Category Archive: alcohol education

Echo Park: Mohawk Bend Opens Tonight

Mohawk Bend opens today in Echo Park. I swung by a few weeks ago for Friends & Family night and had drinks at the bar. Like owner Tony Yanow’s other restaurant bar Tony’s… Continue reading →

Devon Espinosa Pops Up at Chaya Brasserie

As part of Chaya‘s new guest chef series, Marcel Vigneron presented a multi-course meal with Chef Haru at Chaya Brasserie last night in Beverly Hills. Unfortunately, I had dinner plans I couldn’t break… Continue reading →

New Menu at Bar | Kitchen

Bar | Kitchen debuted its new menu a couple of weeks ago. Don’t worry, the crack tots (tater tots) are still on the menu. I was more excited to see what the new… Continue reading →

Studio City: Raphael

  I was invited to Raphael last week. We were presented with 3 bites and cocktails at the bar. Raphael’s Chef Adam Horton comes most recently from Saddle Peak Lodge in Calabasas. And… Continue reading →

Thrillist Bols Genever DTLA Punch Crawl

Last Fall, I attended the National Punch Day crawl with Bols Genever. We hit four bars and had some nibbles along the way. When I saw Thrillist was doing a punch crawl with… Continue reading →

Hollywood: Next Door Lounge Now Open

  Next Door Lounge opened last week next to the Corner and across the street from AMMO. Owned by the same folks as the Corner, I was a bit surprised the Next Door… Continue reading →

DTLA: Chaya Beer Garden is Back!

Last year, Chaya Downtown offered a beer garden in the summer but it was only on Mondays. Now the beer garden is back but it’s every week day (Monday through Friday) from now… Continue reading →

Pasadena: 1886 Bar

  Being an Eastsider, it’s hard to explain why I haven’t gone to 1886 at the Raymond until recently. I checked in around last Fall after the Bols Genever Punch Crawl with Marcos… Continue reading →

Manhattan Beach: Cocktails at MB Post

I was invited to check out drinks and dinner at Manhattan Beach Post last week. I’ll cover the fabulous food of Chef David LeFevre in another post soon. I thought it was so… Continue reading →

DTLA: New Cocktails at Seven Grand

  In all the years I’ve been going to Seven Grand, I have never seen them change their menu. Not that it mattered much because I usually got a whiskey sour or a… Continue reading →