What is the big deal with Chef Roberto “Bobo” Ivan’s Hostaria del Piccolo, the Santa Monica sister to his Piccolo restaurant in Venice? Well, not only does the modern pizza joint offer gluten-free pie — made with naturally leavened dough comprised of kamut, soy and polenta flour — but they have a gorgeously stocked bar…
Category Archives: Nightlife
This Weekend: Gigantic Warehouse Sale, Ugly Sweater Party, SaMo Pub Crawl
No one panic. Sure this is the last weekend before the holidays but check out all the fun events going on! Fortunately, most involve drinking. Friday, December 17 Eagle Rock Brewery’s Ugly Sweater Party You know you have one, everyone does: an ugly sweater that was either a well-intended gift handmade by crazy ol’ Aunt…
2010 DonQ Holiday Mixoff at Esquire House
Five of L.A.’s top bartenders, an $18.9-million home in the Doheny Estates and a party full of willing drinkers. Such was the DonQ Holiday Mixoff at the ultimate bachelor pad, the 9,000-square-foot 2010 Esquire House, a house party venue created by the magazine featuring 11 lustworthy rooms dripping with brands like Salvatore Ferragamo and Hugo…
Free Appetizers & Champagne Toast at Comme Ca Party
This Wednesday Comme Ca in West Hollywood will be passing out free appetizers as well as offering free champagne for their toast to celebrate their third anniversary and the launch of their new location which opens in new hotel, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The free passed apps are available to guests from 5:30 to 7:30…
Tonight: La Descarga Debuts New Winter Drink Menu
CORRECTION: The menu launches tomorrow night! La Descarga in East Hollywood debuts its new winter drink menu! Of course the classics and some crowd favorites remain, like Hemingway’s Daquiri and Tapping the Admiral, which LD owner Steve Livigni says is “now barrel aged for two weeks in whiskey barrels and served neat, exponentially better.” Sadly,…
Providence Bartender Zahra Bates' Bruleed Persimmon Holiday Cocktail
My list of the top 10 holiday cocktails in L.A. is up on Squid Ink today and features tasty boozy seasons greetings by some of our town’s best bartenders. And no, there aren’t any peppermint mochaccino martinis here. Rather, these are cocktails that personify the flavors of this time of year: nog, cranberry, butter rum…
2010 L.A. Drinker's Holiday Gift Guide
Sometimes we drinkers want something else for the holiday other than another random bottle of booze from BevMo… OK, just kidding, that’s always a good present. But in the case that you’d like to get something more on the mark to open up for the festive season, I compiled this SoCal-centric list of 12 gift…
This Weekend: Bacon/Wine Tasting, Scavenger Hunt, Repeal Day Parties
Bummed that I’m going to be out of town this weekend because check out all the cool things going on around town. The asterisked events are the ones I?m gonna talk about on Carson Daly?s ?AMP Mornings? radio show today. Thursday, December 2 *Tiny Bandit Pop-Up Sample Sale at Malo This pop-up sample sale is…
Death & Co's Alex Day and David Kaplan Bring Their Cocktails Downtown
You read right. Renowned mixologist Alex Day had teamed up with David Kaplan, co-owner of Death & Co in New York, to form their own hospitality consultation company, Proprietors LLC. And the two took over the operations of Bar & Kitchen in O Hotel downtown back in October. And apparently this was all on the…
Hemingway’s Lounge’s Winter Menu: He Said, She Said Cocktail Review
Looking around Hemingway’s Lounge, a new Hollywood bar marked by high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, wall of old typewriters, and artwork, I half expect the big guy himself to be sitting at one end of the bar mumbling and nursing a daiquiri (recipe for the Papa Dobles, a daiquiri created for and named after Papa Hemingway)….
