LA- Bistro LQ (That's the chef/owner's initals)

Introducing: a five-course dessert—well, that's a new one. So you'll want to pay a visit to the brand-new Bistro LQ, a crisp indoor-outdoor space officially open tonight with an absurdly decadent five-course dessert menu. First, find your way to a sidewalk table—the simple room spills out into the street, and the whole place is so bright and white, you'll feel like you're in a detergent commercial. Then, start building your own post-feast feast with options like Raspberry Glass With a Basil Sorbet. Then maybe some Rice Pudding in Goat Milk With Red Beets Espuma. Perhaps a helping of Avocado Mousse. A Chocolate Cookie With Salted Peanut Brittle Ice Cream. And for lucky number five—A Composition Around Dark Chocolate, which includes everything from churros with chocolate sauce to a chocolate pancake. Goes without saying you'll be wanting some wine with all of this—not to worry, that can be arranged. But if you're really feeling gonzo, there's another option that's truly mind-melting. Dinner.

Bistro LQ
8009 Beverly Blvd
(E. of Laurel)
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323-951-1088
website

Something to Wine About!

Founded by husband and wife oenophiles (Venice residents, no less), Elvino Wine Shop & Tasting Bar caters to eccentric locals with a handpicked selection of atypical varietals from around the globe. Wine tastings are held Friday through Sunday, and the well-informed pourers ensure you’ll always taste something you like.

Elvino, 1142 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice (310-396-9705)

Lick It Good

YOU SUCK
The Latest in Boozy Lollipops

Ever since absinthe graduated from jailbait to totally legal, you've been happily imbibing it in all its forms. The latest is that least dignified (if most fun) of them all: the lollipop. Get it as part of this sampler pack, which also includes bourbon (for your inner Southern Gent) and White Russian (for your inner Dude) flavors.

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Available now; enter the code "daddy" and get 15% off

ICE CREAM YOU SCREAM!!! NYC STYLE

Sunday, 7/191 to 4 p.m.Cream TeamThe Murray's Cheese team hosts its dairy-loving brethren at this ice cream sundae social ($5). Stop by for scoops from Ben Van Leeuwen, sauces from chocolate maker extraordinaire Fritz Knipschildt and fresh-whipped cream from Hail's Family Farms. Stay to chat up your fellow lactose lovers. 254 Bleecker St. (between Sixth and Seventh aves.); 212-243-3289 or murrayscheese.com

West Coast Restaurant ANIMAL Jumps Coasts

Animal Restaurant Pop-up at Solé East
Angelenos are crazy for the cooking of James Beard-nominated chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo. Find out why when their LA restaurant, Animal, appears for a few days at the popular Montauk hotel Solé East. Save room for their Bacon-Chocolate Crunch Bars with Salt-Pepper Custard Sauce. Reservations recommended. August 12th - 18th.Animal Restaurant at Backyard Restaurant, Solé East, Second House Road, Montauk, (631) 668-2105, soleeast.com

This Weekend in Los Angeles

GET LIT
Happy Hour at Book Soup

One Sunset Strip bookstore has a revolutionary idea for saving the publishing industry—happy hour. Weekdays from 4pm to 7pm, all regularly priced books are now discounted by 25 percent, and yes, they've got some wine behind the counter.

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Book Soup, 8818 W. Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, 310-659-3110


THAI ONE ON
Soi 56 Beers Up

In the crux of a Cahuenga strip mall, the new restaurant from the owners of Rambutan Thai is finally slinging liquor. So you can get your Crispy Mussel Crepes and Thai Beef Jerky with a Nakhon Premium Thai Beer—and, on Friday and Saturday nights, a Thai rock band.

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Soi 56, 1556 N. Cahuenga Blvd (at Selma), Hollywood, 323-962-5656


BREATH MINT
Garlic Faire at Chaya Venice

Chaya's new special menu seriously stinks—the Maine lobster tail arrives with garlic flakes, the lamb chops are under garlic au jus, and the Kobe and lobster roll's got garlic ponzu and a garlic seaweed salad. It's a small price to pay for being vampire-proof.

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Through Aug 31, Chaya Venice, 110 Navy St (at Main), 310-396-1179


FIDELIO
Sergio Boldrin's Orgy Masks at Pergolina

When notorious perfectionist Stanley Kubrick needed orgy masks for Eyes Wide Shut, Venetian craftsman Sergio Boldrin was his man. (He is, after all, the best orgy mask guy in the business.) Now Boldrin has a show in a Toluca Lake gallery, so you can pick up a mask of your own…just in case there's a back room.

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Opening July 19, 1-5pm, Pergolina, 10139 Riverside Dr, Toluca Lake, 818-508-7708


LACED UP
The Return of Dita Von Teese

Been a couple years since you've seen Dita Von Teese bathing in a jumbo martini glass. Not to worry—she's back at the Avalon Wednesday night with a new burlesque show and a new drink recipe. The Cointreau Teese isn't big enough to bathe in, but you'll make do.

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$30, July 22, doors 8pm, show 10pm, 1735 Vine St, Hollywood, tickets here

Sunday's in San Fran

SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
Bottomless Bloody Mary Brunch at Bacar

Dishes like Crispy Pork Belly Potato Hash and Morgan's Ham and Eggs Breakfast Sandwich should provide enough of a base to take on four solid hours of Bloody Mary drinking. Order the Wake Up, made with caffeinated Blue Lotus Vodka, and you can pass on coffee.

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$10, 10am-2pm every Sunday, Bacar, 448 Brannan St (at 4th), 415-904-4100