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Cocktail Los Angeles

Good Times At Davey Wayne’s Some People Call Me Maurice

When I worked at Sunset Gower Studios from 2001 – 2007, the idea of a destination bar in the neighborhood would have been laughable considering the sad, dilapidated surroundings. Now, in the shadow of...
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Cocktail Los Angeles

Warwick Blackberry Buck

Bottle service and clubbing aren’t normally big parts of my repertoire. Or even small parts. However, I found a lot to like about Warwick, the chic Hollywood lounge from Jeffrey Best and partners like...
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Historic Building Hollywood

10 Top Hollywood Craft Beer Destinations

Movies and TV are generally not filmed “in” Hollywood, and unfortunately, nothing is “brewed” in this famous neighborhood either. And like movies and TV, you have to wade through quite a few mass-marketed, four-quadrant,...
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Craft Beer Los Angeles

Blue Palms 5th Anniversary: The Re-Cap + Pistol Whipp’d

Blue Palms Brewhouse filled their space, took over the adjacent parking lot, and armed tap after tap with incredible beers last Sunday in Hollywood as part of their blowout 5th Anniversary bash. There was...
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Cocktail Los Angeles

Littlefork Saskatchewan Summer [CLOSED]

Dino Balocchi clearly has a sense of humor. The Littlefork lead bartender, previously with Longman & Eagle in Chicago, tips his facetious cap to a frigid central Canadian province with a cocktail called Saskatchewan...
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Craft Beer Los Angeles

Interview: beer pro Brian Lenzo (Blue Palms Brewhouse)

The beginning of Brian Lenzo’s Hollywood story might sound similar to some other Angelenos. The one-time Marine was working in restaurants in Nashville when he created some onscreen success for himself and migrated west...
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