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Hot Bartenders in Hollywood Bar Crawl Recap
hot bartender at Wood & Vine Derby at Wood & Vine The Hot Bartenders Crawl rolled through Hollywood last week. Our first stop was Wood & Vine. We managed to snag a couple of seats at the...
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Get Ready for Art Beyond the Glass, Sunday, June 17
As I’ve bounced around from cocktail week to cocktail week around the country (Portland, Scottsdale and most recently New York), enthusiasts have cried for a good cocktail event in L.A. Well, this...
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Buckle Up, Sweetheart! It’s Tales of the Cocktail: A Short Memoir
Carousel Bar, Hotel Monteleone When Neyah White tells you to buckle up, it’s TALES OF THE COCKTAIL, you listen. For the last several years, I wanted to go to the popular cocktail week in New Orleans...
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Bar Hopping in New Orleans
Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone My drink tally in New Orleans outside of what I tasted during Tales of the Cocktail was relatively low. I averaged 2-3 drinks a day during the week I was there. I...
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New Orleans: Drinking at Cure
the bar at Cure Drink nerds would probably say duh when I said I had really great drinks at Cure. During Tales of the Cocktail, I really wanted to go on the Brugal Dry Rum bus and check out the bars a...
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The Minty is Turning Three! Let’s Party!
Back in November 2009 when I launched The Minty, I really had not expected it to be more than a diary of a foodie. Between the tales of bad dates, musings on cocktails and food crawls, The Minty...
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The Minty’s 2012 Hot Bartender Nominations
Hello, hello! I need your help! I’m now taking nominations for your favorite bartenders. I’m running a few bar crawls leading up to my big party on Tuesday, December 11 but that means I won’t have...
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DTLA Dive & Craft Bar Crawl Recap
$2.50 happy hour at King Eddy Kicking off my blog’s 3rd anniversary, I organized a Dive & Craft Bar Crawl last week in Downtown Los Angeles. We were also on the hunt for The Minty’s Hot Bartender....
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Los Feliz Hot Bartender Crawl Recap
Hot Bartender Nominee Rosie Ruiz Last month, I organized a bar crawl in Los Feliz as one of the events leading up to my 3rd Anniversary party (coming up next Wednesday, 12/12/12, are you going?). One...
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Film Review: Hey Bartender
Last night I attended a screening and after party for the film, “Hey Bartender.” I was excited to watch the film after watching the trailer because I recognized many of the places they shot at...
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Acme Bars DTLA Bar Crawl, Saturday, August 23
Deal Alert! The Acme bars in Downtown Los Angeles including Library Bar, Sixth Street Tavern, Spring Street Bar, King Eddy Saloon and the new Beelman’s Pub are part of a bar crawl Saturday, August...
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DTLA: Checking Out (Almost) All the Drinks and Tacos at B.S. Taqueria
Borracho Gazpacho B.S. Taqueria is now open in the old Mo-Chica space in Downtown Los Angeles. The taqueria opened by Chef Ray Garcia, formerly of Fig in Santa Monica, gives us a hint of what’s...
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DTLA: Bar Mattachine, the Newest Gay Bar in Town
Bar Mattachine Bar Mattachine is the latest of the new gay bars to open in Downtown Los Angeles. However, it’s definitely the first gay “craft” bar in DTLA, possibly in all of Los Angeles. About 8...
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Where to Drink During Negroni Week, June 6-12
Negroni Week: June 6-12 Negroni Week is upon us! The week long celebration and fundraiser sponsored by Campari and Imbibe Magazine brings a slew of bar specials featuring the bitter cocktail June...
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DTLA: Everything You Need to Know about Dama’s Latin-Inspired Food and Drinks...
Dama Dama opened two months ago in the Fashion District in Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA). The food is from Top Chef Antonia Lofaso. Anyone who knows me knows I love her restaurant Scopa in Venice....
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DTLA: Drinks at Bar Franca
Bar Franca Bar Franca has been open in Downtown Los Angeles for a few months now but I finally made it over there a couple of weeks ago. Once there, I discovered how cute and fabulous it is. I...
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DTLA: A Boozy Tribute to Jonathan Gold at Otium Now Until March 2019
Chris Amirault at Otium Otium and Bar Director Chris Amirault and team have launched an ode to the late restaurant critic Jonathan Gold. The new menu of 14 drinks are based on Jonathan Gold’s...
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