If you’re looking for a cocktail, whiskey, or scotch on the west side, look no further than Bigfoot Lodge West. It’s a place where your more eastern friends wont mind making the trip to visit. Bigfoot is more than mountain cabin kitsch. It’s a serious whiskey bar, for serious drinkers. Manager Brandon Ristaino, also known [...]
Continue reading...8. August 2010
DrinkEatPlay’s “Speakeasy” will take you back to a period where jazz, dance, and a free spiritedness defined the Roaring 20′s. The event, (location will only be disclosed to pre-purchased ticket holders) will feature jazz bands, mixologists, and over 100 top brands of gin, bourbon, and scotch to sample from. And don’t worry about the fuzz [...]
Continue reading...2. August 2010
Thanks to Dana Hollister (4100 Bar, Bordello, Brite Spot, Cliff’s Edge), steampunk is hip at Villain’s Tavern. If you’re looking for a place to lay low, wet your whistle and grab some grub with the summer heat chasing you down, this is your spot. Curiosities abound this eclectic bar. Brightly colored medicine bottles welcome you [...]
Continue reading...24. May 2010
Upon walking up to First & Hope you can’t help but notice you’re standing in a strip mall that caters mostly to daytime office workers. Even with Disney Hall and Music Center Plaza within eye-shot, there is nay a soul around, but walk a few feet and enter the glass doors of First & Hope’s [...]
Continue reading...18. May 2010
Say it with me, eeks’-tah. Yxta Cocina Mexicana (sister restaurant to Highland Park’s El Arco Iris) is located on the outskirts of downtown, a stones throw from the surging Historic Core, the shiny new South Park. and the office workers of bunker hill. But somehow people are still filling into this Mexican restaurant located in [...]
Continue reading...28. April 2010
Say goodbye to what was a stinker of a bar, and hello to your favorite neighborhood hang. The trucker phase was over as quickly as it started, but whiskey is timeless. The Thirsty Crow is now open and serving up classic whiskey drinks and glasses of unique and smooth whiskey, bourbon and rye. Gone are [...]
Continue reading...12. April 2010
Open just shy of a week, Spring St is now serving beer and wine to residents of the arts district, and downtown LA. Opened by Michael Leko and Will Shamlian co-owners of Library Bar just a few blocks away, the bar features 26 taps, all domestic brews, along with a handful of wines. The former [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
For all you whiskey drinkers out there, Dig Lounge has a special treat for you. Checkers Downtown is proud to be offering a tour of the whiskey cocktail classics on Thursday night from 4-8pm. Choose either rye or whiskey then pick any of the 4 specialty cocktails, and pay only four bones each. We first [...]
Continue reading...25. February 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 so on Thursdays at the Hilton Checkers on Grand Ave and 5th in Downtown LA. [...]
Continue reading...8. February 2010
Join The Ozzy Foundation this Wednesday February 10th for an evening of strong drinks, tasty eats, drag queens and Legendary Bingo at Hamburger Mary’s in West Hollywood, all to raise funds for the Ozzy Foundation. Event proceeds will provide emergency grants to pet guardians who cannot afford to treat their chronically ill pets. Celeb ball [...]
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25. August 2010
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