LA Bands Join Forces with Food Vendors and Boomtown Brews Saturday October 28 BOOMFEST is a periodic marathon spectacular at the expansive Boomtown Brewery—a premium craft brewery, taproom, patio, and event space in Downtown Los Angeles.It features six local bands and two food trucks to celebrate all things beery, foodie, and musical. Admission is free; all ages until 8PM, … [Read more...]
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THE CANTIKI Opens in North Hollywood with Salute to Jimmy Buffet from PA Parrot Heads
Mixologist, Bartender, and Spirits Professional Amanda “Sassy” Sasser’s Beloved Watering Hole Decamps to NoHo from Glendale, with Tiki, Sports and…Dumplings! Venue Hosts Parrot Head Club’s Jimmy Buffett Celebration of Life September 9 Weekly Events include Trivia, Karaoke and Bengals Football The CanTiki is a cantina-style cocktail bar with tiki flair that brings an … [Read more...]
Boomtown Celebrates 8th Anniversary With All-Day Beer, Music And Food Festival February 18th
Eight years ago, Boomtown Brewery planted a flag in the northernmost reaches of the DTLA Arts District community with a neighborhood taproom and event space featuring handcrafted local beer. Eight years of rotating taps, perennial favorites and more than a dozen of their Artist Series hazy DIPA can releases later—and surviving the pandemic years with loading dock sales of … [Read more...]
The Fire Chief At Old Tony’s Is LA’s South Bay’s Strongest Drink
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.con Nightlife Blogger Want a quick buzz in the LA's South Bay's Beach Cities? Then go to Old Tony's on the Redondo Beach Pier and order the Fire Chief. It's the South Bay's Strongest Drink, a ferocious red tide of a cocktail served with crushed ice in a lowball glass. The Fire Chief is a Mai Tai with 151 and grenadine, and it packs a punch … [Read more...]
Enjoy Great Belgian Beers At The San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Stella Artois, Leffe And Hoegaarden Also Served With Stella Hosting A Beer Luncheon You don't have to drink wine at the the San Diego Wine & Food Festival. Beer lovers can feast, too, with premium Belgian beers Stella Artois, Leffe and Hoegaarden. The beers are poured at the two main events, Friday night's The Vault tasting and Saturday's Grand Tasting, and a Friday … [Read more...]
LAX Rock & Brews Review: Restaurant/ Bar Amps Up Terminal 5
Gene Simmons And Paul Stanley Give LA Airport Entertainment A Big KISS You know how it is when you get to the airport two hours early for your flight, only to fly through security in five minutes and suddenly find yourself trying to kill an hour and a half before boarding the plane? Happens all the time. But if you are in Los Angeles, you're in luck, thanks in large … [Read more...]
Back On Campus: The Dreamy Dreamland Ribs In Tuscaloosa
The Blogger Enjoys The Word's Best Ribs At Alabama's Legendary Restaurant One of the classic aspects about college campuses are not just the fun (and cheap) bars, but also classic food joints that help define the town and, in some cases, the entire university. They are the iconic symbols of the small towns, the equivalent of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge or the … [Read more...]
Goose Island Craft Beers Pairing A Winner At Rock & Brews Redondo Beach
Special Five-Course Dinner Highlights Good Beer With Good Food At LA Restaurant Chicago's craft beer Goose Island has come West and - like many transplants from the Windy City - has landed in the fun Los Angeles Beach Cities of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach. And on a weather-perfect Tuesday evening, the kind of gentle night where you want to have a few … [Read more...]
Rock & Brews Redondo Beach Hosts Goose Island Craft Beer Pairing
Five-Course Dinner Features Top Menu Items With Chicago's Quality Beers Craft beer and good food – along with a good bit of rock 'n roll – is the mantra of the popular Rock & Brews in Redondo Beach, CA. The mostly-beer bar and restaurant has had locals lining up for dinner since its opening at the end of June. And now, it's pairing with Chicago-based craft brewery … [Read more...]
Reviewing Sunday Champagne Brunch At American Junkie Hermosa Beach
Good Food And Bottomless Mimosas And Bloody Marys For $15 One of the great things about living in the South Bay Beach Cities of Los Angeles is that our favorite bars on weekend nights like to lure us back the next morning (well late morning anyway). They do this by appealing to our basic daytime party necessities: Food and cheap drinks. Their bait is bottomless mimosas … [Read more...]
Rock & Brews Redondo Beach Liquid Lunch A Tasty Treat
Craft Beers, Good Food And Rock Music Make For A Comfortable Setting There's a line in a Jimmy Buffett song that says, "I wish lunch could last forever." That's the way I feel after having lunch at Rock & Brews in Redondo Beach. There's something about the place that's comfortable, that makes you want to have some of its craft beers with your salad, pizza or … [Read more...]
Rock & Brews Redondo Beach Bike Racks Are Works Of Art
Guitar-Shaped Racks With Kegs Provide Parking For Bicycles At Riviera Village Restaurant At first glace, they look like pieces of expensive artwork. Just to the side of the back entrance are thick, sturdy metal devices in the shape of guitars. They are attached to the ground on a base that's part of a beer keg. If any visual could describe what Rock & Brews is … [Read more...]
Checking Out Rock ‘n Brews Redondo Beach New Lunch Menu
Riviera Village Beer Bar And Restaurant Gets Even More Popular Rock 'n Brews in Redondo Beach which has – as the Bar Blogger predicted – been flowing like its many beers with people filling up its picnic tables, is now serving lunch. It's a good move because there's a lot of businesses in the Riviera Village area. Soon, no doubt, there will be some "liquid lunches" as … [Read more...]
Mari Vanna Has Russian Cocktails, Cuisine & Karaoke In West Hollywood
From Russia – to L.A. – With Love At This Restaurant And Bar In the diverse city that is Los Angeles, several different cultures exist, some of which even longtime residents may find surprising. For instance, there is a Russian presence throughout the area. There's a Russian Cold War era submarine by the Queen Mary, a recent Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, … [Read more...]
A Hot Time At The Haute Enchilada In Monterey Bay’s Moss Landing
A Blog About Good Food, Dynamic Drinks and One Lively Owner Sometimes, you just never know where you'll find a good time. I found one recently and it was in one of the most unusual locations, unusual because I didn't even know there was a good time to be had in it. But you never go until you go, right!? The location was Moss Landing, CA, a commercial fishing … [Read more...]
Newport Beach Side Door Sunday Brunch Gets Positive Review From Mr. OC
Two Forks Up Says Orange County's Man About Town On Restaurant's Hip New Scene Perhaps he was too busy sampling the craft beers that rotate on a regular basis, or enjoying one of the menu items such as waffles and duck, to offer much more than a few quick texts. And they were all positive. Mr. OC, Orange County, CA's man about town who seems to know what places are … [Read more...]
Hip Newport Beach Sunday Brunch Comes To Five Crowns’ Side Door
Rotating Menu, Craft Beers, DJ And Live Art Make For A Unique Experience One of the best ways to start a social Sunday is, in my opinion, with a champagne brunch. With brunch, you don't have to get up too early and you can stay late. It's really like a European-paced dinner. You take your time and soak in the atmosphere of your surroundings. And now the Side Door, part … [Read more...]
FishBar Manhattan Beach Has Late-Night Happy Hour Drink Specials
Popular South Bay Restaurant And Bar Serves Up Discounted Weeknight And Saturday Cocktails When FishBar moved into the original Sharkeez location in Manhattan Beach, it's owner wanted to welcome in the neighborhood. So he brought in a great chef, Jessica, put together a delicious menu consisting primary of seafood, and priced it ridiculously cheap considering the quality … [Read more...]
Zingers Has One of Las Vegas Strongest Bloody Marys
Outdoor Restaurant/Bar in Hawaiian Marketplace Packs A Breakfast Punch By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Vegas Blogger I have found what may not necessarily be the best Bloody Mary in Las Vegas, but certainly the strongest. It's at a rather obscure little restaurant/bar in the Hawaiian Marketplace, that courtyard on the Strip that you probably never stop at between the … [Read more...]
Discover the USA’s Best Dive Bar Burger Joints
Looking for the Best Burger Joints in the USA? Just Go To Your Local Dive Bar Burgers and beer go together like a frosted mug and draft. So it's only natural that in celebration of National Burger Month, which is May, PubClub.com highlights the Best Dive Burger Joints in the USA. Before diving into the dive bars, however, a certain criteria should be established. … [Read more...]