktails. You know…
Hemingway's Lounge: New Spring Cocktail Menu Debuts
Heads up, in celebration of beautiful springtime in SoCal Hemingway’s Lounge in Hollywood will debut its new seasonal cocktail menu courtesy of barsmith, Alex Straus, on April 12. Nothing says springtime like cherries and Chardonnay. “Basically, when I think of spring I think fresh, vegetable smells and refreshing drinks,” says Alex. And let’s face it,…
Bar Toscana: I Don’t Speak Italian Cocktails
I had first heard about Bar Toscana in Brentwood from Aidan Demarest (The Edison, 1886 Bar, Spare Room). A bunch of us bloggers wanted to thank him for putting together such an epic blogger barhop and he had picked Bar Toscana, which opened last December, as the place to celebrate a job well done. After…
This Weekend: New Cocktail Menus Abound, Wine Riot, Boozy Hunt
Sorry, Eastsiders. I don’t know how but this turned into a primarily Westside weekend roundup. Is it enough to get you to finally come to our side of town? Thursday, March 24 New Cocktail Menu by Death & Co Guys at Rosa Mexicano Alex Day and David Kaplan of Proprietors LLC and formerly of Death…
Ray’s and Stark Bar: He Said, She Said Cocktail Review
Michel Dozois of Neve Ice, who used to work behind the stick at Comme Ca and Church & State, had previously said that he wasn’t about stepping on another mixologist’s toes when visiting L.A. bars to try and sell his gourmet ice. He didn’t want to make cocktails but rather, he wanted to focus on…
Giveaway: Moveable Feast at the Hollywood Roosevelt
Back in January, Chef Meg Hall (aka “Made by Meg“) brought her traveling supper club, the Moveable Feast, to East Hollywood hot spot La Descarga where guests were also able to enjoy the cocktails of mixologists Steve Livigni and Pablo Moix. The only thing that would have made the event extra fab was if there…
Giveaway: 2 Passes for City Sip LA's Home Brewing Class
***CONTEST CLOSED*** Since we’re all in the drinking-beer mode today — Happy St. Patrick’s Day! — I figured a beer-related giveaway was in order. I have just two passes for this Saturday’s City Sip LA home brewing class, part of the Craft Beer Home Brew Series, which starts at 1pm. Your professor will be none…
This Weekend: Fancy Grilled Cheese/Beer Pairing, Neverending Drink-Along, Lomo Pub Crawl
The LA Marathon is this Sunday but for all other non-athletic types (raises hand) here’s a bunch of fattening fun for you. Thursday, March 17 Scoops Westside Goes Irish These special holiday flavors are sure to get your Irish eyes smiling: green white chocolate, non-dairy pandan Oreo, Bailey’s Irish Cream ricotta, Guinness chocolate. It’s so…
