Boozey Bunny Brunch

We used to think Easter was all about bunnies, chocolate, painted eggs, and peeps.

But as we’ve become adults we’ve learned a new meaning for the hippity-hoppity holiday: another excuse for Prix Fixe Brunch with Bottomless Mimosas!! (If you thought we were going to mention the religious purpose of the holiday – you obviously don’t know us very well…)

Happy Birthday Bunny! Drink Up!

Seeing as we have an obsession with making lists – we obviously made a list to help you find the best boozey Easter Brunch options around town.

For those of you who don’t feel it appropriate to be consuming mass amounts of bubbly while you celebrate the Energizer Bunny’s bday the resurrection of Christ: we threw in a few prix-fixe options that just include food. These spots will cost you about the same as the bottomless mimosa brunches, but hey if it makes you feel better about yourself to NOT drink who are we to stop you (you’ll just be missing all the fun.)

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DOWNTOWN:

J Restaurant & Lounge (11am – 3pm): Gourmet specials by Chef Oz, $7 bottomless mimosas, & an Easter egg hunt to entertain the kids while you get drunk & fat.

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Cafe Pinot: Special 3-course brunch menu,  $35/adults, $15/kids.

Trader Vic’s: 3-Course Easter brunch menu, $37/person

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HIPSTERVILLE:

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Vermont (Los Feliz): all-you-can-eat buffet, $19.99/person (add bottomless mimosas for an additional $15.99)

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Rockwell, VT: a-la-carte brunch menu, back patio open 11am-3pm so you can brunch in the sunshine.

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HOLLYWOOD / MID CITY:

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Larchmont Grill: Easter brunch buffet with carving & omelet station, $34.95/adults; $19.95/kids 13 & under.

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Borracho Cantina (WeHo, 10am – 3pm): All -You-Can-Eat Easter buffet with bottomless champagne, mimosas, and bilinis.  $25/adults; $10/ Kids under 12.

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London (WeHo, 11am – 3pm): Bottomless brunch at the Hampton Courtyard. Includes made-to-order egg dishes, carving station, sushi bar and unlimited mimosas, champagne, and Bloody Marys. $85/person.

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WESTSIDE & BEACHES:

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Napa Valley Grille (Westwood): Easter jazz brunch buffet, $49/adults; $19/children.

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La Cachette Bistro (Santa Monica, 11am – 3pm): A-la-Carte Easter  brunch, Mention FINER THINGS LA and get a free mimosa!!

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Whist @ The Viceroy (Santa Monica, 11am – 3pm): Easter brunch buffet – includes an omelet bar, waffle station, and unlimited bellinis. $55/adults; $18/kids under 12.

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James Beach (Venice): Easter Brunch Buffet – includes bottomless mimosas, live jazz, egg dying bar, and $5 Bloody Marys. $29/adult; $12/kids under 12

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West Restaurant and Lounge (Brentwood) – Easter brunch buffet with live jazz, $34/adults; $14/kids 12 & younger

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Charlie’s (Malibu, 11am – 3pm): 3-Courses brunch menu, includes bottomless champagne and mimosas, $55/person.

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Drunken Embarrassment

… Our nickname?…

No No No (Mine: Slow, V’s: Sweet V).

What we’re really talking about here is America’s drunken favorite pastime: Karaoke.

Drunk Friends Do Karaoke of Backstage

Karaoke is a strange event in LA.

Bottomless Mimosa Guide: Dakota @ The Roosevelt

10/22/10: This bottomless mimosa deal is no longer valid.

(Dakota caught on fire and closed up until further notice)

TGIF. The weather this week has been amazing, I am so excited for spring/summer sunshine….eating outdoors, bike rides in Venice, hotel pools, dresses and sandals instead of my uniform of leggings and boots. Yay.  And, this sunshine is the perfect weather to enjoy a nice long lazy Sunday brunch.  Not that there is really any type of weather that doesn’t agree with bottomless mimosas.

This week’s bottomless mimosa spot: Dakota at the Roosevelt Hotel.  Every Sunday,  Dakota has a Jazz Brunch every Sunday from 11a-3p, with bottomless bubbly and bloody mary’s for $10.  I think this spot covers many of our interests at once (swanky hotel: check, bottomless cocktails: check, live music: check) and I can’t wait to try this spot out for boozy brunch.

Dakota has your typical brunch food, for $28 you get the continental buffet (fruit, pastries, granola, cheese platter), plus a brunch entree of your choice (eggs, pancakes, waffles, french toast, lunch items – burgers, salads, pizza), and one side (hash browns, bacon, sausage…).  Seems like a lot of food so a pretty good deal and they have a European coffee bar as well…but who really needs coffee when you have mimosas.

Dakota has a great atmosphere and they have even expanded their service to cover the Tropicana Bar area so you can dine outdoors and enjoy the weather this weekend.

Dakota. 7000 Hollywood Blvd (located inside the Roosevelt Hotel). www.dakota-restaurant.com

Deals Found at the Foundry!

I’ll admit – we’ve never been to the Foundry. We’ve heard great things about the food there but its always been slightly out of our budgets.  However, after a quick look at their website today I believe we will be making our first visit there this Sunday.

What: Suds and Song Sundays @ The Foundry on Melrose
When: Sundays, 8:30pm – 11pm (in the Lounge)
The Low Down: $2 Featured Beers + Live Music

BUT WAIT FOLKS! THAT’S NOT ALL!

The Foundry also has a few other great deals early in the week (And an extra special DineLA menu):

Mondays: Lunes Latinos
Latin inspired cocktails, Greenspan’s Gorditas (3 kinds / $3 each), and Latin Jazz
8:30pm – 11:30pm every Monday (in the Lounge)

Tuesdays: Bluesy Tuesdays
Listen to the Blues while eating up Chef Greenspan’s take on Southern food – fried chicken (priced by the piece) and waffles ($4), sides of creamed corn, grits, and greens($5), Green Tomatoes ($5), Corn bread pudding ($7).
8:00pm -10:00pm every Tuesday (in the Lounge)

DineLA
While other restaurants are offering three courses for a set price for DineLA Week, The Foundry is upping the ante to offer four (4!!) courses for the same $44/per person price. The menu includes items like White Gazpacho, Beef Tenderloin, Duck Breast, and a Blood Orange Bar for Dessert (I want I want I want!)

As you know from our detailed love for the Windows Lounge at the Four Seasons – we love any place with live classy music*. A place with live swanky music and drink specials = True Love.

*Note: a DJ is not ‘live music’ by any stretch of the imagination… and though we really love 80’s cover bands (one of us has even dreamed of having Fast Times play at our wedding…) these just don’t fit in this classy equation for love.

Hope to see you at the Foundry this Sunday!!

Expensive… But Worth It

This is in no way a ‘deal alert’. This place is expensive (i.e. the $12/beer, $19/martini kind of expensive…) However, if you limit yourself to one drink, or you toss a few back at home before you head here, this place is definitely worth the money.

The Place: Four Seasons Beverly Hills (300 S. Doheny Dr.)

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The Time: Thursday – Sunday nights in the Windows Lounge.

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The Reasoning: There’s a live band and they are great. The lead singer rotates throughout the weekend but the guy who is there Thursday nights (tonight!), who also plays guitar, is amazing.

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You feel swank as soon as you arrive here – a great high-end lounge feel. And you really never know who will be in the crowd on any given night. One night we had a friend buddy-ing it up with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Stanley Tucci, another time we made friends with an exec from William Morris, and last year we watched James Brown’s son cut a rug to the band’s rendition of ‘It’s a Man’s World’ (We highly recommend you request they sing this – its their best number).

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And the snacks must be mentioned – not beer nuts – but when you order a drink you’ll get a selection of snacks: fried snap peas, sesame snack mix, and terra chips. The waiters recognize us at this point and usually fill our trays with just the snap peas – our favorite by far. (Wow we sound like cheap dorks getting excited over bar snacks…)

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We’ve taken friends, parents, and dates here before for after dinner drinks and just about everyone has had a great time. So have a few glasses of wine at dinner then head over here for your $12 Stella… you will not regret it.

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(Warning: consuming copious amounts of alcohol before you arrive at the Four Seasons may impair your judgment and result in the purchasing of multiple $15 rounds of booze… don’t say we didn’t warn you…)