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Blogger Barhop 3: A Whale of a Night in Beverly Hills

By thirstyinla On February 17, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Events, Stories
Caroline on Crack and Aidan Demarest outdid themselves with Blogger Barhop 3: High Roller Edition, an epic Beverly Hills bar crawl sponsored by Stoli Elit.
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Harvard & Stone NYE 2011

So Long 2011, and Thanks for All the Fish!

By thirstyinla On December 21, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Events
It’s time to start stretching those livers, Los Angeles! Craft cocktail destinations across the city are welcoming the new year with masquerade parties, multi-course dinners, and spirited trips around the world and back in time to the 1920s.
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A Few Sips of The Taste in Hollywood and Downtown LA

By thirstyinla On September 10, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Events, Reviews, Tastings
The Los Angeles Times and Food & Wine Magazine joined forces to present The Taste, a four-day culinary festival with nine events in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and Downtown. All-inclusive tickets featured unlimited bites from dozens of restaurants; endless samples of beer, wine and spirits; as well as seminars and demos.
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Mäni’s on Maple Launches The Happiest Hour with $6 Cocktails and Small Plates

By thirstyinla On October 29, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Openings, Reviews
Since its opening in 1989, Mäni’s Bakery Café became a go-to spot for devotees of its baked goods and healthy breakfast and lunch menus. After 21 years, Mäni’s has moved from its popular Fairfax location and into much swankier digs on Maple Drive in Beverly Hills. Now open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the new [...]
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Whisky Live LA 2010 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel

By thirstyinla On October 9, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Events, Tastings
On Wednesday, October 13th, Whisky Live LA invites Angelenos to taste whiskies from all over the world in a luxurious setting in the heart of Beverly Hills. Now in its second year, Whisky Live LA has moved from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, located at the intersection of Rodeo Drive [...]
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August 26: Buy Discounted Tickets to the Taste of Beverly Hills

By thirstyinla On August 24, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Events
Even Beverly Hills offers bargains if you know where to look, and this Thursday, August 26th look no further than the Roof Garden of the acclaimed Peninsula Beverly Hills. From 5pm to 7pm, the Peninsula hosts its Rooftop Cocktail Hour, featuring cocktails, wines by the glass, and beer for half price. Better still, guests of [...]
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Tweet to Eat: Win Two Weekend Passes to The Taste of Beverly Hills

By thirstyinla On July 30, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Events
Tickets are now on sale for the inaugural Taste of Beverly Hills, presented by Food & Wine magazine and taking place across from the Beverly Hilton Hotel on September 2-5, 2010. The four-day festival will feature local restaurant tastings, wine and mixology seminars, cooking demos from renowned chefs and personalities, and music entertainment curated by [...]
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Nov. 5 & 6: Joseph Phelps Vineyards Wine Dinner at the Peninsula

By thirstyinla On October 19, 2009 · Add Comment · In Events
On Nov. 5 and 6, The Peninsula Beverly Hills is hosting a four-course Joseph Phelps Vineyards Wine Dinner, where diners will be able to meet Kathleen Dirickson (the winery’s National Manager) as well as taste several Joseph Phelps wines paired to a fall menu prepared by Peninsula Executive Chef James Overbaugh. The night’s dishes will [...]
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2009 Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition

By thirstyinla On June 19, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Events
Since its inception just after the repeal of Prohibition, the Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition (now in its 70th year) has become one of the Top 5 wine competitions in the country. This year’s 3,400 wine entries were judged by an international panel for three days at the end of May, while another [...]
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The Peninsula Cocktail Hour – Princely Potables, Pauper's Prices

By thirstyinla On May 22, 2009 · Add Comment · In Reviews
It’s not every day one gets to spend a couple of hours enjoying the perks of a AAA Five Diamond, Mobil Five Star hotel. This summer, that day happens to be Thursday, at the acclaimed Peninsula Beverly Hills. From May 7 through Labor Day, the renowned luxury hotel hosts a weekly Happy Hour from 5-7pm [...]
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    Since last week’s @discoverla Global Team Meetin Since last week’s @discoverla Global Team Meeting was at @moxy_ac_losangeles I booked myself a Staycation - thanks @chase! 🏨 The Moxy is conveniently located off the @metrolosangeles E Line Pico Station, kitty-corner from @conventioncenterla, and a 10-minute walk to @thenovodtla, site of the 2023 Market Outlook Forum 👟 📍@damafashiondistrict After checking in - DJ Alien D loved the hotel’s Area 51 theme 👽🛸 - headed to DAMA for a couple of faves: 🥃 Dama Old Fashioned - @santateresarum, bitters, sugar 🍸 Presidente - @havanaclub rum, vermouth, orange liqueur, grenadine DAMA happened to be launching their brand new Happy Hour 😀 🍢 Potato croquettes and chicken skewers Cheers @okrv 🙌 📍@baarbaarlosangeles Meaning “again and again” in Hindi, Baar Baar is located in the former Faith & Flower space and it’s flat-out gorgeous 🤩 Paraphrasing @willmelgar, who described the menu from @chefsujans as traditional Indian cuisine with modern, locally-sourced flair The cocktails are Bollywood-inspired riffs on classics: 🤡 Mera Naam Joker - ghee-washed bourbon, Angostura bitters, saffron syrup 🍹 Slumdog Millionaire - raw turmeric-infused gin, passion fruit, Green Chartreuse, tonic Baar Baar is participating in the Fall edition of @dinela Restaurant Week, which starts on October 6! 🥑 The veg-friendly prix fixe dinner options include Avocado Bhel with edamame & green chickpea hummus, radish and puffed black rice #thirstyinla #discoverla #dinela #staycation #dtla
    The 2023 Market Outlook Forum + Global Team Meetin The 2023 Market Outlook Forum + Global Team Meeting was amazing, much love to everyone at @discoverla 👏 The highlight of the week was not on the official agenda - it was an impromptu tour of @level8.dtla, the spectacular new dining and nightlife destination at @moxy_ac_losangeles from @houstonbrothershospitality 🤩 Moxy/AC GM Steve Choe took a few of us on a walkthrough of the sprawling 30,000 square-foot venue, which is centered on the global travels of the eccentric Mr. Wanderlust 🌎 🎠 @goldenhour.dtla is a Carnival-inspired poolside carousel bar with capoeira dancers and tropical drinks by @devdiggytheillest Chef Hisae Stuck helms @luckymizu.dtla, a stunning shabu-shabu and seiro mushi experience with a wall of maneki-neko 🐱 cherry blossoms 🌸 Infinity Mirrors ♾ and a 40-foot Earth Harp that turns the entire dining room into an immersive musical instrument 🎶 Two acclaimed LA chefs have dining spaces at Level 8: @chefraygarcia with live-fire South American cuisine at @quebarbaro.dtla 🔥 and @followthebrownsheep “authentically inauthentic” street food 🌮 @motherofpearl.dtla raw bar 🦪 and the French-Teppanyaki @maisonkasai.dtla from @niceyabjeff 🔥 It wouldn't be @houston_bros if there weren't secret entrances - there are several at Level 8, including the Sinners y Santos confessional and a bookcase that opens into @mrwanderlust.dtla, a piano and jazz lounge with a hidden stage 🎹 Loved seeing drinks from @carisunnie @schimekstudios @kingstonchanla on the menu 😍 Shout out to @everfgreen for the Old Fashioned riff with @rhums_neisson Organic and @distilleriasibona Grappa Riserva Botti di Rovere 🥃 Great to bump into Mark Houston @kenbaranda @juan_martiiinez 🙌 #thirstyinla #level8 #discoverla #dinela #dtla
    🙏 #repost @canonseattle You know someone’s ma 🙏 #repost @canonseattle You know someone’s made an impression when a decade later people still ask “when’s Murray working?”. Murray Stenson was a legend. And a friend. Raise a glass in his honor tonight.
    Nothing better than comfort food at @kouraku_littl Nothing better than comfort food at @kouraku_littletokyo after an afternoon/evening of imbibing with @davestolte & @baotruong21 🍜 #thirstyinla #kouraku #dinela #discoverla #littletokyo #dtla #staycation
    [2/2] Edo-style omakase dinner at @qdtla continued [2/2] Edo-style omakase dinner at @qdtla continued 🍣 *📸 @bar_nish Longtooth Grouper Striped Jack Golden Eye Snapper Blackthroat Seaperch 🤯 Toro Spot Prawn *Wild Salmon Salmon Eggs Sea Eel *Tamagoyaki (60/40 🍤🥚 per Chef Hiroyuki Naruke) #omakase #michelin #dinela #discoverla #dtla
    [1/2] When @bar_nish asks if you want to go @qdtla [1/2] When @bar_nish asks if you want to go @qdtla for a Michelin-starred omakase dinner, you… say… YES! So great to hang with Nish, @jayne_wilcox and @carisunnie 😍 Even though Nish was the birthday boy, *he* treated *us* to a sublime evening that started in @bar_jackalope, where we sipped the good stuff from his whisk(e)y locker 🥃 I’ve been to @sevengrandla countless times and had no idea Q Sushi was next door 🤯 @michelinguide notes in its one ⭐️ review: “From the moment you walk in to the rapid succession of courses that follow, everything in this dining room seems steeped in a sense of calm.” 🙏 *📸 by Nish because I was too busy chatting with Cari 😅 7G *Kusshi Oyster *Flounder *Bluefin Tuna with miso vinaigrette Hairy Crab *Sashimi Set *Hokkaido Uni *Seared Toro with shishito paste Chef Hiroyuki Naruke #thirstyinla #sevengrand #omakase #michelin #dinela #discoverla #dtla
    Love this activation for Season 2 of @officialloki Love this activation for Season 2 of @officialloki! 🤩 🍩 ⏰ Miss Minutes has taken over @randysdonuts in Inglewood - the iconic 32-foot donut sign is now a giant Miss Minutes, and special Miss Minutes donuts are available for a limited time at the OG 24-hour shop on Manchester. ⏱ The clock is ticking - Miss Minutes and her donuts will only be at Randy’s through next Sunday, September 17! 📺 Can’t wait for October 6 💥 📸 courtesy of 🐕 and a 🦆 #discoverla #dinela #loki #randysdonuts #inglewood
    “Are you SURE you saw a flying saucer, Evans?” “Are you SURE you saw a flying saucer, Evans?” 😂 🛸👽 🎞️ “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” (1956) 🙏 @ray.harryhausen
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