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HotelChatter - Los Angeles http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-22T21:22:33Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Gets Jazzed About Brunch http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/125815/95 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/DAK0TAJazzBrunchAD.jpg" class="top"> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hollywood+Roosevelt+Hotel/local/11">Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel</a> has a long and checkered history that well pre-dates todays celebrity tantrums and Super Sweet 16 parties. As a way of hearkening back to that golden-hued heyday, the hotel has started offering a new Jazz Brunch on Sundays from 11:00am-3:00pm. Since the special brunch starts at $18 per person, its actually a pretty good deal, especially for a Thompson Hotel, and especially considering that overnight parking will run you around $30, and the standard rate for a stay at the hotel starts at $225 a night.If youre anything like us, youre naturally dubious about any meal that is accompanied by live music. What is this, the shoe department of Nordstroms? But we EricRosen 2009-11-20T15:04:30-05:00 The Five Best Hotel Bars in Los Angeles http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/10/125434/58 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/butterflies.jpg" class="top"> Butterflies on the ceiling of Bar Marmont Cocktail culture is a different breed in Los Angeles. This is a town known for "doing lunch," after all. Aspiring screenwriters and actors usually work during the day and hit clubs late at night, and slick producers hustle deals both during afternoon meetings and after hours. Happy Hour just isn't as popular here as it is in other cities you might visit. And what makes choosing a bar even more difficult in LA is the rate of trend turnaround; one week some place is the place to be, the next you wouldn't find a Twilight cast member caught dead there. Recently, the erstwhile travel reporter Jen Leo tweeted <a href="http://twitter.com/HotelChatter">@HotelChatter</a> Heidi Atwal 2009-11-11T16:51:13-05:00 Food Frenzy At Los Angeles Hotels This Month http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/27/133026/55 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/oliveriobigger.JPG" class="top"> Foodies in Los Angeles are all abuzz lately about some big turnover in hotel restaurants around townboth on the menu and in the kitchen. Plus, now that theres an end in sight to beach weather, its time to put the bikini away and start thinking about packing on the pounds for winter. Here are four of the stories and specials weve been following lately.Last week, we stopped in for a dinner at the new restaurant in Beverly Hills <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Avalon+Hotel/local/584">Avalon Hotel</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/24/2365/05707/hotels/Note_to_Kathy_Griffin_blue_on_blue_at_the_Avalon_Hotel_is_now_oliverio">oliverio</a>. To complement the 1960s Italian-style redecoration (pictured above), new chef Mirko Paderno (formerly of Cecconis in West Hollywood), has created an Italian-inspired menu that is equal parts familiar and fanciful, with dishes like an EricRosen 2009-10-27T15:44:17-05:00 34.0600490 -118.43738 Celebrate Halloween Where 'Ghostbusters' Was Filmed http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/16/175843/91 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/millenniumbilt1.jpg" class="top"> 'Tis the season for a parade of hotel parties. Holiday dinners in the hundred dollar range are just around the corner, but it's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/halloween hotels">Halloween</a> that precedes the hanging of tinsel from marble-tiled lobbies. Most of the upcoming events we've heard of are the standard ballroom/costume/D.J. affairs that attract crowds of 20-somethings. Raucous fun, maybe, but they also tend to bring out scenesters in droves, which leaves those looking to celebrate over classy cocktails in a lurch. Enter L.A.'s <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Millennium+Biltmore+Hotel+Los+Angeles/ian/124965">Millennium Biltmore</a>, who is hosting an <a href="http://www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumlosangeles/specials/specials_0059.html">"All Hallow's Eve" party</a> at their Gallery Bar on October 31st from 4:00 PM to 2:00 AM, and forgoing "sexy nurse" overtures in favor of a vintage vibe. The Heidi Atwal 2009-10-23T14:43:42-05:00 34.0497880 -118.25405 What's On The Block at the Standard Downtown LA? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/22/183719/81 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/wtob_standarddtwn.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Whats-on-the-Block-Map"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/wtobmap.jpg"></a>We continue our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/what's on the block">What's On The Block: Los Angeles Edition</a> by heading downtown.So far this week, weve taken you to Santa Monica, the Sunset Strip and Beverly Hills, so we thought wed end our Los Angeles <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/what's%20on%20the%20block">Whats On The Block</a> series with one of our downtown haunts, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+Downtown+LA/local/51">The Standard</a>. Sure, there are newer hotels in the area, but we keep coming back to this <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/andre%20balazs">Andre Balazs</a> property thanks, in no small part, to its central location in the heart of the downtown. At least, the part of downtown that doesnt get too scary after dark. Lets start right behind the hotel at the LA Public Library EricRosen 2009-10-23T13:58:56-05:00 34.0508050 -118.25676 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/