Repeat visits earn a free chocolate soufflé There’s two weeks left for fans of Roy’s to hit three of its SoCal locales during the chain’s “Ohana Tour.” Through August 31st, a second visit to any Roy’s earns diners a free chocolate soufflé, while a third trip nets a $20 gift certificate and a contest entry [...]
August 18, 2010 | Posted in
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With a planned 100 beers on tap, a chef from Provecho, location on jumping Seventh Street, and handsome dark woods that would blend into the eponymous city’s Temple Bar, Dublin’s might give Seven Grand a run for its whiskey-fueled dollars even if it was brand-new. Soft-opening this week and grandly the next, this is actually [...]
August 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Seeking those youth-driven dollars it probably thought would rain down after Snoop’s huge shout-out, Moet-Chandon is pouring a new product, Moet Ice Imperial, at a limited number of L.A. nightclubs. Crafted with pinot noir, pinot meuniere, and a higher-than-usual boost of chardonnay, the champagne can be served over ice and is intended for hot days [...]
August 13, 2010 | Posted in
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If reading about Brad Metzger’s incredible test kitchen last June got you jealous, Mo-Chica owner Ricardo Zarate is starting a public pop-up with Bill and Elizabeth Chait called “Test Kitchen” to unveil the working concepts of new chefs and restaurateurs. The Chaits and Zarate’s partner is Locals Sports Bar owner Stephane Bombet, who is teamed [...]
August 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Waterloo & City recently became even pubbier with the addition of a game room, possibly in a bid to bait the Beckhams. Past the bar and line of cooks, in bowler hats that spur more Clockwork Orange flashbacks than Mary Poppins memories, is a new space called “The Wreck Room.” Here you’ll find darts, billiards, [...]
August 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Wine Expo’s bar room with a view into the private tasting room Salumi, cheese, and Italian vino tastings are coming soon at Wine Expo’s much-anticipated new extension. While still awaiting its bar, the treasured Santa Monica store is finished with a natural butterscotch paint-job and installed its lighting, backline sinks, and restrooms. What else? There [...]
August 11, 2010 | Posted in
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Chichen Itza has some new company at Mercado Paloma, as O.G. food explorer Barbara Hansen illustrated through the chongos and corundas of Michoacan now available at the mini-mall’s Vista Hermosa. But what about Chichen Itza’s closed digs by MacArthur Park? Eater unearths a wine and beer license for “Asbury Fusion Cuisine,” currently under construction under [...]
August 10, 2010 | Posted in
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Details are emerging on Sam Nazarian’s five-million dollar takeover of the Vine Street development once struggling to become a new Palihouse location. The property is now set to open as The Redbury, a hotel focused on suites and extended stays. Celebrity photographer and video director Matthew Rolston is involved in developing the concept here as [...]
August 9, 2010 | Posted in
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A little birdie landed in our email to clue us into the rumor that the Dolce Group’s hotspot Les Deux is now closed in Hollywood. Though no one is picking up the phone there, not too strange for a nightclub at this hour, the freshest user-review on Yelp claims the club is closed permanently following [...]
July 29, 2010 | Posted in
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