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A Smoking Winter Cocktail Menu at 1886

The Smoking Jacket

A cocktail that comes with a Surgeon General’s Warning is just one of the surprises waiting to be sipped from the ambitious new Winter Cocktail Menu from 1886 Bar at The Raymond. For the fifth iteration of 1886′s series of seasonal cocktail menus, the bar team is focusing on the theme of “smoke and beers.” [...]

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Boxing Day Social at The Spare Room

Spare Room Boxing Day Social 2011

On Monday, December 26th, Naomi Schimek is helping to spread some holiday cheer by hosting a special Boxing Day Social at The Spare Room in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. All proceeds from the event go to the Hospitality Kitchen (aka the “Hippie Kitchen”), a soup kitchen operated by Los Angeles Catholic Worker in Downtown LA’s Skid Row. [...]

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Ticket Giveaway: LA’s Best Bartender Competition

On Sunday, October 9th, five of the top bartenders in Los Angeles will be competing for the title of LA’s Best Bartender, presented by Table 20. The second annual competition is taking place at Elevate Lounge in Downtown LA. [...]

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Get Pickled with The Spare Room’s Fall Happy Hour Special

Ludlow Street Collins

After taking guests on a summer vacation to Nantucket, The Spare Room travels to Manhattan’s Lower East Side for its Fall Happy Hour Special, courtesy of new Beverage Director Naomi Schimek. [...]

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Sampling the 1886 Summer Cocktail Menu

Media Park Swizzle

Despite lingering at 1886 for several hours, I only scratched the surface of the summer cocktail menu. [...]

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July 26: 1886 at the Raymond Launches New Summer Cocktail Menu

1886 Cherry Daiquiri

On Tuesday, July 26th, the 1886 Bar at The Raymond debuts its Summer Cocktail Menu, featuring 16 new drinks by Marcos Tello and the 1886 team. The new menu features signature summer cocktails, Tiki drinks, unearthed classics, and salutes to bartenders from LA and New York. [...]

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Don vs. Vic at 320 Main: Everybody Wins!

Mai Tai

320 Main was the setting for a tiki showdown of epic proportions: Don vs. Vic, a head-to-head battle between the cocktails of Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic. The clash of tiki titans was the second edition of 320 Main’s Tiki Night series, taking place at the Seal Beach restaurant on the last Monday of every month. [...]

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Tiki Nights at 320 Main Are Some Enchanted Evenings

Bumbo

320 Main proprietor Jason Schiffer, Matt Robold (aka RumDood) and LA’s Marcos Tello (1886) are teaming up to present a series of Tiki Nights at 320 Main on the last Monday of every month. [...]

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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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April 26: 1886 at The Raymond Launches New Spring Cocktail Menu

Swedish Crush by Garrett McKechnie

On Tuesday, April 26th, the 1886 Bar at The Raymond debuts its new Spring Cocktail Menu, featuring 16 new drinks by Marcos Tello and the 1886 team. The new Spring Menu includes signature creations, a barrel-aged cocktail, an historic punch, and tributes to two of L.A.’s best bartenders. [...]

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