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06/28/10
Use the Fourth
BBQs, Fireworks and an Open S’Mores Bar
Come Sunday, fireworks shall rain down upon us from above. Everybody knows that. But the chosen few will be consuming delicious barbecue, s’mores, dollar beers and the occasional explosive martini while it all goes down. Good news: you have been chosen.
High’s Rooftop Blowout(s) on Venice Beach
If you’re braving the shoreline pandemonium for the holiday, it should probably be for a rooftop afternoon
of endless burgers, hot dogs, watermelon and mac and cheese—and for dessert, a s’mores bar. The evening
do-over includes all that, plus something about fireworks.
- 411:
- July 4, 11am-4pm ($50) and 5pm-close ($100), High at Hotel Erwin, 310-452-1111 or email to RSVP
Explosive Drinks at Takami
The views of various fireworks displays will be pretty striking from your balcony table downtown at Takami,
21 levels up—and the restaurant will also be serving Firecracker Cocktails, which involve muddled
berries… and Pop Rocks poured in tableside. Fireworks: now in your glass.
- 411:
- July 4, $12, Takami, 811 Wilshire Blvd, Penthouse Level, Downtown, 213-236-9600
Pool by the Pool at the Roosevelt
Because every pool party should have a pool table, the Roosevelt is dutifully hauling one out for their
three-day bash—and ten bucks gets you a burger, dog or chicken with potato salad and grilled corn on the
cob. If you’re there on the Fourth, meet up beforehand at 25 Degrees inside the hotel—they’ll have $1
beers (with meal purchase) all day.
- 411:
- July 3-5, noon-8pm, Hotel Roosevelt, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, 323-466-7000, see flier for RSVP info
Cinefamily’s BBQ and Movie Marathon
Bring your own meat for the grill out behind the Silent Movie Theatre. (Might want to bring your own flask
too.) Whenever you like, stroll inside for a marathon of onscreen patriotism including a rare Willie Nelson
concert doc from July 4, 1977, and a heartwarming slasher film called Uncle Sam.
- 411:
- July 4, 5pm, $10, Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave, 323-655-2510
Burger and Beer Special at Burger Kitchen
To properly celebrate a day of national importance—the Fourth, sure, but also the day Pat LaFrieda beef
came to our city—Burger Kitchen will be offering its new signature masterpiece,
The Natural, for $19 instead of $29 this weekend. And all 10 beers on tap will be marked down to four
bucks. Your burger, ’tis of thee…
- 411:
- July 2-5, Burger Kitchen, 8048 W. Third St (at Crescent Heights), 323-944-0503
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