Taste of Abbot Kinney - A Taste of Venice

Taste of Abbot Kinney Sunday October 24th, 2010

Street Map of Taste of Abbot Kinney

If you are looking for something to do this weekend I highly recommend the second annual Taste of Abbot Kinney. It gives you a great and budget friendly way to try out the best restaurants, cafés, bars, and more on acclaimed Abbot Kinney Blvd. Here is some more information from their website:

On Sunday, October 24, 2010, Inside Out Community Arts will host the 2^nd Annual “Taste of Abbot Kinney.”  The event will  take place from 3-7 pm and once again feature Abbot Kinney’s burgeoning family of restaurants, drinking establishments, artists and merchants.
“We are very excited about this year’s event,” says Executive Director of Inside Out, Varina Bleil. “The Abbot Kinney restaurateurs are so generous and offer terrific food and the feel is very authentic, very Abbot Kinney!”
Event highlights include food and wine tastings from participating Abbot Kinney restaurants, samplings from local wineries and select gourmet food trucks, unique experiences from salons and retailers plus musical performances. Some participating restaurants: Abbot’s Habit, Abbot’s Pizza Co., The Brickhouse, Casa Linda, French Market Café, Hal’s, Joe’s Restaurant and Bar, Lemonade, Lily’s French Café & Bar, Marla’s, N’Ice Cream, The Otheroom, Primitivo, and Three Square Bakery & Café and Tlapazola Grill.
Some participating Food Trucks:  Ludo Truck, Del’s Lemonade, Jodi Maroni, Lake Street Creamery, Organic Oasis, Slammin’ Sliders, The Surfer Taco, and TnB BBQ.
Some participating Wineries:  Acacia, Babock Winery, Conway Family Wines including Deep Sea Wines and Rancho Arroyo Grande Winery, Four Vines, Gruet Winery, La Marca, Zaca Mesa Winery all courtesy of Lincoln Fine Wines.
Some unique experiences available: Haircuts from Floyd’s Barbershop, Spa services from Nite Spa, photographs from Erica Serress, Tarot readings and more.
Some participating bands and musical acts: Adam Stern & Friends,  Bird York, citysquare, Kai Brown, Nina Storey, Thelonious Dub, and All Destroyed Momentarily.
Tickets will be available on line at www.tasteofabbotkinney.com and at the event’s three entrances.  Visitors can purchase $2 taste tickets, for $30, $50 and $100 packages.
Abbot Kinney Boulevard and its merchants reflect the artistic Venice community it serves. Often described as the place where surf culture meets bohemian chic, Abbot Kinney is a street with an eclectic mix of boutiques, restaurants, stores and galleries. The LA Weekly referred to Taste of Abbot Kinney as a Tour de Force and it is likely to become one of the hottest tickets in town.


The Taste of Abbot Kinney is walking urban adventure, one of the newest and most original food and wine events in Los Angeles.  Buy your tickets in packages of 15, 30, 45 or 60, get your map and set off on a journey of eating, drinking, art and music performances. 
Follow your trusty tasting map and exchange your fistful of tickets for....

• Special menu tasting items from Abbot Kinney restaurants
• Tastings from select food trucks
• Samples from cafes with sweets, treats and drinks
• Wine tastings
• Beer tastings
• Music performances by local and internationally known artists
• Surprises all along the route....from NiteSpa, Floyd's Barbershop, Tarot Card Readers and more...
• Prize drawings!   Anyone up for a new 52" flat screen TV?

This is truly a one-of-a-kind immersion into the vibrant Venice culture. Only in its second year, the event has already generated a big buzz