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So Long 2011, and Thanks for All the Fish!

Harvard & Stone NYE 2011

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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Zombies Have Taken Over 213 Nightlife!

Don "Max" Maxey

Halloween has arrived in Downtown LA, and for one lucky bar it’s going to be a bloody good time: all of the 213 Nightlife venues have been pitted against each other in a winner-takes-all Halloween contest. [...]

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213 Nightlife and The Beer Chicks Present LA Craft Beer Crawl, Launch 8th Street Bottle Shop

LA Craft Beer Crawl Flyer

213 Nightlife and The Beer Chicks (Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune) are teaming up once again to present the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Craft Beer Crawl, taking place August 13th in downtown Los Angeles. For the price of one ticket, Crawlers will get unlimited samples of over 60 craft beers, plus food trucks curated by KCRW’s Evan Kleiman. [...]

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Learning About a Revolutionary Spirit at CaƱa Rum Society

Three American Rums

The June meeting of CaƱa Rum Society featured a fascinating lesson on rum’s history in America and a tasting of three American rums: Prichard’s Fine Rum, RenĆ© Alambic Rum, and Charbay Tahitian Vanilla Bean Rum. [...]

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Raising Funds for Veterans with a Few of Our Favorite Things: Cars, Bars & Cigars

Green Tesla

Today is Memorial Day, a perfect time to introduce Akilah Kamaria, a former Marine with a passion for spirits and cigars, and a commitment to raising funds for veterans. [...]

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World Cocktail Day & 2-Year Blogiversary: Classics, and Brugal, and Zwack! Oh, My!

It's about to get Zwacky at CaƱa!

Last week, a special dual celebration took place at CaƱa Rum Bar: World Cocktail Day and Thirsty in LA’s Two-Year Blogiversary. Thanks to the efforts of CaƱa GM Allan Katz, it was also a fundraiser for the Museum of the American Cocktail, one of a handful of officially sanctioned events that took place around the world. [...]

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LA in NY: The City of Angels at the 2011 Manhattan Cocktail Classic

Zahra Bates

It’s May 13th, and on this day last year I was in New York on the eve of the inaugural Manhattan Cocktail Classic to toast World Cocktail Day and celebrate my First Blogiversary with my blogger twin, The Dizzy Fizz. And even though I’ll be in L.A. this year and have to settle for vicariously drinking through everyone’s tweets and posts, I’ll be content in knowing that Los Angeles will be well-represented at MCC. [...]

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May 12: Thirsty in LA 2-Year Blogiversary & World Cocktail Day Celebration at CaƱa

WCW

May 13th is World Cocktail Day, the culmination of World Cocktail Week and its celebration of the American Cocktail. The date coincides with the earliest uses of the term ā€œCocktailā€ in the May 1806 editions of the Balance & Columbian Repository. It also happens to be the day that Thirsty in LA went live in 2009. With that in mind, I’ll be celebrating my Two-Year Blogiversary with a party at CaƱa Rum Bar on Thursday, May 12th! [...]

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CaƱa Celebrates One Year and Reloads with New Cocktails

28 Days Later | Photo: NAME

Time flies when you’re having fun, and CaƱa Rum Bar is certainly a case in point, recently marking its first anniversary when it seems like only yesterday that it was celebrating its Grand Opening. Friends and well-wishers joined 213 Nightlife Proprietor Cedd Moses to toast CaƱa’s first year at a party that doubled as the formal launch of CaƱa’s Spring Cocktail Menu. [...]

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April 2: Rum Grand Tasting at CaƱa Rum Bar

Photo: 213 Nightlife

On Saturday, April 2nd, Liquor.com presents a Rum Grand Tasting at CaƱa Rum Bar, hosted by CaƱa GM Allan Katz and bartender Danielle Crouch. The $65 ticket includes an overview of rum, a guided rum tasting, and rum-based cocktails. [...]

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