Category Archive: booze

Nepenthia Beer Garden Coming to Orange County June 8

The loveable Bobby Navarro of 100Eats is presenting Nepenthia Beer Garden in Costa Mesa on June 8 with Evan Price of Noble Ale Works and Leonard Chan of The Iron Press. The one-day… Continue reading

Marina del Rey: Dinner and Cocktails at Paiche

Paiche just opened in Marina del Rey and I swung by a couple of weeks ago to check out dinner and drinks. Paiche from the chef Ricardo Zarate is billed as a Peruvian… Continue reading

New Spring Cocktails at One-Eyed Gypsy

  One-Eyed Gypsy has some new tasty Spring cocktails on the menu. I checked it out a few weeks ago and particularly loved Voodoo Doll and Mickey O’Neil. The Voodoo Doll (Sino reposado… Continue reading

Singles Wine Tasting with Eventbrite & Cross Town Professionals

I kicked off my Eventbrite Blogger Tour with a wine tasting for singles. Cross Town Professionals Wine Tasting for Singles was held at V Wine Room in West Hollywood a couple of weeks… Continue reading

Drago Centro’s New Bar Manager & Spring Cocktails

Sometimes I really hate change. But you always want what’s best for your friends. Recently bar manager Jaymee Mandeville left Drago Centro to take an opportunity with Barcadi. This left my “home bar”… Continue reading

Culver City: New Spring Cocktails at Corner Door

Before dinner at A-Frame, I met up with a friend at Corner Door. There one of the Minty’s 2012 Hot Bartender nominees, Beau Du Bois was manning the bar. The cocktails list was… Continue reading

LA Loves Boston Fundraiser Next Monday, April 29 at Harvard & Stone

  Next Monday, April 29, join Karen Grill and Chris Amirault at Harvard & Stone to raise money for the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Karen and Chris will be taking over… Continue reading

SGV: Down the Rabbit Hole Bar

  A few weeks ago, I talked my friend into checking out the Rabbit Hole bar a bar in Alhambra with me. We don’t usually frequent the San Gabriel Valley for cocktails (other… Continue reading

West LA: New Sotto Pops and Spring Cocktails at Sotto

Italian restaurant Sotto on the Westside just rolled out bottled carbonated sippers along with their Spring cocktails menu. I stopped by after dinner at Hinoki and the Bird to check them out. There… Continue reading

Echo Park: Cocktails and Bites at Allumette

I was invited to the new Allumette in Echo Park recently.  This space has gone through a series of concepts including the most recent the Vagrancy Project, a pop-up with Chef Miles Thompson.… Continue reading