2018 Top 10 Drinks
Every Friday, Drink of the Week celebrates my favorite beverage from the previous seven days. I live in Los Angeles, one of the world’s best places to eat, and was lucky enough to travel...
Breva Maré Gintonico [CLOSED]
Lauded chef Casey Lane, best known for Italian food, takes on Spanish cuisine at Breva in downtown L.A.’s recently renovated Hotel Figueroa. To complement the bold food, decorated bar star Dushan Zaric collaborated with...
Pikunico Yuzu-Ade + Green Tea
Points of interest are slowly populating ROW DTLA, former industrial space that now counts more than 1 million square feet of offices, retail, and restaurants. Smorgasburg LA food market and Dulce Dos coffee bar...
Peckish Snack Bar Amazing Sorrel Juice [CLOSED]
Park Mesa Heights, a neighborhood just south of Leimert Park, has a new charmer with Peckish Snack Bar. The fast casual cafe from chef Angela White, sister Natasha White, niece Evadne “NeNe” White and...
Barrel & Ashes Boss Nog [CLOSED]
I visited Studio City barbecue bastion Barrel & Ashes to sample three cocktails from the 12 Gin n Tonics of Christmas menu, but beverage director Blaine Adams had another trick in mind for the...
Dart Coffee Beach Brew
Longtime Funk Zoners Erika Carter Dart and husband David are aiming for caffeinated bull’s-eyes at their Santa Barbara coffee bar/roastery. Dart Coffee Co is part of a new triumvirate with Monkeyshine and Tyger Tyger...
