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...]
Bars & Food
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...]
Mucho Manhattan Beach Becoming Circa Restaurant and Bar
Zislis Group Remodeling A With New Theme Mucho, the upscale Mexican restaurant and bar in downtown Manhattan Beach – and home of the $9 guacamole – is closed. In its place is going a place called Circa. It's scheduled to open the first weekend of February and while it may take a bit of a Restaurant Impossible feat to achieve that goal based on what I saw the previous … [Read more...]
Zingers Has One of Las Vegas Strongest Bloody Marys
Outdoor Restaurant/Bar in Hawaiian Marketplace Packs A Breakfast Punch 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 MGM and Planet Hollywood. The place is called … [Read more...]
Critiquing Happy Hour at Monterey’s Montrio Bistro
Highly-Regarded Restaurant Popular Among Locals for Its Drinks and Tasty Appetizers 7 Days A Week One good thing about drinking wine, as I was at the Terranova Fine Wines tasting room in Monterey, CA, is that when you start talking with people they offer suggestions of place where you can, well, drink even more wine. And so that is how I found myself at Montrio Bistro. I … [Read more...]
Not Happy At El Torito Happy Hour Redondo Beach
Poor Service And Bad Food Make For an Unsatisfying Bar Experience One overworked bartender who tries up upsell customers, a drink glass sitting empty for half an hour and food that's as unsatisfying as sex with a fat chick. (Sure, it gets the job done, but in the end, are you really happy with it?) Welcome, folks, to Happy Hour at El Torito in Redondo Beach, CA! If … [Read more...]
New York Bar Brings Apple Drinks to the Big Apple
Barclay Bar and Grill at InterContinental Creates Menu From French Brandy Calvados There are now more apples in the Big Apple. At least in drinks. The Barclay Bar and Grill in the InterContinental hotel has created a menu of cocktails from Calvados, the apple brandy from France's Normandy region. In addition to 30 types of the brandy, Mixologist Jose Torrella has devised … [Read more...]
Game Changers Sports Bar Caters to Steelers Fans in Hermosa Beach
Pittsburgh Game-Watching Bar Has Changed From Shark's Cove But Retains Pool Tables and Terrible Towels Steelers fans, worry not, for your Hermosa Beach game-watching bar is still your game-watching bar. Game Changers, the new sports bar on Hermosa Ave., is open for business and that means Steelers fans are in business. It will be showing Pittsburgh games this fall, and … [Read more...]
The Shack In Playa del Rey CA Needs To Get Its Act Together
LA Restaurant Review: Famous For it's 'Shack Attack' Burgers, This Playa del Rey Dive Joint is Consistently Inconsistent By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Bars & Restaurants Blogger Want a medium-warm burger on a cold bun? Then The Shack in Playa del Rey, CA, is your place. Want a delicious burger, dripping with juices that just begs you to bite into … [Read more...]
Two Las Vegas Restaurants Using iPad Wine List
Andre’s and Alizé at the Top of the Palms Introduce 'SmartCellar' Technology To Help Customers Select Wines, Beer and Cocktails Las Vegas is not a place to sit still and wait for things to happen. It's always coming up with creative ways to serve customers, often utilizing the latest technology in the process. And so, diners and drinkers, enter the iPad. Andre’s at Monte … [Read more...]
Why Dive Bars Are The Best Burger Joints – And A Few Of PubClub.com’s Favorite Places
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...]