A Los Angeles Tech Flex

LOS ANGELES — On Saturday evening, over 250 people crowded into a midcentury modern mansion in the Hollywood Hills for a party at the end of LA Tech Week, a six-day event series held across the city. The party was hosted by House.ai, a collective for entrepreneurs, and Mirra, a telehealth start-up. “We incubate companies,…

Fresco by Scotto Reopens With Sidewalk Seating

Headliner Fresco by Scotto This neighborhood restaurant, run by Marion Scotto, along with her children, Elaina Scotto, Rosanna Scotto and Anthony Scotto Jr., has emerged from its pandemic hiatus in good shape. (It was open briefly last fall for outdoor dining only.) It’s not your typical local spot — it’s been a Midtown Manhattan magnet…

Craft Distilleries Aim to Make Whiskey an Experience

When it is completed next year, Dant Crossing will include a 7,300-square-foot restaurant, a 22,000-square-foot events venue, bed-and-breakfast lodging, a 2,000-seat amphitheater, a trail around a 12-acre lake and, of course, a 21,000-square-foot distillery capable of producing 15,000 barrels of bourbon annually. Rickhouses will store barrels of the family’s Monk’s Road bourbon, named for the…