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LA in NY: The City of Angels at the 2011 Manhattan Cocktail Classic
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.
Read MoreMay 12: Thirsty in LA 2-Year Blogiversary & World Cocktail Day Celebration at Caña
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 “Cocktail” 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 Caña Rum Bar on Thursday, May 12th!
Read MoreCaña Celebrates One Year and Reloads with New Cocktails
Time flies when you’re having fun, and Caña 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 Caña’s first year at a party that doubled as the formal launch of Caña’s Spring Cocktail Menu.
Read MoreApril 2: Rum Grand Tasting at Caña Rum Bar
On Saturday, April 2nd, Liquor.com presents a Rum Grand Tasting at Caña Rum Bar, hosted by Caña GM Allan Katz and bartender Danielle Crouch. The $65 ticket includes an overview of rum, a guided rum tasting, and rum-based cocktails.
Read MoreAll the Booze That’s Fit to Print – March 2011
With a slew of bar openings and more on the way, there’s never been a better time to be a cocktail enthusiast in the City of Angels. In recent weeks media coverage of the L.A. cocktail scene has ramped up, which makes it as good a time as any to collect some highlights from the last few months.
Read MoreFebruary 23-24: Jim & Rocky’s Barback Pro-Am Hits Downtown LA
Seattle’s Jim Romdall and Rocky Yeh are challenging some of the West Coast’s favorite amateur mixologists, writers and bloggers to step behind the stick for Jim & Rocky’s Barback Pro-Am.
Read MoreThe New Caña Cocktail Menu is Fully Loaded
Caña debuts its latest globe-trotting arsenal of cocktails, traveling beyond its signature rum and touching down in Europe and the Americas with gin, rye, tequila and cachaça-fueled drinks.
Read MoreA Tale of Two Societies: Caña Rum Bar and Seven Grand
In addition to serving some of the finest cocktails and spirits to be found in this or any other city, Caña Rum Bar and Seven Grand each host monthly gatherings where guests are educated on the good stuff through tastings and presentations: Caña Rum Society and Seven Grand Whiskey Society.
Read MoreSo Long 2010, and Thanks for All the Fish!
As 2010 draws to a close, many of L.A.’s favorite cocktail destinations are preparing to send the year off in style, with champagne-soaked events that include a downtown L.A. bar crawl, prix fixe dinners, and a black tie party set in Havana from a century ago. Stay tuned for updates as more events are announced.
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