Posts Tagged ‘steve livigni’
December 9: La Descarga Winter Cocktail Menu Launch
On Thursday, December 9th, La Descarga is debuting its Winter Cocktail Menu, an extensive list of 21 drinks from Steve Livigni and Pablo Moix. The Winter Menu is evenly divided between Classics and House Cocktails, including a whiskey barrel-aged version of its excellent Tapping the Admiral that should be ready just in time for the…
Read MoreThe Névé Iceman Cometh to Osteria La Buca
Earlier this week, TIME magazine named Ludo Lefebvre one of its Chefs of the Future in an article that lauds him for “helping to reinvent the way we eat” with his LudoBites pop-up restaurants. In a similar innovative vein, Névé Luxury Ice founder Michel Dozois is expanding the boundaries of the traditional bar concept with…
Read MoreApril 27: Nights with Névé at Osteria La Buca
On Tuesday, April 27, Névé Ice founder Michel Dozois presents the second installment of his Nights with Névé series of cocktail events. For this edition, Dozois teams up with La Descarga General Manager Steve Livigni to offer a menu of four specialty cocktails that convey the “Italian Gypsy culture” of Osteria La Buca. The event…
Read MoreLa Descarga: A Postcard from Old Havana
“My mojito in La Bodeguita, My daiquiri in El Floridita.” ~ Ernest Hemingway Hemingway’s handwritten tribute to his favorite cocktails can be found at La Bodeguita del Medio, one of his regular haunts in Havana. Papa would no doubt feel right at home at La Descarga, the East Hollywood bar that opened last Tuesday to…
Read MoreAll the Booze That’s Fit to Print – January 2010
An occasional roundup of L.A. cocktail culture in various media. Before recapping a busy January 2010 (see below) let’s take one last look at December 2009 and the decade that was. In its Dec. 29th edition, the NY Times published A Decade of Invention and Reinvention, its look at mixology trends of the decade. Topping…
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