I swore off Vegas ever since that extremely annoying bachelorette party I was forced to take part in three years ago. “Vegas is for smokers, gamblers, people who can’t hold their liquor, loose men/women and senior citizens anyway,” I said. What sort of fun could I possibly have in Sin City when I don’t fall…
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Craft Beer Fest LA: Beer Lover's Paradise for $30
The Los Angeles Craft and Artisanal Beer Appreciation League (created by local beer aficionados Ben Ling of Pure Luck, Alex Macy of Bottle Rock in Downtown, Bob Kunz of Father’s Office, Hot Knives and Kevin Kansy of Artisanal Ales) will be throwing its very first Craft Beer Fest L.A. on May 9 at the Echoplex….
Rivera's New Springtime Cocktail List
The seasons are a-changing and so are the cocktails at downtown’s Rivera Restaurant in order to celebrate spring. With his new drink list, Rivera mixologist Julian Cox wants to emphasize fresh local ingredients that are in season, and that includes edible flowers. Pretty! The La Picosa and O.P.P. sound yum. Purple Rain ($10): Vodka, violet,…
The Lab Gastropub: Baby's First Gastropub
OK, I’ll give it to them, those USC kids are lucky. USC Hospitality’s Lab Gastropub that opened up near the campus is wayy too cool a beer bar for a college town. In Westwood, we got BrewCo. Wut up with that? At the Lab, you’ve got a cross between high school science class setup and…
This Weekend: $1 Luckyfish Dishes, Kogi BBQ Cooking Demo, Wine Fest
Yay! Spring equinox is here! How will you celebrate? Balance eggs on end? $1 dishes at Luckyfish? A Kogi BBQ cooking demonstration? Pagan dance in the forest? Thursday, March 19 $1 Dishes and Drinks at Luckyfish’s 1-Year Anniversary In celebration of its one-year anniversary, Luckyfish, conveyor belt sushi restaurant, is charging one dollar for every…
X Bar's Astrology Cocktails: Hey, Baby, What's Your Sign?
What better way for a Los Angeles bar to celebrate our city than with astrology cocktails? Yup, X Bar in Century City, has perhaps the funnest theme cocktail menu idea I’ve seen in a long time. And seriously, couldn’t we all use some fun nowadays? X Bar created 12 cocktails ($12 each) to represent the…
Cocktail Marathon: Food Marathon and Caroline on Crack Blog Mashup
Blogger Food Marathon had an excellent idea for a blog post series: Do a mash-up of his blog and another food blog, meaning go on a food marathon of, I guess, that featured blogger’s favorite places and write about it. In any case, since my deal is cocktails naturally we’d do a bar marathon of…
4th Street Vine in Long Beach: $10 Wine Tasting
“Went to a really cool wine & beer place 2nite. We should go,” was all my bf texted me. He’s more frugal with his praise of restaurants and bars than I am so when he said that I knew it must be something special. 4th Street Vine in Long Beach, yes the LBC, is actually…
New Happy Hour: Copa d'Oro's $5 Classic Cocktails
Yay! My new favorite bar, Copa d’Oro in Santa Monica, has kicked off its new happy hour featuring a “happy depression menu.” So now you can enjoy some of their fabulous market-fresh cocktails for only $5! And we’re not talking the sort of drinks you usually find at happy hours around the city. No apple…
Barbarella Bar: Drinking Like It's 1999
I heard all this hype about Silver Lake’s new bar Barbarella Bar. Who didn’t write about it? Well, besides me? So when I got an invite to “experience Silver Lake’s newest neighborhood hang,” I naturally rsvp’d. Plus the promise of free specialty martinis, 24 beers on tap and food helped a bit. When I got…
