Things to do for October 05, 2016

There Are Roving Cocktail Servers in This Store

But You’ve Also Got Bug Tacos and a Weird Escape Room to Look Forward To

By Hadley Tomicki

The weekend is a triple threat.

Wednesday
They Bring You Old Fashioneds at This Ralph Lauren
KING RALPH

They Bring You Old Fashioneds at This Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren is now reopen on Rodeo Drive with a whole new look. And whole new Old Fashioneds. Yes, now you order cocktails and bar snacks from roving servers while you procure dashing wares. And just like that, procuring dashing wares is less bad.

Now reopen, Ralph Lauren, 444 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, 310-281-7200

Friday
Poke Bowls Continue Their Countywide Domination
FINNING STREAK

Poke Bowls Continue Their Countywide Domination

Sweetfin Poké is so popular in Santa Monica that it’s about to get itself a second home. It’s a little place in Woodland Hills for you and all of its Valley friends to come by for poke bowls. Thus clearing a few extra cars off the road come lunchtime.

Opens Oct 7, Sweetfin Poké, 6256 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Ste 1310, Woodland Hills, 818-888-8970

Late-Night with Roy Lichtenstein
LICH OR TREAT

Late-Night with Roy Lichtenstein

Things you know about Roy Lichtenstein:

1) He valued the humble power of dots.
2) He enjoyed his share of Mary Worth.
3) The Skirball is throwing a Friday night party for you to explore a big exhibit of his work with a drink.

You knew some of those things.

Saturday
Beetle Tacos. Because You’ve Tried the Other Kinds.
BUG OUT

Beetle Tacos. Because You’ve Tried the Other Kinds.

Jamaican jerk grasshoppers. Barbecue beetle tacos. Rice cricket treats. These are the kinds of things you can eat at this one-day-only pop-up called the Pestaurant. Or the kinds of things you can trick someone else into eating at this pop-up called the Pestaurant.

Sunday
A Sort-of-Scary Escape Room Inside of an Art Show
ESCAPE FEAR

A Sort-of-Scary Escape Room Inside of an Art Show

Downtown’s Think Tank has something new this month. It’s an art show that’s open to everybody and features sculptors from Hollywood’s scariest films. But it’s also a ticketed, nightmarish escape room inside of that art show. You’ll need to decide what really speaks to you.

Hadley Tomicki

Hadley Tomicki lives in Los Angeles. He is probably going nowhere on the 10 Freeway this very second.

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