FROM PERKS
Your suitcase just became obsolete. Because all you need now is the Rolo Travel roll-up bag. It combines the powers of a suitcase, a travel organizer and a closet in one tightly wound package that will go anywhere you take it. Or it takes you.
OWL OR NOTHING
Ernesto Uchimura, the inventor of Plan Check’s menu and ketchup leather, opens Electric Owl tomorrow in the still-recognizable Gardner Junction space. There, he’s going to serve you crab legs on cucumber ice, hand-rolled cavatelli and cacio e pepe potatoes. So you’ll forgive him for stealing your band name.
HEAVEN CAN WAITS
First, drinking inspired Tom Waits. Now, Tom Waits is inspiring the drinks on Salt’s Cure’s 10-strong cocktail menu named after songs by America’s junkyard bard. Among them are the gin-and-violet Drunk on the Moon and the rummy Chocolate Jesus. Take notes, Cadbury.
HIGH MAINTENANCE
You could be at Coachella watching Bon Iver and Future. Or you could be at Cannabis Cup, an event that promises weed drones, an edibles village and performances by Wu-Tang, Nas, Damian Marley and… Corey Feldman’s band. You’ll know which event is right for you based on everything we just said.
METROPOLE POSITION
Five things you’ll see at Downtown’s Metropole Bar + Kitchen:
1) Tunnel-shaped booths upholstered in green velvet.
2) Foie gras wontons at dinner.
3) Pork congee and Belgian waffles at breakfast.
4) Reposado-chamomile sours at the bar.
5) A skyscraping structure called Hotel Indigo surrounding it all.
Can’t miss it.
HUSTLE AND ROE
There’s no other way to tell you this: yes, Petrossian now has caviar frites. They’re fries topped with two types of caviar and crème fraîche. And you can… oh, you’re out the door already. Okay.
Hadley Tomicki lives in Los Angeles. He is probably going nowhere on the 10 Freeway this very second.
