Deborah Stoll

You're home for the holiday. Maybe it's every cliched movie you've ever seen rolled into one: screaming babies, medicated mothers, angry fathers, weird relatives, uptight neighbors, a cat. You're trapped. You need help. You may need the liquor cabinet: old bottles of indecipherable liquids inside the beveled, glass case. But......

If there's one thing Hollywood is full of, it's stereotypes. But dig a little deeper and you'll find that the people here aren't always as they appear: the hipster dreams of being a fireman; the town's most revered bartender just wants some time alone with his bike. In this installment......

For some, winter signifies the anticipation of ski trips and memories of Asti Spumante commercials (what a jerk!) For others, it means hard-won-physique-covering-puffy-coats and rising for work in the dark/returning home in much of the same. Here are some things to be thankful for: 1. It doesn't snow in L.A......

Like many a young woman, Viola Sator came to Los Angles to be an actress and ended up waiting tables. Unlike many a young woman, she's parlayed her interest in the human psyche into work as a hypnotherapist. "I was always interested in how characters were developed and when I......

The last Radio Room at The Edison went out with more of a pfffttt and less of a bang! And when I say, "last Radio Room," I mean, like, maybe ever. It's understandable that the party's being shelved for this year. But what about next year? As it turns out,......

Next Tuesday, November 3rd, from noon to close, Jones Hollywood will be celebrating its 15 year anniversary with an all-day-all-night party. Featuring $5 Herradura, Finlandia, and Jack Daniel's cocktails as well as selected beers for two bucks and fifteen menu items for five a pop, the rock & roller joint......

R Bar's tall, curvy, dark-haired bartender Naomi Schimek is a modern day Rosie The Riviter; she cooks, gardens, fashions a distinctive twist on classic cocktails, slings shots, has raised two teenage daughters on her own, and can probably drink you under the table......

From 6:30 p.m. until the lights rose at 2:00 a.m. this past Monday (well, Tuesday), Squid Ink put in a full work day at The James Beard Foundation's L.A. Chef Invitational at The Foundry. As enjoyable as the evening was, good food and classic cocktails are difficult to mix. Eric......

Bars are loud, raucous places filled with people having good times. For this reason, it's easy to forget they are also businesses, and in order for businesses to survive they must make money. Businesses must not be shut down by the police for illegal activities. Businesses must remain sanitary and......

The Hot Toddy is the most famous of wintry drinks, which means it is typically the most poorly made. That watery sort of lemony concoction with whiskey poured into a glass too hot to hold turns out to be not all that satisfying. But the hot toddy is actually a......