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The Ventiki Challenge

3/29/2014

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19 drinks, 2 days, 1 liver

We found ourselves in Ventura last weekend and tried a new place called Ventiki.  It’s a great little tiki-themed bar with an extensive fruity cocktail menu and tasty looking food rolling out of the kitchen. 

After the first round, the bartender hands us a couple of cards and explains the Ventiki challenge:  Drink all 19 of the house cocktails and receive a t-shirt and a Ventiki mug.  No time limit and can be completed over multiple visits but must be certified by bartender on your drink card.  Great, right?  It gets better.

The first 100 rum-swilling, salty seadog patrons to complete their card will have their names immortalized on a plaque.  48 have completed (despite Aarika A’s Yelp claim that this is “likely unattainable”).


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We’re going back this weekend to ensure Lost In The Underbelly secures its name on that plaque. 

On the menu:

Mai Tai – ALREADY CONSUMMED

Jet Pilot – ALREADY CONSUMMED

Zombie – ALREADY CONSUMMED

Shrunken Head – ALREADY CONSUMMED

Lapu Lapu

Voodoo Temptress of the Seven Pleasures (I’m excited for this one…)

Suffering Bastard


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Blue Hawaii Cobra’s Fang

Alter of Sacrifice

I.C.C of ‘73

The Fuzz


Navy Grog

Strand Local

Dr. Funk

Scorpion

C-Street Savage

Lagoon of Forbidden Desire

$25 Dollar Mai Tai

The plan of attack has been set: drink, feed, hydrate, nap, repeat.  We’ve even also created an 'I CAN DO THIS' t-shirt for the occasion.

Check back. 


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3/26/2014

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Proud Bird

3/21/2014

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Getting lost in the LAX vicinity sucks. If you don’t make it over one lane in the nick of time, the next thirty minutes of your life are gone, as you are forced into the mighty traffic jam that is LAX. I’ve experienced this once or twice, shame on me, but my second mistake did lead to my discovering a very special restaurant: the Proud Bird. Like the fat child picked last in gym class, trains, dinosaurs, magic cards, and airplanes get me hot and bothered, so I make it a mission to get my ass back over there to enjoy a cocktail. I can only imagine the signature cocktails…”I’ll take the Amelia Earhart with a twist, please”.


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After a competitive two and a half hours of bowling at the AMF Lanes on Lincoln, Chad and I decide to cap off our victories with refreshing adult beverages at, where else (?), the Proud Bird.  We pull into the beautiful, bountiful parking lot and wander around the premises for a while. Model airplanes and lush green plants adorn the entire stretch from my car to the front door.

We step inside and are greeting by an array of aviation memorability
, a sprinkling of geriatric patrons, and a beautiful empty bar, fit for two. We pull up two bar stools and order drinks: a Manhattan for the gentleman and something called a "Skinny Colada" for the lady.  There were, unfortunately, no homages to famous pilots on the house cocktail list.


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The drinks are decent and pair nicely with the view of planes landing at LAX. After we finish, we walk around the restaurant to discover various banquet rooms, one being occupied by Harry's 100th birthday party. Happy birthday, Harry!

Although the Proud Bird is outdated and
looks and smells like a museum, I would recommend it to everyone. I read that they might close the restaurant in the next couple of years, so definitely stop by and experience this treasure before it's gone.

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/12/local/la-me-1213-proud-bird-20131213


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