Negroni Week: June 2-8, 2014

Negroni fans, start your liver stretches: Imbibe Magazine and Campari are presenting the second annual Negroni Week, taking place from June 2-8, 2014. During Negroni Week, participating bars across the country and around the world – over 1,000 as this post goes live – are mixing up Negronis and donating at least $1 from each one sold to a charity of their choice. L.A.’s own ink. and over a dozen Orange County bars are donating to Inspire Artistic Minds. Campari has announced that it will donate $10,000 to the qualified charity of the bar or restaurant that raises the most money during this year’s Negroni Week.

Negroni Jell-O Shots and Campari Dust Pixy Stix | Photo courtesy of Gabriella Mlynarczyk, Facebook

Besides the classic Negroni – gin, Campari, sweet vermouth – guests can look forward to variations like Negroni Jell-O shots with Campari Dust Pixy Stix, one of a week’s worth of recipes created by Gabriella Mlynarczyk of ink. Rivera is serving the Negroni No. 9 (Pierde Almas +9, Barolo Chinato, Campari, orange and grapefruit essence), while Bouchon Bistro is offering Negroni macarons.

Special events include: a Negroni Week Ice Cream Social at Short Order on June 2; Harlowe is hosting a Negroni Week Soirée on June 3, featuring a “tap takeover” of Negronis with Beefeater, Beefeater 24, and Plymouth Gin; and Bowling for Negronis is taking place on June 5 at The Spare Room.

Check the Negroni Week website for new additions to the ever-growing list of participating bars, then follow the social media action via Imbibe’s Twitter and Instagram feeds, and the #NegroniWeek hashtag.

Negroni image courtesy of Dave Stolte, Home Bar Basics.

Following is a list of participating Los Angeles area bars, along with their charities.

• 320 Main (Seal Beach) – Donate Life
• Allumette – Hope and Education
• Bar | Kitchen – Much Love Animal Rescue
• Bar Toscana – Kids Kicking Cancer
• Beelman’s Pub – Downtown Women’s Center
• Bestia – No-Kill Los Angeles
• Big Bar at Alcove – Covenant House California
• Bouchon Beverly Hills – Homeboy Industries
• Cinco – Heal the Bay
• Circa – Manhattan Beach Education Foundation
• Delphine Eatery & Bar – Project Angel Food
• Dia De Campo – Heal the Bay
• Dirty Laundry – Art of Elysium
• Ebanos Crossing – Morris Animal Foundation
• The Edison – Alliance for Housing and Healing
• Escala – Wounded warrior project
• Eveleigh – 826LA
• The Exhibition Room (Long Beach) – Big Brother Big Sisters Long Beach
• The Federal Bar (Long Beach) – Food Finders Inc.
• Fig Restaurant – Share Our Strength
• Goldie’s – Bartenders Against Hunger
• Harlowe – Stand Watch for Vets
• Harvard & Stone – Earthworks
• Honeycut – Midnight Mission
• ink. – Inspire Artistic Minds
• Michael’s Santa Monica – The Santa Monica Museum of Art
• No Vacancy – Art of Elysium
• Pour Vous – ASPCA
• RivaBella Ristorante – Project Angel Food
• Rivera Restaurant – Dolores Mission
• Roxanne’s Cocktail Lounge & Latin Grill (Long Beach) – Food Finders
• Sassafras Saloon – No-Kill Los Angeles
• Soleto Trattoria and Pizza Bar – Project Angel Food
• Sotto – GettLove
• The Spare Room – Baby2Baby
• Spring St. Bar – Downtown Women’s Center
• Sushi Roku Hollywood – Project Angel Food
• Sushi Roku Pasadena – Project Angel Food
• The Tasting Kitchen – Venice Family Clinic
• Terranea Lobby Bar – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
• The Thirsty Crow – National Alliance on Mental Illness – Westside Los Angeles
• The Varnish – The Weingart Center for the Homeless
• Three Clubs – Hollywood Fringe Festival
• Westside Tavern – Share Our Strength
• The Whaler – Heal The Bay