TNL Hollywood: BoHo Restaurant - 8:00, June 2, 2009

[Nick]

I ate at P.F. Chang's tonight for the first time and it was pretty decent. There's one in the Beverly Center at Beverly and La Cienega, east of Beverly Hills and south of West Hollywood. Does anyone else want chain restaurant Chinese for the get-together? And are there bars to go to after that in the same area? The location is about twenty minutes away from E3, so I don't think it will be too congested with conventioneers.

[Frogacuda]

No Bethesda invite for me. They hate me for riding the bull.

Check yer TNL email, just forwarded you the thing. I think their system is pretty open. It was last year anyway.

I wish we could drag the whole crew down there. IF we're doing the TNL thing that night I doubt we can go anyway, but open bars and karaoke make for an embarrassing and memorable night most time.

Plus I want to do some drinking in the evenings during the week. I've been really exhausted lately and I'm looking to have fun (and work of course, but this work isn't work).

[Nick]

The Bethesda party's going until 2, so I plan to make an appearance there sometime after 10 or 11. And I'll meet up for breakfast or dinner at other times with TNLers, as the schedule permits, like last year.

[Calliander]

I ate at P.F. Chang's tonight for the first time and it was pretty decent. There's one in the Beverly Center at Beverly and La Cienega, east of Beverly Hills and south of West Hollywood. Does anyone else want chain restaurant Chinese for the get-together? And are there bars to go to after that in the same area? The location is about twenty minutes away from E3, so I don't think it will be too congested with conventioneers.

LOL, we could go to Taylor's steakhouse. EXPENSIVE, but worth it.

EDIT: Also, nothing is ever 20 minutes away. Everyone here always says, "Oh yeah, it's only like 20 minutes away." They have no concept of time. That 20 minutes could be 5 but it might also be 1 hour.

[stormy]

No PF Chang's! There are a bunch of good restaurants in the area. I'll work on more suggestions but here are a couple that should be able to handle a group.

Lala's - Argentinian, big patio, sangria, but no hard alcohol . Can walk to a couple other bars (including The Village Idiot listed below)
Lola's - Huge martini menu, good food including awesome mac and cheese, but no other place to move to in walking distance.
El Carmen - A tequila bar with a luchadore theme, great atmosphere and drinks, surprisingly good food. It's small and they have one booth in the back for large parties, so we'd have to reserve it before hand. I think it only fits 10. There's another good dive bar very close too for afterwards. I love this place but it will be crowded here so it might not work out.
The Village Idiot - An English style pub on melrose. My friend is telling me they have a back room you can reserve. There are some other bars in walking distance too.
Boho - cool atmosphere, plenty of parking, tuesday is 1/2 off all food day. I tried this place today. It looked like they can handle a big party. Really good burger. 25 beers on tap. This is near the arclight in the main Hollywood area.
The Well - I haven't been here yet but I heard it's a great bar. The food is supposed to be decent bar food. Good prices and a large space. This could be a good option to head to after we eat elsewhere.

[stormy]

Where is everyone staying, where is E3, and what is our estimated party size?

[Cowutopia]

every time I think of P.F. Chang's I think of that South Park episode.

[SapphirePhoenix]

Yeah... No P.F. Chang's. Anywhere the group can eat and have a couple of drinks is fine with me . Lala's sounds good and The Village Idiot is so-so. I'll throw in a couple of bar/restaurant suggestions in the morning!

[stormy]

The Village Idiot is filled with douchebags, but if we get our own room it'd be a lot better.

[stormy]

I really want to suggest Father's Office in Culver City, but they don't take reservations and the place is a free for all fight for tables. Best burgers ever and an amazing beer selection, but I'm too afraid it'd turn into a disaster with a large group.

I'd also love to take TNL to Tiki Ti, but that bar fits 15 people total, so that would never work. If anyone is looking for a good place to go wed-sat night they should check it out (it's only open those days).

If we eat on Melrose we can take a TNL group picture under the awning that says "Nomi"