October is a great month for Southern California foodies. From LA to OC, every week has an event dedicated to food, wine, or beer. And then to top it off, the month ends with everyone high on sugar and decked out in costumes for Halloween. Yes, life is good.
Here’s are a few events we’ll be checking out this weekend. See you there!
2nd Annual Taste of the Pier, Redondo Beach
This two day event gives you a chance to sample a little bit of everything the Redondo Beach Pier has to offer. Its free to stroll the pier and just $1 per tasting ticket. During last year’s inaugural event, items were one or two tickets for a sample. Money aside, this is also an opportunity to eat for a cause; proceeds from the event benefit the Cancer Support Community and the Redondo Beach Educational Foundation. Eat up!
- Taste of the Pier
http://www.redondopier.com
Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9, 2011, 12-4 PM
100 Fishermans Wharf, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 (Map)
Restaurant Week in LA, Beer Week in OC
Fixed price menus are all the rage in October. Both Los Angeles and Orange counties go all out with Restaurant Weeks and a Wine-Beer Weeks respectively.
For dineLA’s Restaurant Week, we’ve mapped out all the spots to help you find your way to some good eatin’. For details on OC Beer week (which is wrapping up this Saturday), check out their OC Wine and Beer Week website.
- dineLA’s Restaurant Week
http://discoverlosangeles.com/restaurantweekv2
October 2-7, and October 9-14
- OC Beer Week
http://ocwineandbeerweek.com/OCBeerWeek.html
October 2-8
LA Beer Week Kick Off at Naja’s Place
This one is not officially a weekend event but you might want to use Sunday to either stress or spare your liver in preparation for it.
The 3rd annual LA Beer Week festival kicks off on Monday, October 10 at Naja’s Place on the Redondo Beach Pier and Boardwalk. Hosted by Stone Brewing, this event features more than 40 beers on tap, setting the stage for another two-week-long-week with beer focused events all over LA County.
Tickets go fast for the kick off and the culminating event at Union Station so you might want to put your beer down now and get ’em while you can! Click here for tickets to the kick off event and follow this link for tickets to the Beer Week grand finale.
- LA Beer Week Kick Off Featuring Stone Brewing
http://labeerweek.com
Monday, October 10, 3 – 7 PM or 8 PM – Midnight
Naja’s Place, 154 International Boardwalk, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 (Map)