Los Angeles

9601 Brighton Ave, Beverly Hills; 310.859.7600

From the hubby/wife team behind SUR comes this palatial bistro, pimped with engraved columns, pillow-laden banquettes, and regal white leather furniture. Benefiting from Italian, Mediterranean, and Asian influences, the menu ranges from Kurobata pork tenderloin w/ Chinese five-spice powder, candied apples, & crispy prosciutto; to flatbread pizza w/ shrimp & chorizo; to the shredded chicken/vine-ripened tomatoes/spinach/roasted pine nut "Spaghetti Lolita", which should really be made with a flat pasta.

Today only, tees from this usually pricey designer're 80% off, from "seriously?" $100 to "why the hell not" $19.95; shirts include one that fades top-to-bottom from nearly white to black, with a winged Flying V guitar on the back, and another with a griffins, a skull, and the words "Live Free", which is basically what you do when you sell people $100 t-shirts.

At LA Live

The new, patioed Downtown outpost's a near-replica of the sadly shuttered Beverly Hills original, with a party-friendly tiki interior rocking carved-wood doors and tribal fabrics from Tonga. Drinks follow the theme, with Mai Tais (supposedly invented at the original Vic's), Zombies, and Scorpion Bowls -- a proprietary mix of rum, fruit juice, a hint of almond, and brandy, the secret ingredient that makes them so damn classy.

Sat-Sun at the California Market Center: 110 E 9th St, Downtown

Down free wine/PBR and gorge on Malo tacos while perusing 275+ stalls at this bi-annual gear bazaar, with everything from Spragwerks' meat cleaver pendants, to Silent Revolution's nylon laptop bags, to Fifty-Seven Thirty-Three's Japanese-schoolgirl-printed hoodies, to 80's-influenced tees from Mediocre Clothing, who're nonetheless excellent at honesty.

Fri-Tues at Provecho: 800 Wilshire Blvd, Downtown; 213.489.1406

To lead up to next week's Dia Del Dia Drinking, the classy Downtown Mexican-aurant's doing a waaay-extended happy hour from 12-8 Fri-Tues, with $5 Cazadores Margaritas, $3 Dos Equis and Tecate, $2 Mezcal shots, and $5 tacos. On the 5th itself, they'll also have burlesque dancers, luchadores, and a live mariachi band, so thank god they still have $2 Mezcal shots.