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OPENING ALERT: Las Perlas Tequila and Mezcal Den Opens Tonight!
Eater LA &bull 1 Hour AgoPhone: 213-988-8355Status:Opens tonight At long last, Cedd Moses unveils his newest contribution to downtown, Las Perlas, a bar devoted to the liquor distilled from the agave plant, Tequila and mezcal. As previously mentioned, Cole's Red Car bar vet Raul Yrastorza… Full Story »
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Bitters from the Miracle Mile and Germany will make your cocktails sing
Eating L.A. &bull Yesterday
Bitter Truth has an adorable Traveler's Set of three mini-bottles of bitters. If all you know about bitters is that you're supposed to put a few drops of Angostura bitters in a Manhattan, then you've got some catching up to… Full Story »
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EaterWire: Matt Biancaniello's Oscar Libations at the Roosevelt; OC Resto Week Extended; Planned Parenthood's Food Fair Event
Eater LA &bull Mar 5, 2010HOLLYWOOD- The Oscars are just around the corner and the Roosevelt hotel is hosting a viewing party Sunday night. Screens will be set up in the lobby, Dakota, and 25 Degrees. Make sure to call head to reserve a spot,… Full Story »
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This Weekend: LA Weekly Tweetup, 24-Hour Oscars, Scotch Tasting
Caroline on Crack &bull Feb 25, 2010
Such a jampacked weekend! And Im just talking about the 5K/10K Firecracker Run on Sunday as well as the Gold Standard. But heres whats going on the other days of the week. LA Weekly Web Awards Tweetup: A Post-Party Get Together As many of you know I was banned from 7G nearly three years ago… Full Story »
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FOUR at Checkers Downtown
Dig Lounge: Food &bull Feb 25, 2010
Happy Hour is the elusive hour for most. You work till six or seven, get home at eight after fighting traffic to get back from the West Side. Happy Hour has been over at most bars for two hours. Not… Full Story »
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The Review: The Tar Pit is Campanile chef-owner Mark Peel's supper club
Los Angeles Times: Food &bull Feb 25, 2010Designer cocktails are fab and so is the menu, but some dishes are still inconsistent at the new La Brea eatery. I've always been fascinated by the photo of my young parents taken at a supper club in New York.… Full Story »
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How To Order a Drink at the Edison's Radio Room, & Last Night's Recap
Caroline on Crack &bull Feb 24, 2010
By 10:45pm, I was done. My friend Dre and I had sat on the same bar stools at the Edisons uber-packed Radio Room night since 8 but at this point we (read: me) were tired of getting leaned on by drunk girls, projectile flirted over by drunk girls and spilled on by drunk girls as they tried very hard to interact with our bartender of the evening, Erick Castro. He was behind a wall of people and behind a bar, it aint happening, ladies, sheesh! Now get OFF me! But I cant say that I blamed them. Branch and the… Full Story »
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Fraiche Santa Monica to launch new bar and lounge via Concern Foundation fundraiser
LATimes: Daily Dish &bull Feb 24, 2010
On Thursday, Fraiche Santa Monica will launch its shiny new bar and lounge via a splashy fundraiser for the Concern Foundation, which benefits cancer research. Fraiche owners Amir Ohebsion and Keith Fox are ardent supporters of the Concern Foundation due… Full Story »
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Hatfield's: Bigger, possibly better & open soon for lunch
Eating L.A. &bull Feb 23, 2010
But I never found just the right special occasion worth the splurge, so I was thrilled to be invited to try the new larger Hatfield's on Melrose. So I can't say whether the new incarnation, which opened three weeks ago, is better, only that it's very, very good.And Hatfield's is lucky enough to have Karen… Full Story »
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Germans Mixologists Deliver The Bitter Truth to U.S.
Food GPS: LA Culinary Compass &bull Feb 23, 2010In the early days of cocktail culture, it literally wasn't possible to produce a "cocktail" without bitters. Now the word has come to encompass a variety of categories, but bitters still remain an integral cocktail component. It's an increasingly competitive… Full Story »
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EaterWire: Julie & Julia Inspired Dinner at RH, Cocktail Competition at BOA, MORE!
Eater LA &bull Feb 23, 2010WEST HOLLYWOOD- The Oscars are slowly approaching and to celebrate Meryl Streep's Oscar-nominated portrayal of Julia Child, RH at Andaz is offering a Julie & Julia-inspired menu from March 5-7. The three-course $90 menu includes Perigourdine poached egg or Lompoc... Full Story »
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Eater Inside: Touring Upper West, Opening Thursday
Eater LA &bull Feb 22, 2010Plywood vet Upper West is finally readying for its debut on Thursday. Back in December came word of the forthcoming casual restaurant and bar serving modern American comfort cuisine, here now a look inside at the simple design aesthetic with… Full Story »
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Blog Bite: New Breakfast Items at La Grande Orange
Caroline on Crack &bull Feb 22, 2010
I havent been to La Grande Orange in Santa Monica for ages so was really happy to revisit it for brunch this weekend. And it was a good thing I did cuz they added a bunch of new items to… Full Story »
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Win Tickets to The Edison's Radio Room, Free Drinks & Reserved Table
Caroline on Crack &bull Feb 20, 2010
Have you always wanted to check out the fabulous Radio Room night at the Edison downtown but have an aversion to cover charges? I feel ya, thats why I was ecstatic when Dan Cox of Dan Cox PR offered me… Full Story »
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A Closer Peek at First & Hope Supper Club
Caroline on Crack &bull Feb 19, 2010
Hope Supper Club thanks to Aidan Demarest, its cocktail consultant, who was hosting a Pernod absinthe event for a bunch of journalists. Apparently the party guests started off at the Varnish and then were taken via horse-drawn carriages up the… Full Story »
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Parting Ways: Saunders Leaves the Tar Pit, Marcos Tello at First & Hope
Eater LA &bull Feb 18, 2010For the past few months, Angelenos eagerly anticipated the opening of Mark Peel (Campanile) and Audrey Saunders' (Pegu Club-NYC) forthcoming cocktail abode, the Tar Pit. The lounge-y restaurant opened mid-December, and has remained absolutely packed, resulting in more of a... Full Story »
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Insider Info About Downtown's New First & Hope Supper Club
Caroline on Crack &bull Feb 18, 2010
Hope Supper Clubpfew! Hope Supper Club. The two, who have worked together since that one whiskey bar downtown first opened in 2007, had recently started a cocktail consultation firm called Tello/Demarest Liquid Assets and were promptly brought aboard the new… Full Story »
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Joseph Brooke: The Edison Director of Spirits
Food GPS: LA Culinary Compass &bull Feb 17, 2010It's been a good year for Joseph Brooke. The former Copa d'Oro barman took top prize with "ON THE ROCKS: The Search for America's Top Bartender," a televised cocktail competition. Now he's become Director of Spirits at The Edison, a… Full Story »
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Audrey Saunders exits Tar Pit; Marcos Tello now heads the bar
LATimes: Daily Dish &bull Feb 17, 2010
Audrey Saunders is saying so long to the Tar Pit. The owner of New Yorks Pegu Club swept in to L.A. to open the La Brea Avenue cocktail lounge with chef Mark Peel and general manager Jay Perrin, but she… Full Story »
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Blog Bite: $4 Buffalo Trace, $5 Sazerac Rye at Bigfoot Lodge West
Caroline on Crack &bull Feb 16, 2010
Stopped by the Bigfoot Lodge West for my friend Shelleys celebratory cocktail hour. Were celebrating her getting into UCLA med school. She had confused this Bigfoot with the Atwater one which has a happy hour. This one doesnt but fortunately… Full Story »



















