Category Archive: great cocktails

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

A-Frame and Their Big Bag Daiquiri, King Tubby

Anytime I’m heading to Culver City, I try to find excuses to stop in at A-Frame. I have always been enchanted with the A-frame building (former IHOP, yo) and I genuinely enjoy the… 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

Go On Tour With The Minty & Eventbrite

Amy from Backyard Bite and I were recently chosen to go on tour with Eventbrite. We’ll be going to Eventbrite events from now until June. And I hope you’ll come and join me… Continue reading

San Diego: Bulleit Bourbon Brunch at Craft & Commerce

Anytime I get to hang out with Hollis Bulleit of Bulleit Bourbon is a good time. We were down in San Diego for Bartenders Weekend and she invited us out for a brunch… Continue reading

San Diego: Wild West Rematch at Seven Grand + Pour Vous 1-Year Anniversary Party

First there was Speed Rack San Diego. Then I heard there was the Wild West Rematch at Seven Grand was going to be the next day. So I made plans to go down… Continue reading