Marinated olives with walnuts, pomegranate molasses and “Indian Woman” bean hummus.
Cauliflower with smoked raisins and sunflower seed puree. You can nibble on roasted peanuts flavors with chile de arbol, coriander seed and cilantro. First, there are the “Nibbles,” enough of which can be nibbled into a pleasant light meal. It’s divided into three realms of dishes, along with a separate small sheet for dessert, and after-dinner drinks. Blessedly, at Mister O’s, the menu is tempting and then some.
And really, how many $17 Mister Old Fashioneds are you going to pound back? And, as we’ve learned, if you are going to imbibe, it’s a good idea to eat something vaso-vagal episodes are no fun at all. We don’t have limos - at least, most of us don’t, though we do have Uber and Lyft.
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Back then, they knew how to drink.” And, I imagine, they had limos waiting out front to take them home.) (There were kitchens back in the Golden Age. I think I’m still getting over the hangover, which was life-changing!) There are pages and pages of bourbons, ryes, whiskeys, vodkas, gins, tequilas and more - even some absinthe, for those who want to lose what’s left of their senses.Īnd, unlike the clubs from lo’ these many years ago, when giants walked the Earth, there’s food too - and very good it is. There’s a Scorpion Bowl, a Trader Vic’s drink from back in the day, served for one or two, and modernized with ingredients like Appleton Reserve Rum and flor de cana. It’s also where you’ll find house specialties like the “Forbidden Garnet” (hibiscus-infused vodka and Ferrand dry curacao), the “Jade in the Rough” (Sipsmith Gin and yuzuri yuzu), and the “Studio Swizzle” (Buffalo Traced vodka and El Dorado five year rum). It’s where we discover that “Topless” refers to “no salt on the rim”…and a “Blue Dolphin” is “water over ice.” While the menu (a very fine menu at that) is printed on a 8 1/2-inch by 14-inch single sheet of heavy paper, the “Libations” menu comes in a nifty book, complete with “Cocktail Lingo 101” inside the front cover. Marinated yellowtail at Mister O’s in Studio City (Photo by Merrill Shindler) In the great tradition of those old Hollywood clubs, it sure is a good place in which to bend an elbow. It may be the grooviest destination in the Valley. But it has the vibe - a place to drink exotica, a place to lounge, a place to see and be seen. There are also no cigarette girls, or Bill Murray style lounge singers.
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