Check out this SNEAK PEEK of the upcoming Carpool Karaoke series by The Late Late Show with James Corden, featuring Chelsea Handler and Blake Shelton at your favorite neighborhood spot, Good Times at Davey Wayne’s!
Top 10 Drinks of 2014
January 2, 2015 – 8:18 pm
Every Friday, Drink of the Week celebrates my favorite beverage from the previous seven days. To end the year, here are my 10 favorite Drinks of the Week in 2014.
2014 Best Bars
December 8, 2014 – 6:02 pm
Wedged between Thanksgiving and Christmas is quite literally our nation’s most spirited holiday, Repeal Day. Ironically, eighty-one years after the 21st amendment marked the end of prohibition, the “speakeasy” vibe is as popular as ever with many of the city’s most popular bars featuring old school booze and a décor to match. But if you prefer to get your drink in a more contemporary setting, the latest crop of L.A. booze halls has you covered.
LA’s Best 11 New Bars of the Year
December 3, 2014 – 9:58 pm
It’s been a great year for the Houston brothers, who also opened the superlative restaurant Butchers & Barbers, but the high point for the dynamic twin duo has to be this incredible ’70s-themed bar, which’s got just about everything in-theme you could dream of — from athletic rollerskating shows, to boozy snow-cones, to a band playing Fleetwood Mac songs. Oh, right, and there’s the whole part where you enter the place through a refrigerator.
The 20 Best Speakeasy Style Bars in Los Angeles
November 26, 2014 – 8:22 pm
Farewell to the 18th Amendment, but not to the bars that act as though we’re still in the prohibition era!
Speakeasies originated during the 1920’s when alcohol was then illegal but the demand was still so high that establishments were driven underground to service the needs of John Q. Public.
To gain entrance to a speakeasy one would have to provide the correct password to the doorman so as to protect the integrity of the secret (and illegal) operation. Speakeasy was a term bartenders used to remind their patrons to “speak easy,” so that unwarranted suspicion would not be brought upon theme and essentially foil the ruse.
Good Times at Davey Wayne’s is Hollywood’s Hippest Secret
November 17, 2014 – 7:12 pm
Everyone loves a secret! There’s something about having inside info that buoys your spirit and adds a spring to your step. Even better than knowing a secret is being able to let your friends in on it. Tucked away on El Centro Avenue just off Hollywood Boulevard; L.A.’s hippest garage sale offers the chance to snag vintage vinyl and for those in the know, a little something extra. Past the dusty knickknacks and requisite rolling rack of dated fashions sits a garage refrigerator that holds more than the promise of an ice cold beer. Pull open the dingy appliance door and step through to the decade where adults threw key parties and girls like Marcia Brady ruled the school.
The Best Bar in 18 LA Neighborhoods
October 21, 2014 – 6:19 pm
Hollywood
Good Times at Davey Wayne’s
There are so many great bars in Hollywood, with one of our runners up — the perennial favorite Frolic Room — essentially across the street from this newbie. But Davey Wayne’s kind of has everything you could want behind its secret-entrance door: great cocktails, an amazingly good-looking clientele, and a crazy-detailed ’70s vibe that’s made it one of the most popular bars in town — which means if you can’t get in, it’s good to know the Frolic’s right across the street.
Best Places to Day Drink in LA
October 3, 2014 – 9:10 pm
Walking into this bar feels like you’ve time traveled to the 70’s. Enter in through a refrigerator door located in what looks to be the least stocked thrift store you’ve ever been to. The store is only meant as an installation art piece to keep the bar hidden, so don’t try to buy anything. The refrigerator leads back to rooms filled with eclectic tchotchkes and an old tv set serves as a DJ booth. There is a brightly colored outdoor deck, with an Airstream trailer serving as a bar, I get excited just talking about it, there is just so much going on here. In addition to a full bar, they serve alcoholic snow cones, and specialty drinks with funny names like Tiny Dancer and Some People Call Me Maurice! With so many quirky things going on there, How can you not have a good time at Davey Wayne’s?
Cocktail Talk with Mixology Master Rob Floyd
September 26, 2014 – 3:21 pm
What will be a hot cocktail trend for fall and winter in LA?
I think the biggest trend will be with the home mixologist and their desire to create great libations. If I had one piece of advice to them it would be to use quality ingredients and great salt. Yes, great and fun salts! Chef Jose Andres once told me you can define a great kitchen by looking at what salt they are using. I believe it is the same with great bars. Also there are so many fun ones out there it gives you a great chance to play with your cocktails or food. Right now I am in love with Oaxacan, truffle, smokey and hibiscus salts. The important part is that you continue to play behind your bar and have fun.
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