The one thing that's inevitable this Memorial Day Weekend and beyond: day-drinking. The one thing that's preventable: hangovers. You know, those things that make seeing lights or hearing sounds unbearable? Skip all that by taking an Over EZ before or during your drinking. Then go eat brunch or something.
Gjelina is no longer content just being your mushroom toast and confit wild rabbit connect. So now you'll find it holed up beside Silver Lake's Mohawk Men, slinging its own ceramic bowls and cups, linen aprons, gift boxes and bedding. To repeat: Gjelina offers bedding now.
Things to Look for at Eat Drink Vegan on Saturday:
—The donut-IPA and
IPA-donut-burger collaborations involving Modern Times.
—Heretofore unseen vegan Shake Shack burgers.
—The country's biggest craft soda festival.
—A CBD Village.
—Hard proof that vegans party.
MiniBar is bringing together 25 bars and restaurants (Redbird, Kali, Hearth & Hound and Cole's, among them) to crown one creator of the city's best Bloody Mary. You'll go, eat some tacos from Salt's Cure, then let the drinking begin. There are judges, too, in case you can't do all 25.
Rick's is a two-story pool house behind Hotel Figueroa just yearning to serve you tropical punch, Mai Tais and daiquiris concocted by Employee's Only's famed barkeeps. If only the sun would cooperate. Stupid, life-sustaining sun.
Dominique Ansel. A name synonymous with slow-cooked pastrami brisket, hot sauce, mac-and-cheese, salt-and-pepper short ribs, pulled pork and grilled spatchcock. At least, it might be after the French chef's big Memorial Day barbecue. Until then, free your mind.
Oh, and if you call them correctly, it lets you win real money, too. HBO's flaccid new adaptation of the classic Ray Bradbury novel, Fahrenheit 451, begs the question: does Fahrenheit 451 even matter, anymore? Last but not least, we should talk about "brie-ing." Apparently, it's this new trend where bougie middle-aged women stuff ecstasy into wheels of brie...
