Southern California City Food-Lovers Event Set For April 1-15 In 2021 Dine Out Long Beach, Restaurant & Cocktail Week – taking place April 1-15 in the Los Angeles-area seaside city – is going to the dogs. Well, not entirely, of course, but it does have a list of dog-friendly restaurants taking part in the 2021 food-lovers paradise. They include: Dogz … [Read more...]
How To Get A Table At The New Portside Pier Restaurants In San Diego
Tips On Being Able To Enjoy These New Bayfront Dining & Drinking Spots By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The Portside Pier restaurants on the bay in downtown San Diego are beautifully designed, a very pleasurable place to have a meal and a couple of drinks, and are a long-needed place on the water in this part of the city. It's just that … [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...]
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...]