Find yourself midtown after a midafternoon tryst or just need to kill some time till rush hour dies down-ish? Comme Ca on Melrose has just the thing, its Defaire Love Affair menu which features discounted nibbles like $2 oysters and $7 “petites assiettes” like steak tartare, crab cake and Croque Monsieur. And the bartenders will…
Category Archives: Nightlife
Akasha's Tru Organic Cocktail and Indian Dinner Pairing
Awesomeness! And FINALLY! A dinner that pairs food with not wine or beer but cocktails! I’m so excited! Chef Akasha Richmond of Culver City’s Akasha Restaurant, along with Litty Mathews and Melkon Khosrovian — the owners/creators of Tru Organic Spirits — is behind this very special and rarely seen food event. Chef Akasha, a fan…
FoodDigger Blogger Dinner at BondSt
This past Wednesday, foodie Web site FoodDigger invited me and nine other lucky bloggers to BondSt in the Thompson Hotel Beverly Hills to not only discuss the site’s new and evolving FlavorMatch feature (think Match.com dating survey for foodies; more later) but to experience an ambitious 11-course dinner created by BondSt Executive Chef Brian Redzikowski….
This Weekend: Big Booze Sale, Korean Malt Liquor, New Los Feliz Bar
Klymaxx will be performing at Old School Jam Live on Sunday. If you’re not checking out the Sunset Strip Music Festival or gorging yourself at the 8th Annual Taste of Santa Monica this weekend, may I interest you in any of the following? Thursday, September 10 Los Feliz Back Alley Hangout Rockwell’s Soft Opening New…
SaMo Suds Showdown: West 4th/Jane vs. 5th Amendment Alehaus
A sample of sound from West 4th/Jane. You may not know it but there are a couple of newish gastropubs that are duking it out in Santa Monica. They themselves probably don’t know about this feud but after visiting both over the weekend, one is already my favorite over the other. In one corner we…
The Edison's Midnight Breakfast Debuts Tonight
The Edison Downtown is certainly doing its part to keep me fat! Maple-candied bacon? Ayeeee! Tonight the downtown hotspot debuts its Midnight Breakfast menu for those with late-night munchies. Going forward, breakfast will be served every Friday and Saturday from 11:30pm to 1am. However, since those are the busiest nights for the Edison, good luck…
Fuego at the Maya: Spiked Horchata and Mexican Ice Box Cake
El Presidente Cadillac Margarita “You came all the way down here for my birthday?” my friend Sarah asked me after the cocktails just arrived at our table at Fuego in Long Beach’s Hotel Maya, formerly Coast Long Beach). “Of courrrse!” I replied. We’ve been through a lot together, dressing up like French maids in Buttonwillow’s…
This Weekend: F Yeah, Ferris vs. Pee-Wee, KCRW Music 24/7
Woo hoo! Holiday weekend! I’m gonna do that Barnsdall Swingers event and the Vincent Thomas Bridge run. What are you kids up to? Saturday, September 5 Los Pobladores: History Walk to Los Angeles 2009 I’ve always wanted to do this historical walk and retrace the steps of those who founded our city back in 1781….
Barnsdall Outdoor Movie Nights: Swingers and Silverlake Wine Beer Tasting
Thanks to my co-worker and guy about town, Glenn, for giving me the heads-up just now about this really awesome-sounding event at Barnsdall this Saturday. For this weekend’s Barnsdall Outdoor Movie Night, not only will they screen one of my fave L.A.-based movies, Swingers, but Silverlake Wine will present a beer tasting of four artisanal…
Colorado Wine Company's White Trash Wine Tasting 2009
It’s baaack! Colorado Wine Company’s White Trash Wine Tasting where wine aficionados need to just get over themselves and surrender to the unusual pairings of tater tot casserole and Pinot Noir. This annual down-home wine event, brilliantly conceived by CoWineCo owners Jennifer and John Nugent, offers all of the education of a wine tasting with…
