Archive for August, 2009

Scotland: The silly licensing laws that drive us to drink

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Link: http://www.sundayherald.com/oped/opinion/display.var.2528103.0.the_silly_licensing_laws_that_drive_us_to_drink.php Joanna Blythman OUR LICENSING laws are a bad joke when a chef who tries to promote sensible, moderate drinking falls foul of the police, but this is precisely the predicament of restaurateur Michael Caines, who runs Abode in Glasgow.

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La Canada Fires

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

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The Sterile Professor - Part One

Friday, August 28th, 2009

I hated him at first. His taste for microbrews and European music

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Established Westside Bar Seeking Energetic Bartenders & Servers

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Established, popular Santa Monica restaurant and bar is looking for bright, enthusiastic and friendly people for positions as bartenders and servers.

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come on, baby don’t you wanna go

Friday, August 28th, 2009

He Ain’t Here, But He Sure Went By Yelp recommended Fontano’s Subs near DePaul University, so I suggested to Liz C. and Stephanie J.

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Students need health care too

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Twenty-two, full-time student with a part-time job. That description, give or take some years and a variation in college units and gender, fits many of us on this campus. For most, the job we currently hold is merely to pay for bills, food and the occasional “let’s cross our fingers the bartender forgot the last two drinks” bar tab.

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The Grapes of Wrath revisited: a modern-day road trip through John Steinbeck’s fiction to Barack Obama’s reality

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Seventy years after The Grapes of Wrath, Chris McGreal recreates John Steinbeck’s famous fictional journey to reveal life in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression Looking back on the past few weeks, Johnnie Levy can see how she was driven to the brink of death and didn’t care. The sharpest economic downturn of her 63 years stripped Levy of her beloved job as a seamstress and unravelled her world until she found herself sitting in a church hall in the black end of Tulsa waiting

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Hiring Bartenders - Jack-n-Grill Restaurant & Cantina - Denver

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

This dynamic restaurant with national recognition is seeking qualified and experienced candidates for all positions at both locations. Currently showing on the Travel Channel “Man vs Food” and “Extreme places to pig out”!!! This family oriented, full service restaurant serves award winning great tasting food with a positive atmosphere.

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Busy Restaurant Hiring - W. Los Angeles

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

KAY ‘N DAVE’S CANTINAS is HIRING SERVERS, BARTENDERS & BUSBOYS we have 4 busy westside locations we serve healthy mexican food and some good burgers our staff wears t-shirts and tennis shoes to work, not ties or loafers you’ll join a team of good spirits who like their work and take pride in what they do INTERESTED? if so, visit our Culver City location today between 2:30pm and 5:00pm to fill out an application and speak to a manager (for directions, visit our website - www.kaynd

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Kitchen Confidential vs. Cocktails and Dreams

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Kitchen Confidential vs. Cocktails and Dreams Better than you think yet worse than you remember I own the film, “Cocktail,” on VHS.  I bought it a couple years back at a garage sale in a bundle with, “The Karate Kid,” and, “The Breakfast Club,” both of which (unlike “Cocktail”) are excellent movies with soundtracks that scar the American collective unconscious.  I cannot harm the film, “ Cocktail,” more than time has. This isn’t bartending, it’s a music video, and real drinkers wouldn’t

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