Drinking wine: it’s pretty fun. Thinking about what wine to drink: not quite so much. Fortunately, Perks is doing the thinking for the both of you, hooking you up with six bottles of a little Spanish gem called the 2014 “Tres Picos” Garnacha. Wine Spectator placed it in their Top 100 Wines of 2016. But it hasn’t let success go to its head.
The Freehand is a cool hotel coming to Downtown by way of Miami and Chicago. People will be talking about it. But you, you’ll have a suite there on day one. Because now you know that reservations are being taken for March 15. Gold star.
Verdugo West Brewing is now open in Burbank. You can go there today and have asada, shrimp and carnitas burritos delivered from the owners’ Market City Caffe. They also serve barley wine, IPA and cherry-infused sour ale, but the takeaway here might be brewery burritos.
This? This is just a recreation of a ’90s video store selling nothing but thousands of VHS copies of Jerry Maguire. With lots of weird performances and weird art spread out over two weeks. Key word: weird. Not thousands.
Santa Anita debuts the 100 to 1 Club this Saturday. It’s a beautiful lounge over the track’s first turn, where you’ll drink champagne under vintage neon while taking in panoramic views and rubbing elbows with other race fans. Or with friends if you rent the whole thing out. And invite their elbows.
Let all those other people wait in line at Howlin’ Ray’s. You’re going to Chinatown’s Hotville Chicken, a new Saturday-only hot chicken pop-up from a scion of Nashville’s Prince’s Hot Chicken. Where you’ll still probably wait in line. Oh well.
