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03/04/10
The weekend will not be played offstage.
CHEERS
Grub Gets a Happy Hour
Over where the Hollywood studio crowd settles into a dining room that looks like Grandma's house... Well,
it's about time Grandma introduced happy hour. To go with your Redneck Sangria, they've rolled out
$5 bites like flatbread pizzas and Crack Bacon Quesadillas.
- 411:
- Mon-Fri, 3-6pm, Grub, 911 Seward St, Hollywood, 323-461-3663
AND CHEERS AGAIN
Huckleberry Liquors Up
Not so long ago, as you sat next to the Governator with your pile of freshly baked doughnuts and pastries,
you realized only one thing could make
Huckleberry better. Well, they heard your thoughts, and they're now serving beer and wine.
- 411:
- Now pouring, Huckleberry, 1014 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, 310-451-2311
DAYTIME
Hatfield's Opens for Lunch
Seems like just yesterday
the new Hatfield's returned to refine your evenings. And they've wasted no time tending to your
lunch—starting Monday, this is the place for a noon-ish fix of Beet-Cured Fluke, Lobster
Clubs and Lamb Chop Schnitzel.
- 411:
- Lunch begins Mar 8, Hatfield's, 6703 Melrose Ave, 323-935-2977, see the menu
ROCKET MAN
Elton John's Dinner at Vermont
If you can't make Elton John's legendary annual Oscar blowout on Sunday, you should know the food will be
prepared in the kitchen shared by Vermont. So next week they're serving a four-course prix fixe culled from
the party menu, including Risotto Carnaroli With Saffron Licorice. You can tell everybody...this
was your meal.
- 411:
- Mar 8-14, $45 ($70 with wine), Vermont, 1714 N Vermont Ave, 323-661-6163
SUDS
Ben Ford Buys You a Beer
If you stop into Ford's Filling Station for happy hour on Wednesday, you might want to go ahead and pick up
your ticket to Taste of the Nation a bit early. As
thanks, Chef Ford will buy you a beer.
- 411:
- Mar 10, 5-7pm, Ford's Filling Station, 9531 Culver Blvd, Culver City, 310-202-1470
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