News | February 26, 2010

Blending Perfection: Haute 5 Mixologists in Los Angeles

News | February 26, 2010

By Nicole Campoy-Leffler

The Edison

Among the first of its kind in Los Angeles, The Edison is a mainstay of innovative cocktails, a Prohibition-era theme, and food that’s so good it’s actually surprising. Head downtown Wednesday through Friday from 5 – 7pm for vintage cocktails at “vintage prices” under their Centennial Cocktail Hour (formerly known as Soup Kitchen nights). Every other Thursday, you can find yourself face to face with a dancer from Big Willie’s Burlesque nights and on those other two Thursdays a month, you can tap your toes to DJ Johnny and the Nu Jazz Project’s musical stylings. The menu, likewise, is a masterpiece of vintage libations – The Citizen Kane, for example, has Vodka, Hibiscus Rosebud Liqeur (of course), and Citrus served up while the Brown Derby (created in Hollywood in 1930) entices with Bourbon, Clover Honey, and Grapefruit. You’ll want t-strap dancing shoes and a flapper dress in no time.

The Edison is located at 108 W. 2nd Street in Downtown 213.613.0000