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…
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.
411:
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.
411:
1355 Ocean Ave (E. of Arizona), Santa Monica, 310-536-9988
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.
411:
Available Friday-Saturday, 11:30pm-1am, The
Edison, 108 W. 2nd St #101, 213-613-0000
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.
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...
411:
September 8-30, Cube, 615 N. La Brea Ave (S. of
Melrose), 323-939-1148
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