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What’s Up Culture Watch Westside SMO brings Aviation history to the community By Sarah A. Spitz OUT AND ABOUT IN SANTA MONICA Late Summer, Early Fall Thursday, August 24 SUMMER’S STARTING TO CALL IT a day, but the arts keep on keeping Friends Book Bingo on. This snippet-filled preview is a Join organizers for a fun evening of sampling of what’s happening in getting to know your neighbors, the next few days and weeks. The playing with your family, and meeting members of the library’s sup- SEE CULTURE PAGE 6 portive Friends organization. Play games & win free book prizes. Space limited. Fairview Branch Library, 2101 Ocean Park Blvd, 6:30 – 8 p.m. Play Time Journaling Journaling offers a tremendous By Cynthia Citron benefit for the mind, body, and spirit. Join us as we write from THE ESTONIAN FENCER: prompts. No writing experience necessary. Bring your favorite pen Drafted By The or pencil and willingness to exper- iment on the page! Journals will Photos by Marina Andalon Germans, Pursued be provided. Pico Branch Library, MUSEUM: The City and the Museum of Flying have agreed to a long term lease with an annual rent of By The KGB 2201 Pico Blvd, 2 – 3 p.m. one dollar for five years. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST Current Events MARINA ANDALON since 1979 and over the years the facility has heart-warming moments in any Discussion Group Daily Press Staff Writer shown community members and aviation movie is the image of Sylvester Join organizers for a lively discus- lovers the history of aviation. Stallone racing in triumph up the sion of the latest news with your The City of Santa Monica takes pride in “The museum is unique in that it has many steps of the Philadelphia Museum friends and neighbors. Fairview their unique attractions and locals can be spoilt features and displays that chronicle the history Branch Library, 2101 Ocean Park for choice in choosing a weekend activity. Aside of the Douglas Aircraft Company including SEE PLAY PAGE 5 Blvd, 1 – 2:30 p.m. from the world-famous beaches and renowned authentic artifacts and exhibits of the compa- arts communities, the city is also home to sev- ny,” said Daniel Ryan, Museum of Flying eral museums, each with a specific focus. Managing Director. Friday, August 25 City Hall recently took steps to guarantee The museum features exhibits like the Early one of its cultural institutions, the Santa Aviation Hangar Bay. A place of the museum Film Review Citizenship Classes Monica History Museum and the Museum of where visitors could begin their experience by An ongoing series of classes Flying will remain open for years to come. By Kathryn Whitney Boole taught by Adult Education Center The Museum of Flying has served the City SEE SMO PAGE 3 instructors. Instructors help stu- FILM REVIEW dents complete and submit their application, and prepare them to DETROIT pass the official review. Enrollment Rated R is through the SMMUSD Adult 143 Minutes Center (310) 664-6222, ext. Released August 4 76203. Pico Branch Library, 2201 Pico Blvd, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. THIS MOVIE WILL PICK YOU up and throw you right out of your Guest House Open comfort zone - in this case that’s a Free tours begin at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. positive aspect. This is a hard film and 1 p.m. No reservations need- to watch. However, as Maya

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Lee eventual- Unidos, Melina Abdullah - Black Lives Matter, Pan-African Studies – CSULA, and Sean Tuesday night, as actors, directors, artists ly became publisher, and Timely eventually Arce - Xicanx Institute for Teaching and Organizing. and illustrators lauded the Marvel Comics became Marvel. Along the way, he created The forum will feature a powerful panel of educators, activists and cultural leaders legend for creating a vast universe of fantas- such characters as Thor, the X-Men, Black that will discuss the future of ethnic studies in public schools, black-brown solidarity and tic, flawed, righteous and relatable super- Panther and the Fantastic Four, cheered indigenous and spiritual connections in the struggle for social, racial, environmental and heroes. along by his wife, Joan, who died last month economic justice. Mark Ruffalo, Aisha Tyler, Lou Ferrigno, at age 93. Panel discussion topics include implementing K-14 Raza Studies/Ethnic Studies, RZA and comics creator Todd McFarlane RZA, a filmmaker and co-founder of Wu- regenerating Chican@ Studies/departments, black and brown unities, and demographic were among the speakers at “Extraordinary: Tang Clan, performed one of Lee’s “Stan’s imperatives. Stan Lee,” a tribute hosted by Chris Soapbox” columns. Originally published in PYFC invites all educators, activists, community organizers and youth workers and Hardwick and broadcast into more than 150 1968, Lee posted the editorial denouncing anyone interested in building a stronger movement to address institutionalized racism movie theaters across the country. bigotry on Twitter last week after the vio- through Xicana/o and ethnic studies. The two-hour program mixed live lence in Charlottesville, Virginia. - SUBMITTED BY PYFC appearances with video tributes and animat- RZA recalled buying comic books as a kid ed segments that told the story of Lee’s and being inspired by characters like Silver career. The 94-year-old dreamer behind Surfer, Luke Cage, Spider-Man and Storm. NOTICE OF Spider-Man, Iron Man and scores of other “Those characters inspired me and took superheroes sat center stage at the Saban me to a place where there was a world, a PUBLIC HEARING Theatre in Beverly Hills as one artist-admir- Marvel universe, where there wasn’t no big- er after another shared how his characters otry; where there was heroes that looked like NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Santa Monica Community College District (SMCCD) will and creative energy inspired them. me, and where I could think that justice and hold a public hearing on the 2017-18 Proposed Budget for approval by the Board of Trustees. “I’ve patterned my life after yours,” fun would prevail over all,” he said. ‘’Guardians of the Galaxy” writer-director “Wouldn’t that be the greatest world in The Proposed Budget Documents will be available for review at the Santa Monica College James Gunn said in a video message. the world?” Lee said. Business Administration Office, 2714 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica CA 90405 or the SMCCD Ruffalo, Tyler, J.K. Simmons and Kaley Other Lee disciples appearing onstage webpage at http://www.smc.edu/ACG/Pages/Trustees-Meeting-Information.aspx starting at Cuoco also appeared via video, though Lee included documentarian Morgan Spurlock 8:00a.m. on Thursday, August 31, 2017. confessed after the first clip played: “I can’t and actors Alan Tudyk, Hal Sparks, Kelly Hu The public hearing will be held in the Santa Monica College Board Room (Business hear or understand anything on that screen.” and Michael Rooker. Building Room 117), 1900 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405 on Tuesday, Ferrigno was there in the flesh, posing Lee was in his typical quick-witted September 5, 2017 at 7:00 P.M., at which time and place, interested persons may attend like the Hulk as he took the stage. good spirits. When show sponsor Fila pre- and be heard. “I wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for sented him with a jacket embroidered with Stan,”he said, adding that he was inspired by his name, Lee quipped, “In case I get Robert Isomoto, Vice President, Business/Administration comic books long before he played “The amnesia.” He also offered advice for aspir- Incredible Hulk” on TV in the late 1970s. ing cameo actors and said he’s waiting for McFarlane compared Lee to Walt Disney. the film academy to create a category for Hardwick described him as “Hugh Hefner such roles. Lee has cameoed in 38 Marvel CITY OF SANTA MONICA for nerds.” productions. “Batman” producer Michael Uslan read a Hardwick, who at one point sweetly tied REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS loving letter he had originally written Lee on Lee’s shoe, said it’s impossible to quantify his his 90th birthday. pop-culture contributions: “When you go NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Santa Monica invites sealed proposals for “I owe you a big thanks, in a way that back and look at 70-plus years of working in nearly matches my thanks to my parents and the comics industry — not just the charac- RFQUAL: #82217 REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL SERVICES FOR SANTA MONICA AIRPORT teachers, who tried to convey the same pre- ters he’s created but the people he’s inspired cepts to me, only they could never do so in — there should be a class at MIT to calculate such an entertaining and effective way as you the ripple effect that Stan has had on pop • Submission Deadline is September 13, 2017 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time. did through the magic of your comic book culture.” Proposals must include forms furnished by the City of Santa Monica. Request for Proposals may be obtained on the CITY’S ONLINE VENDOR PORTAL. The website for this Earlier this month the City and the Request for Proposals and related documents is: Planet Bids or SMO Museum of Flying have agreed to a long-term http://vendors.planetbids.com/SantaMonica/bidsearch4.cfm. There is no charge for the FROM PAGE 1 lease with an annual rent of $1 for five years with the option to renew for an additional five. RFP package. seeing the Wright Flyer replica that was fea- “The City of Santa Monica is fully com- tured in the movie, Night at the Museum: mitted to doing its part to preserve and cele- Battle of the Smithsonian. brate our rich aviation history,” said Mayor YOUR OPINION MATTERS! SEND YOUR LETTERS TO • Santa Monica Daily Press • Attn. “Visitors can view nearly 20 aircraft, avi- Pro Tem Gleam Davis in a recent press Editor: • 1640 5th Street, Suite 218 • Santa Monica, CA 90401 • [email protected] ation exhibits and artifacts, and a vast avia- release. “We expect the Museum of Flying tion at display including three very largely will serve the community for years to come murals of aircraft built by the Douglas and will be a center piece as the airport fully Aircraft Company,” said Ryan. transitions to parks, open space, recreation, Exhibits also include the Aircraft Display education and cultural uses.” Gallery, an interactive area that features In addition to its cultural/educational hands on activities for children with open value, the museum has also functioned as an cockpits in a Convair 240 nose section and a events venue for other organizations includ- static cockpit trainer for a Lockheed T-33 ing firefighter cadet graduation. aircraft. Visitors also get the chance to mon- In return for the rental fee, the museum TAXES itor the local control tower radio communi- has committed to continuing free tours for cations and enjoy a direct view to the run- schools and allowing the City to use the way of the Santa Monica Airport. facility four times per year for community “The main audience is of all ages and events at no cost. ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES background. Children ages 3 and older can Ryan said, “The Museum of Flying is gain knowledge, understanding, and educa- important to the City because it preserves, BACK TAXES • BOOKKEEPING • SMALL BUSINESS tion from visiting the museum,” said Ryan. presents and educates the visitors on the The Museum Screen room features avia- Douglas Aircraft Company and the history tion related documentaries, famous aviation of Aviation.” themed films and historic footage during The museum is currently on summer hours (310) 395-9922 regular operating hours. The museum offers and open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 an outdoors aircraft display plaza situated a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information you can SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA directly in front of the museum, the display visit http://www.museumofflying.org/ . plaza has direct access to the airside of the 100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800 Santa Monica 90401 Santa Monica Airport. [email protected] Entertainment 4 THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2017 Visit us online at www.smdp.com WINE REVIEW A Little Bit of Greece in Santa Monica

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•CATASTROPHIC PERSONAL INJURIES BY TALIA TINARI 97% Debina grapes, a white grape that is indigenous to Epirius, and 3 % of the dark •WRONGFUL DEATH I SAT WITH MY FRIEND CATHERINE, WHO berried varietal,Vlachiko, also a local grape. •MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS is a wine supplier to the restaurant Inotheke These local grapes are typically blended (606 Broadway) as she quickly went down together in this area and most commonly •BICYCLE ACCIDENTS the list, calling out wines she would recom- with sparkling wines. The twelve-year-old •SPINAL CORD INJURIES mend. She was almost at the reds when I vines have been cultivated using sustainable stopped her. “Wait, go back to the sparkling methods by owner and oenologist Lefteris •TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES wines!” I hadn’t heard anything she’d said Glinavos who established the 48 acre about the whites. I was thinking about the Boutique Winery in 1978 after returning •DOG BITES way she had described a particular sparkling from Bordeaux oenology school. •TRIP & FALLS wine, “ …it comes in 500 milliliter bottles, The wine gets its bubbles and slight kind of an orange wine, any beer drinker or oxidative characteristics from a secondary someone that likes cider would really like fermentation in the spring. The crushed You Pay Nothing Until this wine.” As if on cue, owner Carolos grapes are macerated, (which aids in the Your Case Is Resolved Tomazos arrives at our table. We explain that extraction of phenolic compounds) for 12 Robert Lemle I am on a mission to find a great wine to days with the skins still in contact with the review for the Santa Monica Daily Press. flesh of the grapes. It is fermented in oak “What did you decide?” he asked. I looked at casks until fermentation stops in the winter 310.392.3055 Catherine. “The sparkling,” I say. “Are you and then brought to a secondary fermenta- www.lemlelaw.com sure?” they both ask me. “That’s a kinda’ tion in tanks. It is common for the ‘out-there’ wine for your first article.”“Yes, I sparkling wines of the Zitsa zone to be want the Domaine Glinavos Plaeokirisio made in this style. Ioannina,” I say, stumbling through the Our selection arrived in a squat 500ml Greek pronunciation. It may have seemed bottle with a crown cap, or a beer cap clo- too risky to them and, somewhere in the sure. It had the perlage (roughly translated PRESIDENT CONTRIBUTING WRITERS back of my mind, I also worried that it was as quality of bubbles) of a beer, with a tiny- Ross Furukawa David Pisarra, Charles Andrews, [email protected] Jack Neworth, 1640 5th Street, Suite 218 too esoteric, too much a wine that only a foamy head, that throughout the lunch dis- Sarah A. Spitz, Cynthia Citron, Santa Monica, CA 90401 sommelier would like and something that sipated, eventually looking more like a still PUBLISHER Kathryn Boole OFFICE (310) 458-PRESS (7737) would be rejected out of hand for not being wine. I was expecting a golden-orange color Rob Schwenker FAX (310) 576-9913 easily categorized. I also worried that it but the wine had more of an amber-orange [email protected] PRODUCTION MANAGER would be overly oxidized as some orange hue. It had a crème brulee nose, but not in Darren Ouellette wines can be. Oxidation occurs when air the same way a dessert wine with high sugar EDITOR IN CHIEF [email protected] Matthew Hall comes in contact with the wine, causing and high alcohol would smell. This was [email protected] OPERATIONS/ chemical changes and deterioration. more of a cooked sugar smell, without the CIRCULATION/LEGAL The Santa Monica Daily Press publishes Oxidized wine will often smell like sherry cloyingly sweet note, like a kitchen the day STAFF WRITERS SERVICES MANAGER Monday - Saturday with a circulation of 10,000 and lack flavor. It is not generally a desirable after baking a pie. Marina Andalon Josh Heisler on weekdays and 11,000 on the weekend. The characteristic. True orange wines are made For our meal, we ordered the grilled [email protected] [email protected] Daily Press is adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Los by fermenting the skin and seeds of white octopus with herb salad, shallot and capers Kate Cagle CIRCULATION Angeles and covers news relevant to the City grapes in an earthenware vessel, such as and the eggplant-tahini salad with shallots, [email protected] of Santa Monica. The Daily Press is a member Keith Wyatt of the California Newspaper Publisher’s ceramic or terra cotta. Unfortunately, the cherry tomato and parsley. The wine paired [email protected] Association, the National Newspaper market has also named poorly made, oxi- beautifully with the herb, shallot and caper ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Association and the Santa Monica Chamber of Andrew Oja Achling Holliday Commerce. The paper you’re reading this on is dized wines as ‘orange’, thus tarnishing the flavors, the bit of tannins from the Vlachico [email protected] [email protected] composed of 100% post consumer content and reputation of wines that are meant to have a grape supported the sea protein of the the ink used to print these words is soy based. slightly oxidative quality. octopus. The wine really began to sing We are proud recipients of multiple honors for outstanding news coverage from the California We often think of Greece in terms of the when we paired it with the lamb and orzo. 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HONORING DOLORES ARTS Last but not least, on September 8, Dolores, FROM PAGE 6 the new documentary about Dolores Huerta, one of the least visible, yet most important ty, opens at The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble labor leaders of the 20th century, opens at in West L.A. Yes, you are allowed to laugh. Laemmle’s Royal Theatre in West L.A. www.odysseytheatre.com She was an equal partner in co-founding And as usual, presenting the unusual, the first farmworkers union alongside Cesar City Garage brings us the U.S. premiere of Chavez, but her contributions have gone “Carmen Disruption.” This is a play by the largely unrecognized. A defiant man who wrote both “Heisenberg” and “The feminist/activist, now 87 years old and Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- intensely private, this mother of 11 allows Time,” Simon Stephens. He reimagines the intimate and unprecedented access and opera Carmen, but deconstructs it as a med- reveals the raw personal stakes involved in itation on love and loneliness in the frac- committing one’s life to social change. A tured urban world. An opera singer lost in movie for our times. doloresthemovie.com the city. A gorgeous male prostitute. A tough-talking taxi driver. A global trader. A SARAH A. SPITZ is an award-winning public teenage dreamer. Everyone’s looking for radio producer, now retired from KCRW, where something they can’t find. You can find it she also produced arts stories for NPR. She here, opening September 8 at the Bergamot writes features and reviews for various print and Station based theatre: www.citygarage.org online publications.

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BY TIM DAHLBERG Super Bowl by getting together in larger AP Boxing Writer numbers than usual. “I think this is first and foremost a televi- Conor McGregor’s improbable challenge sion event,” said Taffet, who oversaw 190 of Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be seen by a pay-per-views in his career at HBO. “The staggering 50 million people in the United success of this fight in the financial record States as fans and the curious gather in small books of history will be made on pay-per- and large parties. view. And I believe it’s going to deliver.” The fight Saturday night threatens the Industry observers say it’s hard to judge pay-per-view revenue record set by how many homes will buy a pay-per-view Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao two years until the day of the fight many times, as peo- ago and could dwarf it in viewership as people often buy late. But the anecdotal evidence ple use the event as a reason to have friends — primarily the chatter on social media — and family over for a little escapism and con- indicates a good likelihood of it smashing the trolled violence. 4.6 million record of pay-per-view sales set “It’s a cultural event that crosses all by the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. demographics and all social and economic That’s largely because the matchup will factors,” said Mark Taffet, who formerly ran likely cross over from being just a sporting pay-per-view for HBO. “People are getting event to a party night. DO YOU REMEMBER together to have a great time and we surely “We have definitely seen massive general need an excuse to have a great time.” market interest in addition to the sports YOUR FIRST VISIT TO Taffet said that while an average of 5-6 fan,” said Stephen Espinoza, who heads people normally watches a pay-per-view, he sports for Showtime, which will televise the SANTA MONICA? wouldn’t be surprised if the fight averages 10 fight. “These general market viewers are people a household. If it sells 5 million pay- often not part of the audience for even the per-views as widely anticipated, the fight biggest combat sports event. So the ceiling is could be watched by nearly one in six pretty high.” Americans. Espinoza said the very nature of the fight Share it for a chance to win a The fight will also be seen by millions — a matchup between a UFC star who has more worldwide, with promoters claiming it never boxed as a pro against one of the Santa Monica hotel stay! will be available either online or on a TV greatest fighters of his time — will drive the Visit santamonicatourism.com screen to more than 1 billion homes in 200 pay-per-view sales. different countries. “We believe this is an unprecedented “If you are in Manhattan or you are on a event, quite frankly no one knows what to desert island somewhere, if you have Wi-Fi, expect,” he said. “The element of these two you can buy this fight,” promoter Dana outspoken personalities in one unprecedent- White said. ed event is compelling.” Each pay-per-view sale means more An early indication of interest in the fight money in the wallets of both fighters. is the massive betting both in Nevada and in Though estimates vary widely, Mayweather other places where it is legal. Bookmakers is expected to make some $200 million, say it will be the biggest bet fight ever, with while McGregor will likely pocket at least an overwhelming number of the early tickets $100 million. on McGregor to pull an upset. Though ticket sales have been slow in Las Still, there are plenty of tickets left in the Vegas — largely because of astronomical arena itself, where prices originally ranged prices — the fight is shaping up as must-see from $2,500 in the upper sections to $10,000 TV at a price of $99.95. People are expected at ringside. Ticket prices have been dropping to buy the fight in record numbers, with in the resale market — with some available many sharing the cost of the telecast with for less than $1,300 on Tuesday — and are friends and family they invite over. expected to decline more in the days before Taffet said people will treat it much like a the fight.

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A personal win right at the top of this solar return will be a game-changer. You’ve been working toward this a long time, but that didn’t prepare you for the decisions you’ll have to make. Worthy mentors will help you through. Seek those with qualities of kindness and compassion as well as worldly success. Taurus and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 28, 3, 46 and 12.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) You can. Somewhere along the line you got a “You have to dive down, as it were,” the great totally different message, and that message Bohemian novelist Franz Kafka wrote in his was a lie, based on assumptions and partial diary. “And sink more rapidly than that which information. You can. And furthermore, you will. sinks in advance of you.” TAURUS (April 20-May 20) SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) Everything you get to call your own in this Defend what you’re doing. Maybe this is just world comes with maintenance, including about keeping the distractions and interrup- friendship. For those less socially inclined, tions at bay, or maybe your process and prod- friendship maintenance takes effort, but for uct will come into question. Anyway, while Agnes By TONY COCHRAN you it’s as it should be -- just plain fun. going to bat for yourself you’ll learn something. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Keep track. Then later, when you slip into one Boy, will your brain be busy today, assaulted of those “what am I doing, what have I accom- with way too many facts, plenty of jibber-jab- plished, have I wasted my life” type of moods, ber, a dash of rumor and a pinch or two of you’ll have plenty of reminders. speculation. The peace of this afternoon will come as a big relief. CANCER (June 22-July 22) All the improvement starts in your mind. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Thinking better is doing better. New research Though you must see this project through, and will help you to harness the latent power of your it’s definitely worth sticking with for all the brain to deliver higher levels of achievement. learning, fun and profits it will yield, don’t think for a minute that this is it for you. The best LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) work is the work you haven’t thought of yet. Dogs of C-Kennel By MICK & MASON MASTROIANNI & JOHNNY HART Many of our broad-based opinions and feelings are inherited from the culture we know best. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) But if that inheritance is causing stress or There are circumstances, your opinion of them even anguish, lose it. A belief’s popularity has and a thread of tension suspended in between nothing to do with its rightness. to carry your emotional reaction. To change your emotion, tweak either the circumstances VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) or your opinion. Universally, flying is commonly thought of as a peaceful experience. Pictures of the PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Earth from space bring fascination and You’ve a sense that some of the ride has been calm. Serenity flows naturally from a kept from you, and you’re now eager for the full heightened perception. Spiritually, rise up experience. You want to know what’s behind not and look down. just some of the doors but all of them.

Zack Hill By JOHN DEERING & JOHN NEWCOMBE Venus and Uranus Give Approval Ratings

Many people are so addicted to social validation that they fake a happier lifestyle than they live. It makes no sense to those who would rather be happy than seem happy, but it’s a good indicator of the strongly addictive properties of approval. Venus squared to Uranus has a suggestion: To reduce your need for approval, approve of yourself.

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The following list was provided by Santa Monica Travel and Tourism. Visit http://www.santamonica.com/santa-monica-restaurants for more information. DOWNTOWN AND THIRD STREET PROMENADE Wokcano — Sunday and Monday, all day and Truxton’s American Bistro — Monday through Ocean and Vine and BarBelle at Loews Santa Monica Tuesday through Saturday, 4 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 3 to 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. to late $5 Beach Hotel — Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 Bar Chloe — Monday through Friday, 6 to 8 Available at the bar and lounge area. Great well cocktails and tap wine. $3-8 appetizers. p.m. $5 draft beers, domestic bottles, gar- p.m. Happy hour menu including select $5- drink specials, one-of-a-kind patio seating, lic fries and chips & salsa; $6 well cocktails, 7 appetizers, $4 draft beer, $5 wines of the $5 draft beer, sangria, well drinks, house Wine Expo — Monday and Thursday night drink of the week, ceviche and hummus & day and $6 select cocktails. wine, hot sake and sake bombs. $3-10 food “20/20” wine tasting, sample tasting pita chips; $7 wine of the week, short rib options are available as well. pours of the 20 different rotating wines in sliders, fried calamari and chicken skewers Barney’s Beanery — Monday through Friday, 4 a broad range of styles that are offered at to 7 p.m. $3.50 selected drafts and $4.50 Ye Olde King’s Head — Monday through Friday, the bar for $20. Robata Bar — Daily, 5 to 7 p.m. and Monday well drinks. 4 to 7 p.m. Special priced appetizers and through Thursday, 10 to 11 p.m. $5 red or drinks in the pub. white wine, $5 strawberry fizz and happy Benihana — Monday through Friday, 4 to 7 MONTANA AVENUE hour prices on small plates. p.m. Drink specials include great prices on sake, beer, wine and specialty cocktails. MAIN STREET Blue Plate — Daily, 9 to 10 p.m. Half-priced Rusty’s Surf Ranch — Monday through Friday, 4 Good deals on Benihana Bites, specialty beer, wine and farmers market sangria. to 7 p.m. $5 selected wines or Rusty’s Blue rolls and selected hand rolls. Areal Restaurant — Daily, 4 to 7 p.m. $4 beer, $6 Iguana Margarita, $3 BBQ pork sliders, $5 select glasses of wine and $6 select special- R+D Kitchen — Saturday and Sunday $5 mix of appetizers. Britannia Pub — Monday through Friday, 3pm ty cocktails and special priced appetizers. mimosas and Bloody Marys. to 7pm for drinks and 4 to 7 p.m. for food. Sushi Roku — Monday through Friday, 5 to $4 well drinks, wine, craft and premium Basement Tavern — Monday through Saturday, 5 6:30 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday, 4 beer and $3 domestic beer. $5 mimosa, $7 to 8 p.m. and Sunday, 5 p.m. to close $3-6 PICO BOULEVARD to 6:30 p.m. $5 selected drinks and $3-6 Bloody Mary and selection of $5 meals. beer, $5 well drinks, $5 wine, $3-9 appetizers. appetizers. El Texate Restaurant & Bar — Daily, 4 to 7 p.m. Cabo Cantina — Daily, 4 to 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Brick + Mortar — Monday-Friday, 12 to 6 p.m. $4 house margarita, $20 margarita pitch- The Dining Room, Hotel Shangri-La —Monday to 12:30 a.m. 2-for-1 drinks everyday. Come join $2 off all draft beers, $5 well drinks, $5 er and good prices on small plates. through Friday, 4 to 6 p.m. Special prices us for our Happy Hour and daily food & drink house wine and champagne, $4-10 small on drinks and appetizers. specials in a fun and festive environment. plates and $10 pizzas. Trip — Daily, 12 to 7 p.m. Special prices for drinks. The Lobster — Monday through Friday, 4:30 to Copa D’Oro — Tuesday through Saturday, Enterprise Fish Co. — Daily, 4 to 7 p.m. and Friday Upper West — Daily, 5 to 7 p.m., Monday, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Come and enjoy colorful cock- 5:30 to 8 p.m. and all day Monday. $5 off through Saturday, 9 to 11 p.m. Special prices 10 p.m. $5 house wine, $6 sparkling wine, tails like the Lobster Margarita and cocktails, $4 off wine, $2 off beer and food. on drinks, wine, shellfish and small plates. $6 selected cocktails, $4-9 small plates. Diamond’s Orange Crush for $6 and draft beer for $4. Appetizers such as the Oyster Lago — Daily, 4 to 7 p.m. and all night on La Vecchia Cucina — Monday through of the Day and Santa Monica Style Lobster Tuesday at the bar. Come and enjoy drink Saturday, 5 to 7 p.m. $5-7 appetizers, $5 PIER AND OCEAN AVENUE Roll range from $2-6. specials along with food like appetizers, piz- house wines, $5 well drinks, $4 beer. zas, salads and soups on our bar or patio. Casa Martin — Monday through Friday, 4 to 7 The Lounge, Hotel Casa Del Mar — Monday Library Alehouse — Monday through Friday, 3 to p.m. $2 tacos Mondays and Tuesdays, $3 through Friday, 3 to 6 p.m. Enjoy the relax- Maré Santa Monica — Daily, 5 to 7 p.m. 50% off 6 p.m. Special prices on beer, wine and food. fish tacos Thursdays and Fridays. $4 off ing sights and sounds of the Pacific Ocean specialty cocktails and sangria, exclusive any margaritas, $3.50 any beer including over handcrafted cocktails, refreshing san- bar bites menu, as well as specials. Full M Street Kitchen — Monday through Friday, 4 to draft, $2 off any appetizers, and $6 sangria, small plates and our daily live music. dining room seating available. 6:30 p.m. $3 bottled beers, $5 wines by the grias Monday through Friday. glass, $6 well drinks, $2 tacos and $5 burger. Mercado — Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 p.m. CAST Restaurant, Viceroy Santa Monica — Daily, 5 to WILSHIRE BOULEVARD and Saturday through Sunday, 4 to 6 p.m. Rick’s Tavern — Monday through Thursday, 4 7 p.m. Specials include $7 craft cocktails, Special happy hour menu items, $4 draft beer, to 7 p.m. and Friday, 3 to 7 p.m. House $5 beer, $6 wine and $5-$10 small bites. El Cholo — Monday through Friday, 3 to 6:30 $9 top shelf margarita, $5-9 small plates. wines, select beers & well cocktails for $4. p.m. Selected $6 appetizers, $4 Draft Beer, Special Happy Hour menu. Chez Jay — Daily, 4:30 to 6 p.m. $6 beer and $7 El Cholo Margarita. Discount on premi- Sonoma Wine Garden — Daily, 3 to 7 p.m. wine and $6 appetizers. um tequila selection and Taco Tuesday is Special prices on small plates and drinks in The Galley — Daily, 5 to 7 p.m. Two tacos for Happy Hour All Night the bar or garden. $6 and special prices on appetizers and Coast Restaurant, Shutters on the Beach — Monday small plates. through Thursday, 4 to 7 p.m. $2-6 appe- FIG Restaurant, Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows The Craftsman Bar + Kitchen — Daily, 4 to 8 p.m. tizers, $8 specialty cocktails, $6 house — Daily, 5 to 6 p.m. 50% off our select din- $5 well drinks, $5 house wine, $5 cocktails, wine, $4 beer of the day. ner menu items, cocktail menu and wine list. $5 small plates, $4 Lagunitas IPA. MID-CITY Herringbone — Monday through Friday, 4:30 Tacoteca — Daily, 4:30 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. The Curious Palate — Monday through Friday, 4 Bodega Wine Bar — Monday through Friday, 5 to to 6:30 p.m. $1 oysters, special priced to close Food and drink specials. to 7 p.m. Half-price on selected wines and 7 p.m. and Sunday through Thursday, 10 p.m. small bites and discounted libations includ- beer by the glass. to close Food & drink specials include $6 ing $5 draft beer, $7 specialty cocktails Wilshire Restaurant — Monday through glasses of wine, $4 beers and $6 appetizers. and $6 house red and white wine. Thursday, 5 p.m. to close and Friday The Misfit — Daily, 12 to 7 p.m. $6 selected through Saturday, 5 to 7 p.m. Delicious $7- cocktails, beer, wine by the glass. 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