The sun was downright oppressive shining down on the western side of the Pub at Golden Road Brewing in Glendale where Food GPS’s 4th Annual LA Beer Float Showdown took place. So would-be beer float judges took their beer floats into the pub for further examination and to escape that dang blasted sun. Of course…
Believe it or not the scruffy guy above, Nick Vitulli of the brand-new The Famous bar in Glendale, used to work at the high-falutin £10 at the Montage in Beverly Hills. (Here he is without the beard and hat.) Not only did he tend the bar but he created the cocktails that still exist on…
LOTS of things going on this weekend, which kinda sucks cuz I have a feeling L.A. isn’t as scared of this Carmaggedon as the last one. In any case, if you weren’t lucky enough to purchase tickets to L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade or the 4th Annual LA Beer Week Festival before they sold out, here…
Sprinkles Cupcakes founder Candace Nelson must have one monster sweet tooth. She didn’t just stop at kickstarting the whole cupcake trend, she followed that up with a cupcake ATM AND the Sprinkles Ice Cream shop next door to her first store location in Beverly Hills. Even though the red velvet ice cream with red velvet…
So something pretty cool happened to me this week: This past Wednesday I was fortunate enough to pick up an award for Best Bar Blogger at the 2012 LA Weekly Web Awards party. For those following along, this is my third Web award after the two from 2009. One of my favorite drinking buddies, Thirsty…
OK, apart from the awesomeness that is 4th Annual LA Beer Week, there ARE other LA weekend events going on. Saturday, September 22 Cinespia Screens The Exorcist at Hollywood Forever Cemetery Online tickets for what is the scariest movie EVER are already sold out but you can still walk up and buy tickets at the…
OK, normally I only write about interviews where I can actually reveal my sources. I ain’t Eater. But when someone I was talking to, a reliable source familiar with the whole situation at Spago and close to the Wolfgang Puck restaurants, gave me details of the new changes at the premier Beverly Hills dining destination,…
The 4th Annual LA Beer Week kicks off tomorrow, running through September 30, and it’s filled with so much awesomeness — a flurry of bar crawls, tap takeovers, beer-paired dinners, special beer releases — that it can be a bit overwhelming. So, where to begin? Well, for this year, the organizers have decided to have…
The 1 Percent have a tendency to do strange things with alcohol that doesn’t involve simply putting it into their mouths, like bathing in bubbly and, more recently, having vodka and 24K gold facials. But they can afford to use booze in ways normal folk would deem wasteful. So a tequila massage at a ritzy…
Casa Del Mar Lobby Lounge is a gorgeous place to grab a drink. Beach, sunset, Santa Monica Pier Ferris wheel. All the elements with which to impress your friend from out of town or romance your date. But up until the hotel’s new Market Fresh Mixology cocktail program debuted back in July, just like so…
