Category Archives: Happy hour

The Hungry Cat Is Older Than My Cat: Last Day of Half-Off Specials Today

March 8, 2010 – 11:57 am

The bad news is, I rarely blog on the weekends. The good news is, the second of two days of The Hungry Cat’s 5-year Anniversary Celebration is today, all day - therefore, there’s still time to take advantage.
The celebratory special isn’t shabby, either. How is 50% off specialty cocktails, draft beer and all bottles of wine?! [...]

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Nobu Reinvents Tapas Menu With Omakase Option in Bar & Lounge

March 5, 2010 – 9:49 am

Perhaps you’re in the neighborhood but not in the mood to commit for the night. You want bites, not entrees – and were thinking something more elegant than bar food: The Nobu bar or lounge might be the perfect place to stop. They’ve recently made some additions to their already-popular menu – like Uni Dry [...]

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Strike the Deal, Close the Deal: Blackboard Eats Makes LA Noms Affordable

February 25, 2010 – 3:17 pm

Ever been to Susan Feniger’s Street? What about Shiro in South Pasadena? Are you jonesin’ for Mozza2Go? Maybe you’ve always wanted to try Grace without breaking the bank. Or perhaps you’ve been looking for an opportunity to try City Sip or The Foundry on Melrose.
Well now Blackboard Eats gives you good reason to try different eateries all around [...]

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Pizza Fusion Hollywood Is Fresh and Delicious

February 22, 2010 – 12:08 pm

I never met a soul who didn’t like pizza (even my cheese-hating ex eats more pizza than anyone I know). And though I may have grown up but an hour from Chicago, I could never get into deep dish. If the toppings are great, I’m going to want to consume more square inches of that [...]

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Delicious Drago Centro Cocktails $8 Tomorrow

November 4, 2009 – 10:47 am

Caroline on Crack and Twitterland have been a-buzz with Drago’s special Thursday. So if you don’t already know, tomorrow their entire Nuovi Classico (new classics) cocktail menu – normally $12 – will be available for $8 per drink. Yesterday (Tuesday), was when the menu debuted. On H.C. of LA-OC-Foodie’s and my way to a Whiskey [...]

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Destination: Happy Hour at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse

October 28, 2009 – 6:33 am

All photography graciously provided by Andrew Herrold
It’s a restaurant in Beverly Hills with Wolfgang’s name on it. And you would be sorely mistaken to think it were that Wolfgang – because it’s not. Zwiener, who is the former famed head waiter at New York’s Peter Luger Steakhouse, had built an identity and following of his [...]

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Cocktails For a Cause at The Viceroy

October 20, 2009 – 11:14 am

It’s Tuesday, you’re at work and itching for that first, delicious sip of a refreshing cocktail in a relaxing, posh lounge. It’s also October and the month is colored pink with breast cancer awareness and you’re due to – quite frankly – kill two birds with one stone. Fortunately, SocialVibe and Noreen Fraser Foundation is [...]

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NFL Gametime Specials at 25 Degrees

October 9, 2009 – 9:19 am

Who and where’s your NFL team playing this weekend? Just when I thought I had no reason to watch since the Packers are having their bye week, 25 Degrees‘ PR shoots me one of these. Whether you’re eyeing the $2.50 PBR (you can tell me later) or the half-off their other beer selection of Miller, [...]

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Starr Rum: Today’s Tuesday Taste at The Viceroy

August 11, 2009 – 7:12 am

Today at The Viceroy from 6 – 9 PM, you can enjoy a half-hosted bar featuring Starr African Rum. The featured rum drinks will cost $5 each. Choose from a Starr African Rum Strawberry Mojito or Starr African Rum Cuba Libre. You can also order the following Caribbean Barbecue bites, also for $5 each: 
Jamaican Jerk [...]

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Barbrix, Beats, LeBowski, Beerfloats and Bigfoot

July 24, 2009 – 2:21 am

Bigfoot West
Let me go off-the-cuff for a minute. I love Los Angeles. There is something different to do every day of the week in this city and if you really wanted to, you could go without having to repeat yourself for a few years. You realize these things when you go out of town, y’see. [...]

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