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FOUR at Checkers- Thu, March 3
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.
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FOUR at Checkers Downtown
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...Cupcake Challenge Winners Announced
24. February 2010
Over 20 bakeries joined the Nesquik Cupcake Challenge, and 3 would be crowned victorious in the categories of Best Original, Best Traditional and Best Overall. I was truly a cupcake noobie, as I wondered why people were standing in line with their empty boxes. Take them home? Non-sense, I’m gonna eat them all! Wrong. After [...]
Continue reading...A Burger and a Blind Date
22. February 2010
It’s not your typical match up on a blind date. In-N-Out Burger and 20 different cabs. But yet Ian Blackburn’s LearnAboutWine loft in downtown LA is anything but your typical wine class. Ian’s knowledge of wine, it’s regions, makers, vintages, and grapes is astonishing. I envy his passion for wine and his love of sharing [...]
Continue reading...The Frenzy of the LA Street Food Fest
18. February 2010
The idea of an entire area of food trucks and street food vendors sounds appealing. After all, who wants to drive all around town chasing down food trucks and carts? So in comes the (assumingly) First Annual LA Street Food Fest. Which really should have been called the Food Truck Fest, because as Hadley from [...]
Continue reading...Artisanal Bread Baking with Jerry Maybrook
17. February 2010
There is nothing like a fresh loaf of home baked bread. But how do you get that bakery quality bread out of the oven in your own home? Artisanal baker Jerry Maybrook, one of the hidden jewels of the Los Angeles food world, is a pro when it comes to producing truly transcendent loaves of [...]
Continue reading...Zocolo Public Square – Picturing Food
16. February 2010
Taking pictures of food is not a recent food blogger phenomenon. Photographers have been pointing their lenses at food since the invention of the camera. Early photographs captured simple arrangements of seasonal bounties, fruit bowls, platters of vegetables, all akin to still life paintings.
Professional, and more recently amateur photogs, use the medium to not only [...]
Nesquik Cupcake Challenge
9. February 2010
On February 20th the baking gloves are coming off as the best cupcake bakeries are squaring off and allowing you to pick the winner. At the Nesquik Cupcake Challenge over 20 cupcake bakers will duke it out as you get to vote for your favorite, including Jus Minis, Baby Cakes, and Two Parts Sugar.
Sponsored [...]
Ozzy Foundation & Legendary Bingo
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 caller [...]
A Lesson in Wine, San Antonio Winery
1. February 2010
Those looking for a fun day of tasting and wine education need not drive 90 min to Temecula, or 2 hours to Santa Barbara. Simply look in your own backyard. At San Antonio Winery, located just steps north of Downtown LA, is surrounded by light industry and artists lofts. Their quaint (and free!) tasting room [...]
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