Category Archive: great cocktails

Chef Haru of Chaya Brasserie Beverly Hills

Chef Harutaka Kishi joined Chaya Brasserie in Beverly Hills in November of last year. He has worked for Joel Robuchon and Gordon Ramsey and was most recently at the London in West Hollywood.… Continue reading

Minty Plays Matchmaker – Meet Your Valentine

On Tuesday, February 8, I’m going to play cupid. The next Sexy Singles Soiree is at XINO has a very special theme “Get Lucky.” Besides the usual games and fabulous prizes, I’ll present… Continue reading

DTLA: Mas Malo Now Open

Mas Malo in Downtown Los Angeles opened last Friday. Fans of the original Malo in Silver Lake will be happy to know that the ground beef and pickle taco made its way to… Continue reading

Sexy Singles Valentine’s Soiree at XINO

The Minty presents the Valentine’s edition of the Sexy Singles Soiree! On Tuesday, February 8, The Minty plays cupid and invites you and all your single pals to party at XINO, a cool… Continue reading

The Top (and Bottom) Minty Posts

I’m kind of amazed by numbers. I’m not going to go in-depth like Sippity Sup did in his post but I thought it’d be interesting to list the top 5 Minty Posts along… Continue reading

Santa Monica: Border Grill

I recently had a late-night nosh over at the Santa Monica Border Grill. The original, the grand dame. I’ll visit the new one in Downtown eventually. That one took over the old Ciudad… Continue reading

Lunching at Hungry Cat

Some time ago I had dinner at the Hungry Cat for the first time but I always meant to go back for brunch. Except I rarely actually  make it out to brunch so… Continue reading

Location, location, location: Umami Burger

Back in October, I went to the Umami Burger off Cahuenga in Hollywood for my Sweet Potato Fries crawl. It’s my favorite Umami location. I have gone to the one on La Brea… Continue reading

2011 The Minty Food & Booze Crawls

2011 is fast approaching and I’ve been contemplating my next events. Here’s a rough calendar for the first quarter of the year. Food crawls to be announced! January 22– Pretty Please, Pupusa Crawl… Continue reading

Happy Holidays: Fig

Each year, three of my friends and I go out for a special holiday meal instead of getting each other presents. We started this tradition a couple of years back. Our first restaurant… Continue reading