Sitting on the roof deck of my apartment in shorts and sunglasses to write about the winter cocktail menu at Downtown’s Drago Centro, the irony hardly escapes me. Despite 80-degree January weather, bars and restaurants across Los Angeles are rolling out winter-themed cocktail menus inspired by seasonal produce. Drago’s Bar Manager, Jaymee Mandeville crafted the [...]
Because you will want to drink them yourself. This past week, in celebration of the Chinese New Year, the Las Vegas strip was a festive flurry of lions and dragons and oh my … cocktails? Yes, cocktails. My sister and I met-up Tuesday at the Mirage’s Main Valet for the Dragon and Lion Dance. The Yau Kung [...]
On Monday night, Edible magazine joined forces with four-time whisky innovator of the year, Compass Box Whisky to host a bartending competition in search of the Best Great King Street Cocktail. The Manhattan vs. Brooklyn bartender structured tete-a-tete was thrown at the chic Ramscale Penthouse in NY’s West Village. Bar stars from each borough first [...]
Kevin Diedrich of Jasper's Corner Tap Leave it to trend-setting San Francisco to stay on the cusp of cool and ahead of the curb on cocktail couture. A couple of weeks back, CitySip put out two Sippin’ 5 Cocktail Trends for 2012 lists that that the City by the Bay happens to be precisely on point [...]
On Tuesday, January 24th from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., join Brown-Forman and Finlandia Vodka at Azucar Lounge for a special visit from the Finlandia Global Brand Ambassador and International Mixologist. Sure to be a remarkable evening, attendees will enjoy learning about and tasting true Finnish vodka with genuine Fins and the ambassadors for Finlandia Vodka. Markku [...]
Some of LA’s top bartenders flexed their creative muscles last Tuesday at downtown’s Villian’s Tavern for a cocktail competition sponsored by Becherovka. Known industry icon, Marcos Tello organized the group of 16, who competed tournament-style behind the bar. Judges Zahra Bates of notable LA restaurant Providence, Shauna Der of foodie blog, TheMinty.com and Dan Dunn [...]
Or at least they soon will after he’s had his way with the nation’s beloved city of excess aka Las Vegas. From fist pumping Tiesto-style day club parties to carefully crafted masterpieces at late night mixologist speakeasies, Platino and every other Jose Cuervo brand will be omnipresent on your cocktail menu. Why? Because he’s that [...]
Some say where there is smoke, there is fire. So when I saw the fumes come a rolling above The Chandelier Bar’s 6 million cascading Swarovski crystals, it was time to investigate. And did I find a smokin’ hot winner in Mariena Mercer’s cocktail kitchen? Oh yes indeedy. To summarize, if E=mc2 then 1.5+MM+LN = an [...]
New classes kick off at The Boothby Center starting Friday, January 27th. Join Healdsburg-based bartender and cocktail book author Scott Beattie each month as he introduces us to the best of farm to glass. Each class will focus on the changing produce and what you can do with it in your cocktails. Also on deck are [...]
Last week CitySip co-hosted a multi-day pop-up art event, Outlaw Art Show, with the 2ft12inches crew at WhiteBox Gallery. The urban art expo was more like a mixed media event with the Grand Opening featuring the screening of indy hit film ‘Downtown Calling’, the following night premiered a short film called ‘In the Cups’ to [...]
