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09/03/09
The weekend will rise from the ashes.
PERKS
3 New Perks
This week's Perks bring you a martini-enhanced Ted Baker event offering 20 percent off, along with lingerie
from La Perla, and a massage and men's facial deal from Ona Spa. Because you wouldn't want Ted to see you at
less than your best…
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- UD Perks
ON A STICK
Pier-Food Menu at FIG
To commemorate the Santa Monica Pier's imminent centennial,
FIG's slinging…some pretty enticing pier food. Categories include "On a Stick" (Wagyu Corn
Dog, $9), "On Bread" (Cheese Steak, $10) and "In a Basket" (Blue Cheese Filled Buffalo
Chicken, $9). You'll figure out "In the Glass" yourself.
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- Available September 3-9, Fig, 101 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, 310-319-3111
SUNSET SHUCKING
Blue Plate Oysterette Now Open
So you want a spread of oysters on the shell. A bucket of steamers. A lobster roll. Maybe a cold one. And,
goes without saying, you'd like all this to go down by the beach. Time has come to head to Ocean
Avenue—Blue Plate Oysterette officially opens today.
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- 1355 Ocean Ave (E. of Arizona), Santa Monica, 310-536-9988
STRIKES 12
Midnight Breakfast at the Edison
After a night of serious drinking, you often require some grub of the sopping-up-that-serious-drinking
variety. And now, if you're underground at the Edison, you don't even have to relocate—the Edison's
new "Midnight Breakfast" menu includes a Monte Cristo, Nutella-Banana Crepes and a
Boiler Room Benedict.
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- Available Friday-Saturday, 11:30pm-1am, The Edison, 108 W. 2nd St #101, 213-613-0000
ANNIVERSARY
$1 Margaritas at the Mission
Okay, so the Mission Cantina,
Hollywood's most reverent tequila shrine, is technically a few weeks late with their first-anniversary
blowout. But they're making it up to you with beer and margaritas for $1 apiece. Bring singles.
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- September 6, 6-10pm, The Mission Cantina, 5946 Sunset Blvd, 323-469-3130
UNCORKED
20 in 20 at Cube
For 20 days, La Brea's intimate Italian spot is embarking on an alphabetical tour of Italy's 20
regions—via wine. Each night, a geographically appropriate bottle will be poured by the glass for $12,
max. And so it begins with Abruzzo...
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- September 8-30, Cube, 615 N. La Brea Ave (S. of Melrose), 323-939-1148
Only what you need to know.
