By thirstyinla, on August 26, 2009
The September issue of Los Angeles Magazine has hit the stands, featuring a “Best New Bars” cover story.
According to Editor Mary Melton, the article is intended to “herald the return of the bar—not the velvet-rope animal of yore but the chummy neighborhood pubs, crowded wine bars, and [...]
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By thirstyinla, on August 21, 2009

Rockwell, a multi-level restaurant, bar and outdoor lounge located behind Vermont Restaurant in Los Feliz, is nearly ready for its September launch. Rockwell integrates 6,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor spaces, with dining and lounge areas designed around a 30-foot coral tree. A staircase leads [...]
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By thirstyinla, on August 16, 2009

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When it comes to food and drink writing in Los Angeles, Jonathan Gold is “the Man” and has the Pulitzer Prize to prove it. On October 10, he’s hosting Jonathan Gold’s Union Station Cocktail Party, a fundraiser for Zócalo Public Square, a non-profit organization that builds community [...]
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By thirstyinla, on August 14, 2009
“Can I get you another drink?”
“Yeah. Do this again. Old Fashioned, please.”
To drink like Don, you order an Old Fashioned. | Photo: AMC
With that drink order, the world was introduced to Don Draper and Mad Men, the acclaimed show that returns [...]
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By thirstyinla, on August 12, 2009

Sunday Suppers at Lucques have become an L.A. dining institution, a guaranteed splendid evening at any time of the year. This past Sunday, to kill some time while waiting for another Comme Ca Block Party to begin, I stopped by Lucques, not knowing it happened to be [...]
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By thirstyinla, on August 1, 2009
~ Photos by Lena Watanabe
Beau knows cocktails.
Take the former “Riot Hyatt” on Sunset, throw in a $48M renovation by the New York firm Janson Goldstein, add the Hindi word for “personal service,” and what do you get? Why, the Andaz West Hollywood, of [...]
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