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Add Prix Fixe To Your Vocabulary: Restaurant Week Is Here!

Get your appetites ready – it’s time for DineLA Restaurant Week! The sixth season runs Jan. 23-28 and Jan. 30-Feb. 4, with specially-priced three-course prix fixe lunches and dinners at restaurants throughout West Hollywood and Los Angeles County. This year more than 300 restaurants across the city have chosen to partake, which has landed this newest installment the distinction of being the largest restaurant week in the country, yowza!

Before we get to the good stuff, and as a reminder for most, here’s how it all works:

Almost exactly as the last go-around, restaurants around town will offer special prix fixe lunch and dinner sets. Lunch menus are priced at $16, $22 or $28, while dinner costs $26, $34 or $44. Of course, the pricier the meal option, the more likely you’ll land some foie gras, shaved truffle or some other fancy-shmancy ingredient situation.

Cheap Date On The Strip With Tuesdae

Being Bev Hills adjacent and known for some of the best shopping, dining and entertainment in the world has led some to the false conclusion that The Sunset Strip is strictly a playground for the wealthy and well-to-do. Au contraire! Happy hours, meal deals and cheap cocktails abound at some of The Strip’s most happening hot spots every night of the week.

For a little camera pleasing eye candy, and mainly because she knows how to party, Chelsea Girls vocal goddess and professional party girl Tuesdae spent the night walking, dining, drinking and partying on The Sunset Strip with notorious blogger Brent X Mendoza and photographer Genie Sanchez, showing the world that there are discounted cocktails and top-notch cheap eats to be found and that you don’t have to pay to play on The Strip.

Happy New Year! Your Guide To The Strip’s Events

Before you make resolutions you know you won’t keep, venture to The Sunset Strip for a night of champagne-popping good fun as we ring in 2011!

MUSIC, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT & PARTIES

The Raveonettes + Autoluxe at The Standard, Hollywood
KCRW presents Danish duo The Raveonettes and Autoluxe. Doors open at 8 p.m. and pre-sale tickets are $50. Need more info?

Neon New Years at Skybar
Skybar hosts ultimate New Wave ’80s rockers the Spazmatics on New Year’s Eve. Guests can also enjoy an open bar from 8 p.m. – 2 a.m. Entrance is $175 ($125 for Mondrian hotel guests). For reservations, call 323.848.6025. www.mondrianhotel.com

The London West Hollywood Brings Year-round Cheer To The Strip

We recently stopped by The London Bar to partake in their “London After Five” happy hour, which takes place every Monday through Friday from 5-7 p.m. You can enjoy a menu of $5 cocktails and appetizers, which rotates monthly. The current cocktails include holiday-inspired libations with tastes for the sweet tooth, such as a pecan pie martini (Absolut Vodka Vanilla, Frangelico hazelnut liqueur, crushed toasted pecan), eggnog Alexander (eggnog, Xanté cognac) and a BBC (Captain Morgan rum, basil, raspberries and a splash of champagne).

Night + Market Lets You Discover Thailand, Without The Checked Bag Fees

Last Thursday, Dec. 2, Night + Market debuted on The Sunset Strip to a packed, and very vibrant, crowd. The newly opened Thai street food restaurant from owner and chef Kris Yenbamroong is the sister to an already standing Talesai, which opened in 1982 by his parents. Yenbamroong took the helm of the Sunset Strip staple a few years ago, and when the space next door to Talesai became available, he knew it would be the ideal location for a new venture.

Night + Market is a late night communal dining spot boasting tapas style plates based on Thai street food items. The menu features favorites like crispy catfish, pork stew and fried chicken wings, all accompanied by a selection of beers from Southeast Asia and wine that can be ordered in “taste” size as well as by the glass or bottle.

Holiday Guide 2010

From burlesque with Dita Von Teese at The Roxy Theatre, to rooftop fireside drinks at The London West Hollywood, to “customized fiesta” price-friendly party packages at Cabo Cantina, the holiday spirit is alive and well on The Sunset Strip throughout the month of December.

Restaurants nightclubs and shops along The Strip are united in making the 2010 holidays an affordable, fun and hassle-free experience this season with special holiday menu items and events for those looking to get into the holiday spirit. Here’s your guide featuring festive things to do and your places to party this month!

RH Partners With Santa Barbara’s Trattoria Mollie For “Chef Swap”

No, it’s not a new reality TV show from Fox. “Chef Swap” is a unique dining experience that is sure to bring delight to the hearts and taste buds of Los Angeles food lovers.

Beginning this Thursday, Dec. 2 through Saturday, Chef Sebastien Archambault from RH restaurant will swap kitchens with Chef Mollie Ahlstrand from Trattoria Mollie in Santa Barbara. The chefs will create tasting menus showcasing dishes that have made their restaurants favorites among foodies and critics alike.

During Chef Ahlstrand’s residency at RH, guests will be treated to Italian fare that helped distinguish Trattoria Mollie as one of National Geographic’s “Ten Best Destination & Special Restaurants in the World.” Menu highlights will include crostini ai funghi, ossobuco con verdura and panna cotta.

Gobble ‘Til You Wobble: Your Thanksgiving Day Dining Guide

Thanksgiving is all about the three “f’s”: food, friends and family. For those looking to take a break from cooking all of the food, Sunset Strip restaurants have you covered with various Thanksgiving menus and options – from brunch and late night to traditional and gourmet dinners as well as all you can gobble buffets. Make your reservation and join us!

BLT Steak
BLT Steak presents traditional and gourmet menu options for Thanksgiving. Choose from an appetizer, main entrée, sides and dessert for $68 per person. Entrée choices include roasted turkey with chestnut-sausage stuffing, cranberry grenadine sauce and rosemary gravy; dry-aged roasted prime rib with confit garlic jus and caramelized onion bread pudding; or lightly smoked salmon with American sturgeon caviar and green apple nage. BLT Steak will be open for dinner, from 5-8 p.m. www.bltsteak.com

Upcoming & Ongoing Fall Events

Celebrate the changing season with a pleathora of new events on The Sunset Strip, including fall-inspired menu items, weekly jazz and DJ series, seasonal cocktails and shopping discounts.

“riothouseREPLAY” DJ Series
RH at Andaz West Hollywood is launching a weekly DJ session every Thursday night, starting Nov. 18. The sessions include drink specials (a weekly $9 “riothouseREPLAY” cocktail, $7 beers, $12 seasonal cocktails) as well as gourmet bar bites priced from $6-$9 (options include portabella mushroom sliders, duck drumette confit, macaroons). Guests can Tweet DJ requests to @RHweho throughout the night. www.andazwesthollywood.com

Dine With Art

If you’ve ever dreamed of dining in an art museum, now is your chance to make that dream a reality. West Hollywood’s The Avenues: Art, Fashion and Design District is hosting a series of innovative dining events that lets you dine with art.

“Taste Art” will highlight the City’s premier art galleries and acclaimed restaurants, pairing art exhibits with special prix-fixe menus from West Hollywood’s hottest chefs. The dining events will take place Tuesday nights at restaurants throughout the city, including four Sunset Strip restaurants (Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood, BLT Steak, RH at Andaz and Restaurant at Sunset Marquis).