👋 OH HEY 👋

Mads here! The big game is this weekend. Go sports! Here’s a mix of sports bars, dive bars, and everything in between where you can watch the Super Bowl 🍻

• Highland Park Brewery in Chinatown

• Boomtown Brewery in Little Tokyo

• The Nickel Mine in Sawtelle

• Alta in West Adams

• Barney’s Beanery all over the city

• Founders Ale House in Pico-Robertson

• Tiny’s Hi-Dive in West LA

• Ye Rustic Inn in Los Feliz

• Pijja Palace in Silver Lake

• Penmar in Venice

• Everson Royce Bar in DTLA

• 33 Taps in Silver Lake

• Thunderbird in Brentwood

• All Season Brewing in Miracle Mile

• The Greyhound Bar in Highland Park

• Belles Beach House in Venice

Hosting a party? Order wings and platters from these spots:

• Ggiata 🥪 I’m ordering the hot habanero wings & buttermilk brined chicken tendies…just sayin’.

• Clark Street Bakery 🥖 Pigs in a blanket & cheesy garlic bread!!

• Majordomo 🍗 Ummm fried chicken & caviar?!

• Jon & Vinny’s 🍽️ Signature sandwiches and wings (duh).

• Sunday Gravy 🍝 Mac n’ cheese by the pan? Why tf not?

• Chimmelier 🥢 K-wings and kimchi fried rice. Yes, please.

^{Top Left: Sunday Gravy, Top Right: Clark Street Bakery (📷 by @clarkstreetdiner), Bottom Left: Majordomo (📷 by @majordomola), Bottom Right: Ggiata (📷 by @ggiata)}

As a reminder, we’re still matching donations on this Instagram post here. Now through February 7th, 2025, each dollar donated to Baby2Baby (up to $50,000) will be matched AND an additional matching dollar for dollar donation will be made to LAFD. This means that every dollar you donate will turn into $3!!

Okay, now on to the coolest things to do in LA this week.

🗓️ THINGS TO DO 🗓️

^{The coolest events happening in Los Angeles this week.}

• Online, All week ❤️‍🩹 LAFD just dropped an official capsule collection with participation from some really amazing brands - Born x Raised, Madhappy, Complex, and more (which means it’s chic AF). 100% of the proceeds will be going to the LAFD Foundation.

• Silver Lake, Thursday 2/6 💫 Well, this is the cutest thing ever: Star Party meets every Thursday at Sunset Triangle Plaza to stargaze and encourage people to “look up.”

• Tarzana, Thursday 2/6 🎶 Laidrey Coffee Roasters is having live music night on Thursday! This is bound to be a cozy night.

• Hollywood, Thursday 2/6 🎥 Watch an iconic LA movie at an iconic LA institution: The Hollywood Roosevelt. You’ll watch L.A. Confidential under the stars while sipping cocktails. Great date night idea.

• Atwater Village, Thursday 2/6 ✉️ Perfect friend date idea: a night of letter-writing, tats, and djs at Nico’s with Digital Fruit Cup. Whatever you write, they will send out for you (whether it’s a letter to your lover, your mother, or your future self). No entry fee!

• DTLA, Thursday 2/6 🖼️ Fun date night idea: art exhibit and mini market in DTLA by Obscura Collective.

• Frogtown, Thursday 2/6 🏺 Sip & Sculpt time at Frogtown Brewery! It’s ceramic handbuilding for all ages with Terra Sole Studio.

• Santa Monica, Thursday 2/6 🦪 Found Oyster is heading west! They’ll be popping up at Rustic Canyon for as a collab for wildfire relief.

• Hollywood, Friday 2/7 🤠 Country Night is turning Mel’s Diner into a dive bar on Friday! Your favorite country music songs & line dancing. 100% of ticket sales will be donated to wildfire relief.

• Hollywood, Friday 2/7 🖼️ Happy Black History Month! There’s an art exhibit at NeueHouse Hollywood called Black\stract that explores the emotional depths and resilience of Blackness, weaving together bold colors, dynamic patterns, and expressive forms to create a vivid tapestry of stories.

• Santa Monica, Friday 2/7 🌎 Travel lovers! Here’s a meetup where you can meet like-minded travel buddies in your home city, and hear travel stories and tips.

• West Hollywood, Friday 2/7 ❤️ This is a heartwarming Valentine’s pottery class with Cruz Creations. Craft something unique for someone special—or yourself—while sipping on festive Valentine’s drinks!

• Santa Monica, Friday 2/7 😆 Comedy Jamwich is back! It’s a comedy show with free drinks all night. All proceeds are going to LA Fire Relief!

• Culver City, Friday 2/7 💔 Do you have a breakup story you need to get off your chest? Do you want to hear tales of heartbreak that you can relate to? Head over to Valentine's Heartbreak Storytelling night at Village Well, to either share or just listen.

• Beverly Grove, Friday 2/7 🎤 It’s a community open mic night and benefit for fire relief at Rita House. Perfect way to give back.

• Pico-Union, Friday 2/7 🍷 Le Chill & Club Teal are putting on this fun benefit party called Fiction. Secret venue! Good music! Even better wine!

• Hollywood, Friday 2/7 & Saturday 2/8 ❤️‍🩹 A 2-day benefit shop for LA fire relief! If you were affected by the fires, you can pick up new Levi’s, Beyond Yoga, and more.

• West Hollywood, Saturday 2/8 💭 It’s not too late to make your vision board for 2025! Head to this workshop at The Pendry with Wepa Beauty.

• Culver City, Saturday 2/8 🐶 Pup lovers! FREN is launching their Valentine’s Day collection at Platform on Saturday. There will be matcha and puppuccinos from Little Match Studio.

• Venice, Saturday 2/8 💐 Be a florist for the day and create your own bouquet at this flower workshop at Zinque in Venice.

• West Adams, Saturday 2/8 📖 Woah, a storytelling supper club! The night begins with a story performance based on the theme of the evening. You are then invited to share your own stories in small groups over dinner at Sweet Antelope. How sweet!

• East Hollywood, Saturday 2/8 🕺 It’s the last installment of I Think You Should Dance! at Gold Diggers on Saturday! Boogie your night away.

• Historic Filipinotown, Sunday 2/9 📚 It’s Galentine’s Day at A Good Used Book! Featuring an all-ladies roster with Veggie Banh Mi sandwiches, handmade and painted chocolates, vintage clothing, flowers and dried wreaths, handmade ceramics, and more.

• Glassell Park, Sunday 2/9 ❤️ Forget store bought cards this Valentine’s Day. Terra Sole Studio is having a hands-on clay workshop on Sunday where you’ll sculpt, carve, and stamp your own ceramic love notes. Awwwww,

• Los Feliz, Sunday 2/2 📕 It’s Sunday Reading Club! Yep, you’ll read in silence together in Griffith Park. Reserve your spot here!

• Koreatown, Monday 2/10 😆 Looking to laugh? Here’s a live comedy game show happening at Dynasty Typewriter on Monday.

📍PLACES TO BE📍

^{New openings, places you should know about, what I’m adding to my starting lineup, etc.}

^{Top Left: Chamberlain Coffee (📷 by @chamberlaincoffee), Top Right: Koast (📷 by @koastrestaurant), Bottom Left: Open Air Cafe (📷 by @cafebyopenair), Bottom Right: Bread, Expresso &, (📷 by @breadespressoand_la)}

• Chamberlain Coffee, Century City ☕️ Eek! Emma Chamberlain opened her first ever coffee shop at Westfield Century City!! The line is long, but that peanut butter mocha is worth it.

• Bread, Espresso &, Redondo Beach 🍞 It’s the first U.S. location of the beloved Japanese bakery-cafe Bread, Espresso &! I need to try their iconic mou bread…

• Open Air Cafe, West Hollywood 🛍️ Cool kid coffee shop & shopping experience. Back open in WeHo!

• Koast, Hollywood 🦞 New casual, East Coast-influenced seafood restaurant on Melrose by the chef behind Kali.

• Evangeline Swamp Room, Chinatown 🍻 New NOLA-themed bar in Chinatown. The po’boys look great.

💬 ONE FINAL THING 💬

See ya around,

Mads

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