Booze News

• Hurry, Hurry…Take the A Train to Traxx Bar at Union Station

I needed a drink. In a hurry. A bad week will do that. So, I cajole my friend, Bea, to join me because my friend Bea is a great drinking companion, and while she is in her golden years, she can drink anyone under the table. She totally has a hollow leg. I’ve only seen [...]

OF BOOZE AND BANDS: Trader Joe’s Tequila takes on the Mighty Patrón

Intrepid reporter, D.R. Stewart, reviews TJ’s tequila with the help of the J. Scott Bergman band. “My old 90′s band loved Patrón. We loved it so much, we married it to Corona. We would ask – “Would you like a Pa-trone-ah?” A Frosty Corona, with a shot of Patrón at the ready.  Kismet! Tequila has moved on. There’s an [...]

• L.A.’s Palm Restaurant – A Fabulous Bourbon and Scotch Tasting Dinner

Have you been to a special event dinner at the Palm yet? You should. Jonathan Mitchell, Assistant General Manager & Wine Director, manages to make every moment totally fun. Food pairing dinners can be tedious and serious with detailed recitations of where the food came from, its DNA, the farmer’s name who grew it, the [...]

“a woman walks into a bar…” at La Cita – the awesome-est bar in L.A.

Helllooooo L.A.!!!! Where have you been? More like – where the hell have I been? DAMN. I just ‘discovered’ the most awesome little bar in L.A. – La Cita rocks! Or whatever the prevailing hip hype word is. Hey, you like booze…it’s there. You like rockin’ dancin’ music…it’s there. You like to smoke…it’s there on [...]

• Have Yourself A Merry Holiday Cocktail at Border Grill (downtown)

It had been a while since I tippled at Border Grill so when I got an invitation to go downtown to check out their new cocktail program for the holidays, I was there faster than it takes to pop a cork. Bartender, Alexander Fazio, and Bar Manager, Mary King delightfully embellished each cocktail with stories [...]

• Can a critic criticize his choices?

Reported by BoozeNews Wine Reviewer D.R. Stewart Photo: Tom Plant Ian Blackburn continued his tradition of “Best ofs” by offering Los Angeles a night to cab it with “Stars of Cabernet 2011.” Held at the swank Peninsula (no, the hookers don’t go there anymore, it was the perfect environment to revisit a grape that suffered [...]

• Heaven is Sipping Scotch, Whisky and Bourbon at Whisky Live LA

Can you imagine walking into a giant ballroom filled with tables  and tables of amazing scotches, whiskies and bourbons…not to mention a buffet groaning with delectable fare…all just for YOU? Well, if you bought a ticket to LA 2011 Whisky Live event, this year at the Century Plaza, you would have thought you were in [...]

• “a woman walks into a bar…” at Baldwin Barmacie in Montreal

OMG. Everyone’s looking at me, young eyes pierce the veil of creeping decrepitude. Is she lost? Is there an all points bulletin for a woman who likes to wander into bars to get away from her local Final Sunset Home? Ok. I exaggerate but it’s painfully obvious I’m the oldest person in the room. Seriously, [...]

• Spirited Women’s cocktail group this Friday at Shangri-la rooftop bar

Hurrah for Friday! A great way to start the weekend… This week, Spirited Women will be meeting in Santa Monica at the Shangri-la rooftop bar: Suite 700 overlooking the beautiful Pacific Ocean this Friday, September 16, at 5pm…a bit early but try and sneak out for a wonderful tasting led by English Gins Connoisseur, Silamith [...]

Spirited Women’s Group Imbibe Delicious Gin Cocktails at Westside Tavern

I know it’s hard for some to ‘get with’ gin but I think all of those doubters were won over the other night at our Spirited Women’s cocktail group at the Westside Tavern. Wow, we were treated to some delectable cocktails by Silamith Weir, English Gins Connoisseur, and made to perfection by fabulous bartender, Kylee [...]

• Real Women Drink Real Cocktails

Low-cal is like pushing sex ‘lite’. It superficially treats the desire but ultimately reinforces the longing. Sure, there are times when a quickie behind a barn is just the thing, but a steady diet of brief encounters will probably make you frustrated in a really bad way. So it is with anything ‘skinny’ or diet, [...]

• Los Angeles: Spirited Women’s Cocktail Group Meeting This Week at Westside Tavern

This week, Spirited Women will be meeting at the Westside Tavern, Thursday, August 18th, at 6pm for a wonderful tasting led by English Gins Connoisseur, Silamith Weir, who I had the pleasure of meeting at a gin breakfast recently. Kylee Van Dillen will be our fabulous bartender. I know there are gin lovers and gin [...]

• “a woman walks into a bar…” and has Gin for Breakfast

Well, this wasn’t actually a bar I walked into but an adjunct to Big Bar at Alcove, so I’m counting it. Big Bar hosted a gin breakfast, in their cottage behind Alcove, called Breakfast of Champions which, believe me, required some champion drinking before noon. I wondered who would, or could, come to a 10:30am [...]

• Going to Solvang? Don’t miss Sagebrush Annie’s

By: D.R. Stewart – boozenews.com intrepid reporter When making a trip to Santa Barbara/Solvang, consider going inland. East, young man. That’s right — suck it, Horace Greeley. The town is called Ventucopa and the establishment is Sagebrush Annie’s. On Route 33.   Proprietors Larry and Karina Hogan run the place.  As Larry says, “Karina came [...]

• “a woman walks into a bar…” at the Peninsula Hotel & the Roger Room

Beverly Hills, land of the rich, the famous, social climbers and lost souls, occasional murderers and captains of industry. All potential, covert Johns. And where might these Johns be? Well, at the Peninsula Hotel bar, of course, where hookers offer room service with your cocktail, and Hollywood talent agencies are a stone’s throw away so [...]