Category Archive: cocktalian

Silver Lake Supper: Dusty’s & Speranza

I found myself in Silver Lake for dinner a couple times in the past week or so. Once I mentioned Dusty’s had poutine, the gay boyfriend was all over it. He had that… Continue reading

Flan vs Flan

I have been doing food crawls for almost four years now. I haven’t had too many sweets crawls as I tend to have a more salty tooth than sweet. Some friends of mine… Continue reading

Bad Brains

  After dinner at Tinga last week, I met up with F for Food at the Tar Pit Bar.  Apparently the cocktail menu has changed and I spent some time flipping through the… Continue reading

Joe’s Restaurant in Venice

I was invited to check out Joe’s Restaurant in Venice last week for dinner. Joe’s opened in 1991 on Abbot Kinney in the now-trendy neighborhood of Venice. When I arrived, Chef Joseph Miller… Continue reading

Ludobites 6.0

At the last Ludobites, I asked Krissy and Ludo (separately) where the next one was going to be at. Krissy said they were looking at four different locations but she was hoping for… Continue reading

Taste on Melrose

Next to seafood, my favorite food would be pork. And more specifically, pork chops. My memory of my grandfather’s simple grilled pork chops with green onion gravy is probably my favorite pork chop… Continue reading

Going Cocktailian at Boneyard Bistro

Ludobites 6.0 is located in the Valley for this run. After dinner last week, LA/ OC Foodie, H.C., convinced us to head over three blocks over to Boneyard Bistro. I wasn’t really in… Continue reading

Christmas Kegger

I first met the ladies of Finer Things L.A. at the first Sexy Singles Soiree this year. V & K promise you a “guide to get drunk and fat” in L.A. I really… Continue reading

Test Kitchen: Gary Menes

People have asked me which has been my favorite Test Kitchen meal and it’s very hard for me to pick one favorite. The concept of having one permanent location with a cast of… Continue reading

Autumn Meal at Drago Centro

  Any regular reader of The Minty knows I spend a lot of time at Drago Centro. I was parked as usual at the bar for happy hour but I was looking forward… Continue reading