Category Archive: hot bartender crawl

DTLA: New Cocktails at Rivera

Last Friday, Jennie from the Happy Hour Tour and I were making the rounds in DTLA. We started out at Bar | Kitchen (check out her great review here) and headed over to… Continue reading

SF: Shaker Face Tour- Fifth Floor, Jasper’s Corner Tap, Zero Zero, 15 Romolo

Before dinner at Benu, we had a drink at Fifth Floor inside the Hotel Palomar. I had a good time chatting with bartender Alex “Prison Break” about his views on the SF cocktail… 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

Harvard & Stone: R&D Bar with Davidson Fernie

Last week I was at Harvard & Stone to check out R&D with Dave Kupchinsky of Eveleigh. While I was heading out, Davidson Fernie tipped me off he was going to be behind… Continue reading

East Hollywood: Harvard & Stone

We celebrated Gastronomnom‘s birthday at a new bar in East Hollywood called Harvard & Stone. It’s been open for less than two months and is from the same folks as La Descarga. I… Continue reading

UK: Craft Cocktail Bars in London

People tend to imagine the UK as the place for warm beer and your best bet is to get wine while on vacation there. I tended towards cider however if I found myself… Continue reading

New Mixology Program at Michael’s Santa Monica

Michael’s recently launched a new mixology program at their bar. Not only will they bring in guest bartenders to create special one-night only cocktails, they’ll have a full cocktail list as well bar… Continue reading

Gays & Dolls Takeover DTLA

After dinner at Sugarfish, we headed over to Bottega Louie for the first stop of the Gays & Dolls in DTLA, guerrilla gay bar edition. Bottega Louie was slammed. My gay posse wouldn’t… Continue reading

Las Vegas: Downtown Cocktail Room

Before I left for Las Vegas, I got a few recommendations for craft cocktail bars. One of them was Downtown Cocktail Room. I had the impression that Vegas isn’t really known for their… Continue reading

Santa Monica Nights: The Yard

The first time I was ever at the Yard, it was some hugely too-crowded event and I never got a chance to taste the food from Top Chef CJ. I barely got any… Continue reading