Cactus Lounge

Books & Beers: The Yelp by Chase Compton

StandardTalks presents: Books & Beers

feat. The Yelp: A Heartbreak in Reviews by Chase Compton

About Books & Beers:
A monthly gathering hosted by The Standard, Hollywood to bring Angelenos together by sharing information and ideas through authors inspired by the California culture, climate and landscape.

About The Yelp:

When Chase Compton met the love of his life at a dirty dive bar on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, he had no idea how far from comfort the relationship would take him. Their story played out at every chic restaurant, café, and bar in downtown New York City. Ravenous hunger, it seemed, was their mutual attraction to one another—until suddenly the appetite was spoiled, and Chase was left to pick up the pieces of a romance gone wrong.

Left high, dry, and starving for affection (and cheeseburgers), Chase turned to an unlikely audience in a moment of desperation: Yelp.com. Detailed in the Yelp reviews is the story of how to survive a broken heart. Every meal and cocktail shared is a reminder of times spent with the ever elusive “Him.” In recounting the bites devoured and the drunken fits of passion that propelled the relationship, the author chronicles his whirlwind relationship with the man of his dreams, revisiting the key places where the couple ate, drank, and fell in and out of love in the West Village and beyond.

Tuesday, October 4th at 7PM
Cactus Lounge at The Standard, Hollywood
Free Entry / Please RSVP

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