Elite Event At Lala’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria

Premise: Introduce the local Unilocal Elite Crowd to a taste of venues, restaurants, bars & theatres around the City with the hopes that they will, not only return with friends, but will also write glowing Unilocal reviews that will bring in a steady & new clientele.
Did this event accomplish its purpose?
I think so. .. I was very impressed with the location, the service and the tidbits provided. I will return another day to make sure they live up to their initial presentation.
Recommendation: Do try the Truffles rolled in Amaretto cookie crumbs!

Great wine, good food, wonderful location! Lala’s, we will be back. Just warning you.
Thanks for putting it all together Laura «Lala» L. ! Great job.

Wow! Thank you Laura, Lala’s, and everyone who helped but this event together. Though I didn’t get to met you Laura, there is always next time.
Anyway, the environment was fun and well suited for this large get together. The drinks were awesome, though I did not get to try the cocktail. I want to get a bottle of that prosecco and Sauvignon Blanc, SOOOO good.
The appetizers were tasty too! My favorite was the pizza and seeing how they are a pizzeria, that is pretty darn important. The desserts were decadent, especially the truffles with the lavender sugar. Yum!
Great to see so many Unilocalers and can’t wait for the next get together. :)

Awesome event Laura!
We meandered the venue, from liquor that tastes like rootbeer — heck how can you go wrong, to 2 wine tasting areas. Both gals manning the wine tasting were full of information and opinions!
We got a taste of everything, but the pizza, i only saw 1 go by so i figured they were just not doing them…
Nice amount of space for the elitdom to mingle.
Parking was tight, but hey, it is on a normal night too!
Great to see all the peeps and use the check in feature on the iphone!
Yeah laura!

What makes an Elite Event awesome? Cool people? Check! Great drinkies? Check! Awesome Venue? Check! Fabulous Nibbles? Check!
It was a great event! I love Lala’s and want to go back every chance I get! I have to have a full pizza! To myself!
Great Job Laura!

Lala’s is a great place for a romantic dinner, parties, large groups, bar… it’s good for any occasion! Laura L organized a Unilocal Elite party at Lala’s and it was a great hit! First party ever (to me) that everything was detailed oriented! From Unilocal wine glasses that Unilocalers could take home as a souvenir, to customized Unilocal + Lala’s menu, and even a wine cork curtain for the photo shoot!
Great job Laura! Keep it up, can’t wait for the next Elite event!

I’m torn between four stars and five stars for this event. On the plus side, I won a prize (hooray!)… but that could have happened at any of the events (thanks, random chance). On the downside, I didn’t get a single piece of pizza. Those LaLa’s ladies hardly got 10 feet from the kitchen before they were attacked like an injured gazelle by a pack of starving wolves. An injured gazelle carrying pizza and starving wolves being those who had been eating speck and truffles for an hour before the pizza came out.
So hmmph.
All lack-​of-​pizza aside, the event itself was splendid. The wines to taste were laid out on such a spectrum that I suspect most anyone would have been able to find a preference. I myself favored the Prosecco, but I’m a bubbles-​type of gal so that was perhaps a given. And even if you didn’t find a fruit of the vine, there was always fruit of the ground. And by ground I mean root. The root cocktail. That was one part kiddie-​style root beer flavor and two parts all-​grown-​up deliciousness.
The GM of Lala’s knew what he was doing and from what I noticed made it a point to work the room and get people’s opinions on the drink. I said it’s a good summer drink (though hell I’d probably drink it any time of year); not too sweet but still something fun. Way to go on sealing that product deal, ya’all.
This was a job well done… heck of a way to start off a new ( Unilocal) year. Got me all excited for what events may come. And of course, no event would be complete without funky-​fun photo booth. Two lavender-​sugar truffles up for Laura and the Unilocal crew – way to go on another great event!

LaLa’s & Laura L lavished us with luscious lunchables and lovely libations! That’s a lot of Ls in one linguistic line.
The Sauvignon Blanc was my favorite wine, but what really blew them all away was that ROOT cocktail. I’m lucky to have Philly connections (in the garment and waste removal industry, yo), so I just may have some shipped out for my own private kicking of the ROOT-​down. Don’t hate.
The apps were super delicious… especially the salmon roll-​ups with the black sea salt (salt! yum!) and the ancho chili truffles. Oh, and the speck was speck-​tacular! LaLa’s staff did an amazing job keeping the trays moving and their pick-​up crew was beyond beyond. I don’t think I held onto a stray toothpick for more than 30 seconds before someone came by to relieve me of its presence. Big ups all around! Another job well done!

Another fabulous Unilocal event. Thanks to Laura and Lala’s for a fun happy hour. Love my new wine glass! I discovered a couple of delicious new-​to-​me wines and enjoyed the company of interesting people.
It was cool to finally taste Root (Philly represent!), which was pretty darn good. I was skeptical about booze made by an art collective, but those artists know how to make liquor. We’ll be back to Lala’s for another sampling soon.
PS: you can buy root online if you really need a bottle for the home!

Friends (new and old), food (tasty preferred and was def provided at Lala land, I needs to get back for a whole pie experience), drink (mmm the Delas Cote Du Rhone was tasty), and a nice place to enjoy all of the above. That’s all I need… and… the ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair…
Thanks to all the sponsors, our own Laura L Cool L, and her crew. Great event! Can’t wait for the next one.