For some reason I just got a ton of press releases in my email box so I thought I should take care of it all (well most of it) in one shot.
AMMO’s Three Courses Plus 3-Scoop Sundae for $30
This Hollywood restaurant is offering three courses of farm-to-table cuisine for $30 Mondays through Thursday and Friday and Saturday before 7pm. Choose from soup or Caesar salad and one of Executive Chef Julia Wolfson’s signature dishes: citrus-marinated Jidori half chicken, house-made pappardelle or lightly poached Scottish salmon. But the biggest selling point has to be that Build Your Own Sundae Menu allowing you to customize your dessert. A risotto and popcorn ice cream and brown butter sorbet topped with roasted salted pepitas or Tabasco and coconut & curry ice cream topped with chili-candied kumquats?
- AMMO, 1155 N. Highland Avenue, Los Angeles. (323) 467-3293.
Ivan Kane’s Café Was Offers Free Lunch on Tax Day April 15th
I know! This deal is too good to be true but it’s true! On April 15 from 11am to 3pm Ivan Kane is buying you lunch. You have your pick from a special-for-the-day menu of a classic French Dip, Warm Ratatouille salad and more. First come first serve. Man, I wish my day job was in Hollywood. FYI the café is now open for lunch Mondays through Fridays 10am to 3pm.
- Ivan Kane’s Café Wa s, 1521 N Vine Street, Hollywood. (323) 466-5400.
Masters Cocktail Class with Providence Mixologists
Learn how to make awesome cocktails from some of the best, mixologists Zahra Bates and Ray Ewers who were both featured in LA Weekly‘s Cocktalian article. This class will also feature a lunch where Chef Michael Cimarusti pairs dishes with the demo’d cocktails. $160 a person, class limited to 20 participants.
- Sunday, May 3 at 11am. Providence, 5955 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles. (323) 460-4170.
Madden Mondays and Wii Wednesdays at Brix 42 Gastropub
This new Old Town Pasadena gastropub is offering a different take on bar games. On Monday nights, folks can go head-to-head in the Madden football challenge on the PS3. And on Wednesday nights, bar goers will participate in the Wii challenge where winners get a gift from the restaurant/bar. BTW, Thursday nights you can sample the bar’s house brews for only $2.
- Brix 42 Gastropub, 42 S. De Lacey Avenue, Pasadena. (626) 405-9114.
Patinette’s Grilled Cheese Workshop Menu for $4
Patinette at MOCA celebrates Grilled Cheese Month with a special menu where customers can create their own gourmet grilled cheese sandwich, picking their bread, cheese and sauce. Choose from whole wheat, white, rye, walnut currant and cibatta breads, fresh mozzarella, gruyere, chipotle cheddar, Point Reyes blue, Fontina, brie or goat cheese, and grain mustard, yellow mustard, basial pesto, garlic aioli or yuzu aioli.
- Patinette, 250 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown. (213) 626-1178.
$160 for a cocktail class plus food?!?! You have got to be kidding me? I know it’s LA. I know cocktails are hot. I know it’s Providence. But really? In this economy? Wonder how many of the 20 turn out to be comp’d bloggers giving free press to the restaurant? For gosh sakes buy a couple of good books, spend the rest of the dough on booze, and make your own at home. Or just sit at the bar and strike up a conversation with the bartenders and take mental notes on how they make your favorite drinks…
Waldorf Statler,
Yup, like you said, it is Providence, cocktails are hot and it is LA. I don’t think they’re comping bloggers for this event though. If they are, I want in cuz, yeah, $160, is expensivo. I’m curious to see who’s taking this class.