Beverly Hills 90210

August 13th, 2007 by Poise Daily Staff Member in Los Angeles, California, Jet Setter

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by: Debi Dodson

The Beverly Hills Hotel has always been a main attraction to tourists and natives alike. It has hosted more than its share of celebrities and has shown up in quite a few movies and TV shows. But trendy it is not. Not unless ‘trendy’ was a word used to describe the Beverly Hills landmark a few decades ago. This ain’t so any more!

The once austere and antique tea room in the hotel has been transformed into a hot and very trendy bar: Bar NINETEEN12. Named after the year the original Beverly Hills Hotel was built, this new light in an old place sparkles like a newly given engagement ring.

The onyx and mahogany bar is shimmied up to in high backed leather chairs. Wood paneling, an earthy color palette and rattan furniture help to give the bar an exotic feeling. Clientele ranges from old time industry execs to hot, high-profile starlets.

Cocktails run the same gambit as the customers. You can look cool and debonair with a classic martini in your hand, or chic and stylish enjoying an apple martini popsicle. The bar is already gaining a reputation with their mojito Jello shooters: colorful shot glasses brought to your table on a clear bowl of ice entwined with twinkling white lights.

The food is not your normal bar fare. Nibble on buckwheat blinis (small pancakes) with black pearl caviar or brioche toast topped with salmon and dill crème fraiche.

You can enjoy the atmosphere of the newly transformed room, or choose to admire the hotel grounds by kicking back on the southern style veranda. While taking in the view, you might want to indulge in a little exorbitance and purchase the bottle service, a fully stocked mobile bar that comes directly to your table.

The Beverly Hills Hotel might have been where big deals were made in days gone by, but I’ll bet they’ll be made again at Bar NINETEEN12. It’s Trendy!

Available At: Bar NINETEEN12, 9641 Sunset Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210-2938- Phone: (310)273-1912 barnineteen12.com

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