Category Archive: cocktalian

DTLA: Checking Out the Whiskey Library at Miro

  I recently headed back to Miro for a closer look at the Whiskey Library. While the upstairs restaurant has a pretty bar, all the action is downstairs. There’s ample room at the… Continue reading

DTLA: Dinner with a View at 71Above

  I’ve been dying to try 71Above ever since I heard they were opening and Chef Vartan Abgaryan was going to be the executive chef a couple years ago. I went for dinner… Continue reading

DTLA: Tasting Menu at Orsa and Winston

  Back in March, I did the tasting menu at Orsa and Winston. Chef Josef Centeno is one of my favorite chefs and I was looking forward to dinner at O&W. I go… Continue reading

Culver City: Italian Favorites at AR Cucina

    AR Cucina took the place of Sambar, Chef Akasha Richmond’s Indian inspired restaurant.  She’s now turned her focus to Italian cuisine. I love that there’s an entire Negroni menu. You could… Continue reading

East Hollywood: Drinks at The Edmon

  The Edmon at the Historic Hollywood Hotel opened about 6 weeks ago.  We already had dinner but I’d like to return for food. Per my usual proclivities, I sat at the bar… Continue reading

Culver City: Dinner at Cannibal

I finally got to Cannibal recently and had a great time at dinner. While perusing the drinks menu, the A.C.C. caught my eye. I had to ask what it meant and it stands… Continue reading

DTLA: Pacific Seas Tiki Bar at Clifton’s is Now Open

  The much anticipated tiki bar, Pacific Seas, is now open at Clifton’s. The fourth floor bar is completely bonkers. It’s so beautiful and what’s amazing is, it doesn’t look new at all.… Continue reading

Solvang: Dinner at Root 246

  I was in Solvang for a day trip and we had hit up some of the wine rooms in the deliberately quaint town. I was perhaps a little over the kitsch when… Continue reading

DTLA: Dinner at the Veggie-Centric PYT

  Chef Josef Centeno has created a restaurant inside of a restaurant with the new PYT inside of Ledlow. My pal Carina was in town and whenever we get together, we look for the… Continue reading

Santa Monica: Dinner and Drinks at Cassia

  To kick things off at Cassia, one of LA’s best restaurants, I got the Pina Colada and added a couple extra bucks for the strawberry balsamic gastrique (aka “lava flow”). We were… Continue reading