A LA CARTE : UPCOMING CIGAR EVENTS.Byline: Larry Lipson The cigar boom has been a godsend god·send n. Something wanted or needed that comes or happens unexpectedly. [Alteration of Middle English goddes sand, God's message : goddes, genitive of God, God to promotion-minded restaurants looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something other than winemaker dinners to fill their dining rooms on a regular basis. Here are a few interesting cigar-dining experiences worth consideration: Arnie Morton's of Chicago Address: 435 S. La Cienega There are at least three places with the name La Cienega (from the Spanish La Ciénaga: swampland, marsh or bog): Phone: L.A.: (310) 246-1501. Santa Ana: (714) 444-4834. Cuisine: Steaks. Comments: For women cigar smokers, the two local Morton's join others across the country in a second annual women's cigar dinner to raise funds for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Three-course dinner follows a cocktail and appetizer reception that includes dessert and coffee and features Monte Cristo cigars. Date: Feb. 20. Time: 6:30 p.m. reception. Price: $125 per person. Bambu Address: 3835 Cross Creek Road, Malibu. Phone: (310) 456-5464. Cuisine: International/sushi. Comments: Cigar nights every Tuesday evening. Time: 8 p.m. Price: Free admission. You pay for dinner from the a la carte menu and pay for cigars you choose. Bistro Garden at Coldwater Address: 12950 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 501-0202. Cuisine: Contemporary continental. Comments: The next cigar event here is a Super Bowl party in conjunction with Smoke magazine. A buffet will be served throughout the day featuring cold poached poach 1 tr.v. poached, poach·ing, poach·es To cook in a boiling or simmering liquid: Poach the fish in wine. salmon, chicken burgers, tuna carpaccio car·pac·cio n. Very thinly sliced raw meat or fish, especially beef or tuna, garnished with a sauce. [Italian, after Vittore Carpaccio, who favored red pigments. , celery root salad, gravlax grav·lax n. Raw, thinly sliced, cured salmon seasoned with dill and served usually as an appetizer. [Swedish : grava, to bury (from the original process of curing it in the ground); see and bratwurst. Raul Martinez, host of the KIEV-AM (870) ``Cigar Renaissance'' show will be in attendance. Date: Jan. 26. Time: 1 p.m. Price: $35 per person. Ca' del Sole Address: 4100 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood. Phone: (818) 985-4669. Cuisine: Italian. Comments: Periodic cigar nights are held here. At the next one Richard Perlman, author of ``Encyclopedia of Cigars,'' will be the guest speaker, and a prix-fixe four-course dinner will be served. All food, cigars and wine included in price. Date: March 10. Time: 7 p.m. Price: $75 per person. Cafe Pinot Address: 700 W. Fifth St., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 239-6500. Cuisine: Californian-French. Comments: Three cigar events planned for 1997. They include a four-course dinner with wines, cognac and cigars. Cigar-related guest speakers to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. . Dates: April 7, June 2, Aug. 4. Time: Between 6 and 9 p.m. Price: Between $75 and $100 per person. Fins Creekside Address: 23504 Calabasas Road, Calabasas. Phone: (818) 223-3467. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: Periodic cigar and wine events here. Next one is co-sponsored by the Havana Banana Cigar Co. and presents a cocktails and appetizers reception followed by a four-course dinner with coffee, wines, cigars and port. Date: Feb. 24. Time: 6:30 p.m. reception. Price: $69.95 per person. Taverna ta·ver·na n. A café or small restaurant in Greece. [Modern Greek taverna, from Medieval Greek tabern Tony Address: 23410 Civic Center Road, Malibu. Phone: (310) 317-9667. Cuisine: Greek. Comments: The flossy floss·y adj. floss·i·er, floss·i·est 1. Superficially stylish; slick: wrote flossy articles about the lifestyles of the rich. 2. Of, relating to, or resembling floss. title of the event is the First Cigar Smoking Olympiad and Greek Feast of Epic Proportions. It's co-hosted by owner Tony Koursaris and Smoke magazine's Jonathan Auerbach. Greek sweets, fresh fruit and cigars are featured. Date: Jan. 23. Time: 7 p.m. Price: $50 per person. |
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