From National Coffee Day, Benebone's Yappy Hour with Pavlov the Corgi at Angel City Brewery, AbilityFirst Fall Festival, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Rosh Hashanah dinners and specials, the 25th Abbot Kinney Festival and Dave's Hot Chicken's new location opening, here's what's popping up in LA this week.Friday, September 27Dave's Hot Chicken has come a long way since their street food pop up days in East Hollywood. Dave's is now the second most popular restaurant in the country according to Yelp. To continue the momentum, they're opening a second location in the heart of North Hollywood's Arts District with plans to expand nationally. This fast casual concept specializes in Nashville hot chicken, ranging from No Heat? to Reaper? spice levels that are sure to make an impact. To cool off, they'd recommend house-made kale slaw or creamy mac n' cheese. They open at 11:30 a.m. on Friday and close at 1 a.m;Dave's new location can be found at 5166 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood. Stop by daily, Monday-Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. daveshotchicken.com/?Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28?It's no secret that Angelenos love their dogs. This weekend, there are two great events hosted by Benebone, a USA-made dog chew company, that you can take your furry friend to; Paint and Sip With Your Pup on Friday, and Yappy Hour with Pavlov the Corgi (an Instafamous doggo) on Sunday. Paint and Sip with your Pup will be hosted at the Centinela Feed & Pet store starting at 6 p.m. where you'll do exactly what it sounds like- paint a dog bowl pottery piece and sip wine with your dog. Pieces will be glazed at Color Me Mine, and attendees will receive a Benebone swag bag (including a bacon wishbone). Yappy Hour with Pavlov The Corgi will be at Angel City Brewery in DTLA from noon to 3 p.m. There will be free beer and bar bites, fun games and prizes and a Benebone swag bag for all attendees.Both events are free to attend. For Sips With Your Pup, register at eventbrite.com/e/paint-sip-with-your-pup-decorate-your-own-dog-bowl-yappy-hour-tickets-71160971381. The event will be at Centinela Feed & Pet Supplies, 3860 South Centinela Ave. Mar Vista.For Yappy Hour, please register at eventbrite.com/e/yappy-hour-beer-games-and-fun-for-both-you-and-your-dog-tickets-68625082469 This event is located at Angel City Brewery 216 South Alameda St., downtown.Saturday ,September 28 and Sunday, September 29The Gelato Festival takes place on??the plaza of the Pacific Design Center , ?the final American round of culinary competitions in 2019 where the coolest? chefs gather to impress both a professional tasting panel as well as thousands of fans who will vote for their favorite expression of Italy's most famous frozen dessert.
The f
estival will run from 11am until 7pm, with live entertainment and art complimented by an exhibition tent featuring some of LA's finest restaurants to pair alongside the official competing flavors which include
Mexican Chocolate with sweet mole and cacahuate,
Strawberry Herbal Sorbet,
Pineapple Butter Gelato, and
Mangonada with chamoy sauce and tajin spices among many others.
Tickets are available at
gelatofestival.com with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Charity Partner
Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles based charity that cooks and delivers over 600,000 nutritious meals each year, free of charge, to the homes of men, women, and children affected by life-threatening illnesses.
Sunday, September 29Rosh Hashanah begins Sunday and restaurant Lucques is celebrating with a Sunday Supper Dinner co-hosted by Author of The Seasonal Jewish Kitchen, Amelia Saltsman. The supper will feature duck liver crostini, good luck fruits, ricotta dumplings with chicken soup, and the main course offers both a meat and a vegetarian choice of either fall squash with King Trumpet mushrooms, freekeh, cashews, bitter greens and cumin vinaigrette, or braised beef brisket with horseradish gremolata and roasted carrot-sweet potato tzimmes. Finish the evening with Amelia's Apples in Nightgowns? with honeyed walnuts and cinnamon ice cream. Come celebrate the Jewish New Year right!Reservations are $65 per person and start at 5 p.m and end at 9 p.m. To book, call (323) 655-6277 or book online at lucques.com. Lucques is located at 8474 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood.Sunday, September 29AbilityFirst 45th Annual Festival of fall is happening this Sunday at Pasadena's Historic Laurabelle A. Robinson House from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. AbilityFirst is a nonprofit organization that helps both kids and adults with disabilities achieve their full potential throughout their lives through employment preparation, training and programs that offer individuals and caretakers ways to achieve their personal goals. This year, the festival is featuring 25 restaurants, such as Sushi Roku, El Cholo, and Roy's to name a few. Libations are being provided by Dulce Vida Tequila, Krafted Spirits, Loring Wine Company, Golden Road Brewing and Jones Coffee Roasters, among many more. Besides food and drinks, there will also be a special live culinary demonstration, live music, and of course a great silent and live auction with some killer getaways. It's a great way to support one of your local nonprofits that's truly making a difference in your community.?Tickets: abilityfirst.org/events/festival-of-fall-old/purchase-tickets.The 45th Annual AbilityFirst Festival of Fall 2019 is located at the Historic Laurabelle A. Robinson House, 195 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena.Sunday, September 29Come celebrate the InstaFamous (and World Famous) Abbot Kinney Festival in Venice this Sunday. Dubbed the coolest block in America by GQ magazine, this free festival on the AK block celebrates its 25 years with 300-plus quality vendors. There will be top food trucks curated from Smorgasburg favorites, kids rides and games, four music stages, three beer gardens (including an LGBT Garden sponsored by Roosterfish) and local restaurants like your favorite, Neighbor LA, celebrating all things Venice. Well known Smorgasburg favorites include Amazebowls, Cheezus, Goshen, Astro Doughnuts and Fried Chicken, Prince of Venice and Sweet Cravings. Neighbor LA will feature craft Abbot Kinney inspired cocktails (emphasis on Mezcal/Tequila) and a DJ will be mixing old and new school hip hop starting at 1pm. Chef Joshua Luce will also be creating some fast casual Angeleno favorites like Barbacoa and Veggie Tacos and Fruit Tajin so you can keep going all day long. With so much to do at this festival, sounds like you need to get yourself to Venice this weekend.The Abbot Kinney Festival will be located up and down the one-mile block of AK in Venice from 10 a.m- 6 p.m. on Sunday. While the festival is free, wristbands for the beer garden start at $5, and tickets for kids rides start at $1. For Neighbor LA's celebration, their address is 1031 Abbot Kinney Blvd. For more information visit visitveniceca.com/calendar/abbot-kinney-festival-3/ and neighborla.com/ .Sunday, September 29It's National Coffee Day! Coffee fans rejoice with great deals to check out today. Common Room Roasters in Newport is offering $1 Flat Whites all day long at their cafe and online. They're also offering a 25 percent discount for all Common Room products including their beans and cute merch. Klatch Coffee is also celebrating by offering customers who purchase a bag of whole bean coffee, a free coffee valued at $6 per cup. If you're really a coffee fanatic Klatch, is also offering the world record breaking coffee, Elida Geisha 1029 (which happens to be the most expensive and highest scoring coffee in the world), for $100 per cup.Common Room Roaster, 882 Production Place, Newport Beach; open from 7 a.m.-4 p.m.; commonroomroasters.com/Klatch Coffee locations offering these deals are their Inland Empire and Redondo Beach cafes, see hours online at klatchroasting.com.
Sunday, September 29 and Monday, September 30Celebrate Rosh Hashanah at Jaffa this year at both their Palms and West Third locations. This modern Israeli restaurant is offering both an in-restaurant menu that starts at $45 per person as well as a take-out menu that serves four for only $190. The in-restaurant menu includes shareable plates like potted chicken liver and house-made challah, glazed short rib, and finishing with a honey-pistachio baklava with autumn fruit. The take-out menu must be ordered by 4 p.m. and picked up between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. and includes similar menu items, in addition to apple walnut pomegranate salad, zatar whole chicken, potato-leek kugel and braised chard with olives and currents.Jaffa, West 3rd and Palms Locations. For more information and to place your order go to jaffa.la/?Tuesday, October 1 through October 31?It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Lady M is offering Pink Eclairs in honor of those impacted and anyone else who wants to support their search for the cure. The eclairs are made with a classic choux pastry dough, filled with strawberry custard pastry cream and pink chocolate with a shimmery pink glaze. A portion of each eclair will be donated to Making Strides, an American Cancer Society affiliate.Lady M is located on 3rd Street in Los Angeles, as well as in Irvine and Arcadia. For more information visit ladym.com/boutiques.
Most locations are open from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. every day.Tuesday, October 1 through October 31E.P & L.P. and Melrose Rooftop Theatre continue their rooftop movie reign into October and will be screening scary movies all month long. Their Scary Movie Month will include spooky classics? like Hocus Pocus (October 1), The Goonies (October 2), and Halloween Town (October 3). E.P.'s Head Chef Sabel Braganza, will be serving specialty cocktails and the theater will be filled with tasty treats like candy, ice cream and of course popcorn. Guests get their own individual wireless headsets and can enjoy the films on the cinemas 16' x '19 screen against the backdrop of beautiful Hollywood. Screenings will begin at sundown with most films running from 8:30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.For more information and to purchase tickets, check out melroserooftoptheatre.com/.
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