In 1996, hotelier Ian Schrager, along with SkyBar’s Rande Gerber and designer Philippe Starck opened the 30-foot “doors to Wonderland,” as the Los Angeles Times put it, with the Morgans Hotel Group transformation of the Mondrian Hotel.
The L.A. Times described the vibe as “chilled glamour achieves a dreamlike sensuality. … Its public spaces … are fashionable playpens for people who want to be seen. Sited across from the House of Blues at what will be Sunset’s most invigorated corner, the Mondrian is Schrager’s most ambitious and enchanting space to date.”
In 1999, on the heels of their success in New York City with the same concept, restaurateur Jeffrey Chodrow debuted Asia de Cuba as the hotel’s signature dining spot and it became an instant hit, calling down the glitterati from the hills and beckoning the wannabes from all over.
As Asia de Cuba provided an artery into SkyBar, some...
The L.A. Times described the vibe as “chilled glamour achieves a dreamlike sensuality. … Its public spaces … are fashionable playpens for people who want to be seen. Sited across from the House of Blues at what will be Sunset’s most invigorated corner, the Mondrian is Schrager’s most ambitious and enchanting space to date.”
In 1999, on the heels of their success in New York City with the same concept, restaurateur Jeffrey Chodrow debuted Asia de Cuba as the hotel’s signature dining spot and it became an instant hit, calling down the glitterati from the hills and beckoning the wannabes from all over.
As Asia de Cuba provided an artery into SkyBar, some...
- 1/17/2023
- by Melinda Sheckells
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Los Angeles’ Toca Madera is coming soon to the Las Vegas Strip.
Guests of the new 200-plus seat restaurant, lounge and speakeasy — tucked between Aria casino-resort and The Shops at Crystals — will find themselves enveloped in a bird’s nest-like space, ushered through a secret VIP corridor, presented flights of Kobe and surrounded by performers such as fire artists.
Noble 33 hospitality co-owners Tosh Berman and Mikey Tanha — who are the creators behind Toca Madera in L.A. on West 3rd Street and in Scottsdale, Italian restaurant Sparrow in downtown L.A. and Casa Madera in Toronto — say the third Toca Madera location takes the original dining concept and turns it up to an 11 with a modern Mexican steakhouse vibe.
“We’re rooted in Mexican flavors but that doesn’t make us just a Mexican restaurant,” Tanha says.
Toca Madera Las Vegas will debut...
Los Angeles’ Toca Madera is coming soon to the Las Vegas Strip.
Guests of the new 200-plus seat restaurant, lounge and speakeasy — tucked between Aria casino-resort and The Shops at Crystals — will find themselves enveloped in a bird’s nest-like space, ushered through a secret VIP corridor, presented flights of Kobe and surrounded by performers such as fire artists.
Noble 33 hospitality co-owners Tosh Berman and Mikey Tanha — who are the creators behind Toca Madera in L.A. on West 3rd Street and in Scottsdale, Italian restaurant Sparrow in downtown L.A. and Casa Madera in Toronto — say the third Toca Madera location takes the original dining concept and turns it up to an 11 with a modern Mexican steakhouse vibe.
“We’re rooted in Mexican flavors but that doesn’t make us just a Mexican restaurant,” Tanha says.
Toca Madera Las Vegas will debut...
- 7/25/2022
- by Melinda Sheckells
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As I have mentioned a number of times recently, the definition of what is a documentary has been completely deconstructed lately, with the mockumentaries and the docs about docs being the main “culprit”. Jeff Mizushima goes a step further, by directing a film which starts as a documentary, before it becomes a documentary about another documentary, supposedly unbeknownst to the person shooting the former. If this seems confusing, wait until you see the actual “Who is Lun*na Menoh?”
“Who is Lun*na Menoh?” is Screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival
Lun*na Menoh is a Japanese-born visual artist, fashion designer and musician who lives in Los Angeles. In the early 2000s Lun*na partnered with Sukho Lee for the band Seksu Roba, created the musical entity Jean Paul Yamamoto and currently performs with Saori Mitome as Les Sewing Sisters. In 2019 Les Sewing Sisters held a musical tour through...
“Who is Lun*na Menoh?” is Screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival
Lun*na Menoh is a Japanese-born visual artist, fashion designer and musician who lives in Los Angeles. In the early 2000s Lun*na partnered with Sukho Lee for the band Seksu Roba, created the musical entity Jean Paul Yamamoto and currently performs with Saori Mitome as Les Sewing Sisters. In 2019 Les Sewing Sisters held a musical tour through...
- 11/9/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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