Before the Date…
The weekend brunch, an obvious pastime of Angelenos every weekend. Sometimes though it’s not the brunch itself that you’ll be telling stories about on Monday but what comes after. This collab with the foodie extraordinaire @eatwithnorma tackles a tasty brunch before diving into a personal distillery tour to buzz up before an arcade game extravaganza!
So grab your brunching crew and prepare for a killer brunching day for the books.
St0p #1: 12:15pm
Brunch Down
in an open air beauty
What to Know
Absolutely get a reservation. Much of their space is outside so if it’s raining or cold it more than halves the seating.
This is an OC brand with this as their first location in LA opened in 2015. If you forgot a rez and are famished the front has a solid grab and go counter thats spot on.
Stand out’s in the food game: the breakfast pizza, Persian breakfast plate, and Zinc waffle.
If you swing in during the week happy hour is 4-7pm Monday thru Friday with $9 cocktails, $5 beers and $7 wines. Discounted bar food is also in the mix.
The Lanita flower truck is there on Saturdays. It’s pink. You cant miss it. A small arrangement is $25 if you’re looking for super points.(If you need to go smaller they can do that too)
St0p #2: 2pm
Sip & Learn
AT A LOCAL CRAFT DISTILLERY
What to Know
Tastings are on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm and 4:30pm. Tastings cost $10/person. You reserve in their online system then pay when you’re there. Either time/day will work for the date just reserve an hour and half before at Zinc.
Andrew was our guide that day, he makes great natural wine up in Watsonville. If he has a bottle ask him for a try.
As local and in house as a distillery could be not only does The Spirit Guild make its spirits from California clementines but also slaps the labels on each bottle by hand.
They do have some special events like cheese pairings and music. Join their newsletter to get updated.
Please tip your tour guides. 😉
St0p #3: post-distillation
Game It Up
at an indoor amusement park
What to Know
Entrance is free and cards are whatever you’d like to add on to them, think Dave & Buster’s rules. $20 will get you the gaming you need.
If you want to go big you can book a story escape room, maybe a wine or whiskey tasting competition (this actually sounds fun), or many of their VR adventures. These get booked up all day so highly suggest booking in advance if you’re considering.
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays they do have Midweek deals at $25 for 2 drinks, a $15 playing cards and 10 games. Seems like a killer deal.