Every night we fall in love with a new trend, cocktail or special. From culinary cocktails made with organic ingredients and mouth-watering bar snacks that taste better than dinner to alcohol that might actually help stop global warming, our bars and clubs are on the cutting edge—even when they're reinterpreting the classics.
Cocktail crushes
You'll fall in love with these drinks
By Alexandra Le Tellier
MetromixJanuary 7, 2009
Absinthe minded
Higher than ever on the herbal liquor craze.
Trend report: beer cocktails
New drinks with a hoppy twist.
Navigating: healthy cocktails
This year, show your liver some TLC.
Drink your Thanksgiving dinner
The best bars where you can drink your mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.
Blueberry cocktails
15 boozy ways to toast blueberry month, including recipes!
Crushing on: the 'juice bar' at Beso
Celebrity chef Todd English and TV star Eva Longoria Parker mix it up
Summer cocktails
Soak up these liquid treats
Crushing on: VeeV
Cocktailing with a conscience for Earth Day.
Crushing on: the IZZEWasser cocktail
Celebrity divorce attorney Laura Wasser gets feted with an honorary drink.
Crushing on: Maple Ginger martini at the Waffle
The last sip is the sweetest.
Trend report: vinegar cocktails
Acid trips that won't get you arrested!
Crushing on: Becherovka
Choose your drinking buddies carefully: This 76-proof herbal liqueur is a notorious aphrodisiac.
Practicing absinthe
How much absinthe does it take to start seeing green fairies and which bars serve it?
Crushing on: flaming margaritas
If the fire on El Compadre's signature drink doesn't heat you up, the booze certainly will.
Crushing on: Luna Park's "mini bar"
Petite portions of a classic Mint Julep, a Raspberry Margarita and an Icebreaker Martini, all served on a silver platter.
Trend report: culinary cocktails
Dump that Red Bull vodka and indulge in these fancy drinks made with fresh, organic ingredients normally reserved for chefs.
Trend report: kiddie cocktails
From 'Stoli snow cones' to 'cereal milk martinis'—your favorite kid treats, spiked.
Trend report: spiked tea
These days you're as likely to find tea steeped in a martini glass as a teacup.
'it' shot: Swedish Lemonade
Patricia Nelson's sweet-and-tart Swedish Lemonade is the perfect way to get drunk at Broadway Bar and Seven Grand.
'it' bottle service: Area
Area ups the ante with a VIP bottle service that comes with your own private mixologist and cocktails like Blackberry Jalapeño Kamikaze.
L.A.'s best bloody Mary
If you ask us, no one does a better bloody Mary than Jake Manny at the Cha Cha Lounge.
Beauty and the booze
Beauty treatments are usually all about detoxing. But lately, bars and salons have been serving martinis along with manicures and facials.
Alexandra Le Tellier is Bars & Clubs editor for Metromix Los Angeles.



