Dig Weekend Guide ? Mar 16-18 | Dig Lounge

Welcome to the weekend. Celebrate St. Patty?s day in a variety of ways this weekend including grilled cheese and beer pairings, scotch samplings at the Wine House, or via a variety of bar crawls in Little Tokyo, Downtown LA, Culver City and Santa Monica. For a family friendly event, check out the parade in Hermosa Beach. If drinking your Irish Whiskey isn?t enough, learn how to bake with it at Surfas. Whiskey, you?re the devil, you?re leadin? me astray!

Friday, March 16

Second Annual Grilled Cheese & Beer Tasting Event
Hollywood (7-11pm)
The Second Annual Grilled Cheese & Beer Tasting Event at Vintage Enoteca is three nights of beer and grilled cheese gooeyness. It?s the latest installment of their non-traditional tasting series: three inventive grilled cheeses each paired with a different craft beer. Pairing include Gruy?re, poached pear, lemon butter w/Weihenstephaner Vitus Weizenbock; D?affinois, arugula, hazelnut gremolata w/Gouden Carolus Tripel; Aged cheddar, candied bacon, abuelito chocolate w/Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout. Get three 8oz beers and three single serving grilled cheese sandwiches for $25.

NoHo Dine Out
North Hollywood (5-8pm)
The NoHo Dine Out Fridays features live music every Friday including a half a dozen food trucks, local arts and craft vendors, dog adoptions and more! For directions and a current list of featured vendors check out there web site.

The Basics of Scotch @ The Wine House
West LA (7:30-9:30)
The Wine House presents, The Basics of Scotch, covering all regions and production methods in terms easily understood by both novice and aficionado. So even if you think you know the difference between a Western Highland and an Islay, rest assured you will still gain some new insights tonight and get to wash them down with some great scotch. The class fee is $49. The Wine House, 2311 Cotner Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90064.

Nick & Stef?s Steakhouse Meat 101
Downtown LA (8pm)
Every third Friday of the month, Nick & Stef?s Steakhouse hosts a Meat 101 class. This installment is themed ?Cheek to Cheek.? Participants will explore the different cheek cuts of meat, including pork, veal and lamb. The class takes place from 8 p.m.-9 p.m. and costs $40 per person (includes pairings, excludes tax and gratuity). Reservations are required. Please call 213-680-0330.

Shamrocks & Green Shots St. Patrick?s Food & Drink Crawl in Little Tokyo/Arts District
Downtown LA (5-10pm)
Start your St Patrick?s Day early with Six Taste Food Tours? Shamrocks & Green Shots. Your $50 ticket gets you 5 drinks and 5 food items at 10 different restaurants and bars in the Little Tokyo/Arts District. The crawl starts at 5pm and goes till 10pm. Get early bird tickets for $40, otherwise they are $50 at the door.

Saturday, March 17

Casey?s St. Patrick?s Day Street Festival
Downtown Los Angeles (6am-2am)
Casey?s Irish Pub is home to the biggest St. Patrick?s Day celebration in Los Angeles. Come celebrate and honor your patron saint when Casey?s takes over two city blocks that will attract 20,000+ thirsty revelers! Green Beer, Bushmill?s, Food and a live musical line up that will make you want to drink more. This year on the outdoor stage they welcome the Young Dubliners 2pm-3pm, Hollywood U2 (tribute to U2) 4pm-6pm, TNT (tribute to AC/DC) 7pm-8:30pm and Led Zepplica (tribute to Led Zeppelin) 9pm-10:30pm. It will be the biggest, best, St. Patrick?s Day event of the year! This event is free! If you are worried about getting wet, they will be tenting the whole street to shield the festivities from the rain to keep you dry.

Celebrate St Patty?s day with a double dose of ?The Craic?
Downtown LA (11am-2am)
Kick it off at 11am at Villains Tavern with live music, cocktails by mixologist Dave Whitton, plus an Irish BBQ paired with a half pint of Guinness and a shot of Irish Whiskey for just $14. Drink specials include $5 Irish Whiskey Shots and $10 Mix and Match Guinness and Irish Whiskey. Entertainment for your ears includes JT Ross and Speedway, The Evangenitals, and The LA Hootenanny. Then hop on the FREE shuttle bus for more fun down the way at The One Eyed Gypsy. Continue drinking $5 shots of Irish Whiskey and $8 Pints of Irish Punch with happy hour specials from 3-8:30pm. Soak up the booze with food specials too. Live music? Of course. Provided by T Ross, RT and the 44s, and Brother Derek Blues Band.

The Santa Monica ?Luck of the Irish? St. Patrick?s Day Pub Crawl 2012
Santa Monica (12pm-2am)
Join hundreds of other beer drinking leprechauns at The Santa Monica ?Luck of the Irish? St. Patrick?s Day Pub Crawl. Put on your favorite green outfit and hit up over a half dozen different bars along main street for drink specials all night. Including $2 draft beers, $3 mixers and $4 shots. Pick up your ticket for $5 at 3110 Lounge (before 9pm) and then drink all day and night at participating bars. Get more info here you lush.

The 18th Annual Hermosa Beach Saint Patrick?s Day Parade
Hermosa Beach (11am)
The 18th Annual Hermosa Beach Saint Patrick?s Day Parade is set for Saturday at 11 am. The parade begins at the staging area near the tennis courts on Valley Drive (near 11th street), makes a left onto Pier Avenue, turns left on Hermosa Avenue and ends at Hermosa Avenue and 10th street.

St. Patty?s Day Specials at City Tavern
Culver City
Chef Jessica Christensen is celebrating City Tavern?s first St. Patrick?s Day with a Corned Beef Hash (house-cured pastrami over crispy potato cake with heirloom carrots and braised cabbage) and Honeyed Whiskey Bread Pudding with stout caramel special. The bar will have its own Dew & A Brew special ? a free beer taster with shot of Tullamore Dew ? in addition to California-brewed Irish Reds & Stouts on tap and bottles of Smithwick?s, Wexford Cream Ale and the like. They will be starting the shenanigans early and opening the bar at 12pm, then the kitchen will open at 3:30. In desperate need of some Irish luck come Sunday? Swing by starting at noon for a St. Patty?s hangover lunch and Irish beer specials. Hair of the dog.

St. Patty?s Day Whiskey Tasting and Baking Class
Culver City (3pm)
For this class, they will focus their baking instructions to all things Irish Whiskey and Spirits! Upon arrival, students will engage in a tasting of the spirits that will be utilized in their dessert recipes, including Irish cream and Irish whiskey. Then, students will receive their recipe packets and get an overview of the underlying science behind the recipes from Chef Chrysta Wilson of Kiss My Bundt Bakery. Students are then teamed up to make the following recipes: Sticky Guinness Cake with Toffee Sauce, Bailey?s Cake with Irish Cream Buttercream, Irish Cream Bread Pudding with Whiskey ?Caramel? sauce, Irish Cream Mousse Pie, and Irish Whiskey and Cream Gelato. Tickets are just $77. More info and tickets here.

Sunday, March 18

Thin Mint Shakes at Lazy Dog Cafe
Los Angeles
Grab your pooch and nurse your hangover with a Thin Mint Shake at Lazy Dog Cafe. They are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America with the Thin Mint Shake, available throughout March. For every Thin Mint Shake you purchase for $4.95, one dollar goes toward a local Girl Scouts chapter. It?s a great dessert with an even greater reward.

Continuing:

Silver Lake Farmers? Market
Silver Lake (8am ? 1pm)
The Silver Lake Farmers? Market offers more than just fresh, local produce. Customers can also find vintage clothings, jewelry, music, and snacks, giving it more of a flea market vibe.

Sunday Suppers at Cecconi?s
West Hollywood
An elegant Sunday Supper that will feed up to four for just $50? Cecconi?s in West Hollywood has you covered. Chef Andrea Cavaliere brings classic Italian comforts such as wood-oven fired artisanal pizza, a hearty bowl of pasta and seasonal salad to the dinner table on Sundays at Cecconi?s ? all with a sophisticated setting and price that?s hard to beat. Wine specials include a bottle of house red or white for $25. And if you have an additional guest in your group, add a pizza or pasta for just $12.50.

Sunday Supper at Potato Chips
Los Angeles (5:30 & 7:30pm)
Every Sunday, Potato Chips, the cheery Beverly Blvd sandwich shop by Steven Arroyo will be serving up a Sunday Supper. The four course menu will include items like Sweet Onion Parmesan Velout, Au Gratin Spring Squash with Herbed Bread Crumbs, and Braised Beef Brisket with Crispy Shallots and Garlic, followed by a house-made dessert. The price is $25 per person, tax and gratuity not included. The first seating of the Sunday Supper will be at 5:30 pm and the second seating at 7:30 pm. Call (323) 931-0911 for reservations.

Weekend Flights at Rosso Wine Shop
Glendale (5-8 p.m.)
A new wine theme each week. Whether it is their Old World favorites or Pinot Noir from Russian River, they mix it up and keep the price reasonable. Visit www.rossowineshop.com for more details. They also have wines by the glass available at the bar, along with some select beer picks by the bottle, if the wine flight doesn?t work for you. Cost is around $10.

Maxwell DeMille?s Cicada Club
Downtown Los Angeles (6-11 p.m.)
Travel back in time to the glamorous days of Hollywood?s golden age of nightclubs every Sunday at the Cicada Club in Downtown. Featuring the finest vintage dance orchestras and entertainment, Maxwell DeMille?s Cicada Club is unlike any night on the town you have ever experienced. Vintage or evening attire encouraged. A dinner reservation will guarantee your table for the entire evening. To see who?s playing each week and for more info check out their web site.

palate food + wine Sunday Session and Supper
Glendale (12-5 p.m. & 5-9 p.m.)
Every Sunday at palate food + wine try the featured ?Single Dish? at Sunday Session for $12. Or do the full Sunday supper for $35 which includes an appetizer, a main course, and dessert. Wine flights available for $12.

Wine Pairing Wednesday at Upstairs2
West LA (7:30 p.m.)
Upstairs 2, located above the massive Wine House, offers a four-course dinner prepared by chef Todd Barrie every Wednesday, paired with four wines from around the world selected by sommelier Marilyn Snee. Each week will showcase a different wine region, and there will be a brief discussion of each wine and its pairing. The cost is only $55 per person. Make your rezzy here.

Upcoming:

June 9-10 ? Another great event we attend every year, Spend the afternoon on the streets of the Historic Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Make your plans now to experience over 500 Wines, Spirits and Beers, Lifestyle Exhibitors, Gourmet Food Trucks, Educational Classes in Wine and Food Pairings, Scotch, Sake and more at the 7th Annual WineFest. Enjoy great live music while you shop the wide array of Lifestyle Exhibitors from Wine Accessories to Oils and Vinaigrettes to Art and Clothing. Plus nosh and mingle with fellow Wine Lovers. Tickets are $75. Get your tickets here.

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