By thirstyinla, on May 27, 2011
Los Angeles cocktail culture makes a strong showing in Food & Wine Cocktails 2011, which arrived in stores in May and features 130-plus cocktail recipes, over 20 party food recipes, a mixology handbook, and a directory of the Top 100 American Bars. [...]
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By thirstyinla, on April 27, 2011

Don your fezzes and put on your Aloha shirts, the Tiki-Ti turns fifty years young with a four day celebration! [...]
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By thirstyinla, on September 22, 2010
The Edison, the "largest and most impressive" bar on GQ's list. | Photo: The Edison
File this under Jobs We Really, Really Want: “We traveled 34,462 miles and sipped 400 gin fizzes, Manhattans, and Gibsons with one goal—to compile the first ranking of [...]
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By thirstyinla, on July 6, 2010
Los Angeles cocktail enthusiasts are going to be busy this Thursday, the night that Tiki-Ti and La Descarga are hosting events at their respective locations.
Tiki-Ti | Photo by Kenn Wilson (Flickr Creative Commons)
First up is Tiki-Ti, which will be serving its famous Tiki-Ti Rum Punch [...]
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By thirstyinla, on March 1, 2010
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An occasional roundup of L.A. cocktail culture in various media.
Just in time for Super Bowl Sunday, LA Times Magazine featured recipes for four classic tiki cocktails, “reimagined for a new generation.” Love the retro-style artwork, too.
On February 11, an LA Times Food article included a profile of [...]
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By thirstyinla, on February 17, 2010

We’ve all heard of (and perhaps even done a few) pub crawls, but how about one dedicated to the great American authors? On Saturday, February 20th, join Book Soup, Goodreads and PEN Center USA for the first Literary Pub Crawl and channel the spirits of Hemingway, Kerouac [...]
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