L.A. Times - Food & Dining

Cool bars in L.A. with decent parking? You're not dreaming
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Swing by Mission Cantina in Hollywood, the Alibi Room next to Culver City or El Prado in Echo Park and you'll find comfortable watering holes with good drinks and appetizers and a great vibe. YOUR favorite bar got you down lately? The miasma of dismal parking opportunities along the Canter's -dominated stretch of Fairfax Avenue has had you circling the Dime more times than you'd care to count. The last time you cozied up to the bartender at Frank 'n Hank's in Koreatown, a dart whizzed by so close to your ear that you could have come away with an unintended piercing.
How convenient: Los Angeles' new park 'n' meet bars
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
A smattering of bars and wine bars have opened that are ideal meet-up spots, with convenient parking and location, good food, plentiful seating and conversation-encouraging ambience.
'Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide No. 7' -- a departure from the past
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Wine critic Robert Parker deploys a team of tasters for his latest guide. ROBERT PARKER Jr., founder of the Wine Advocate magazine and indisputably the world's most influential wine critic, has published "Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide No. 7," the first of his series to be produced by a team of writers.

 

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