SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- MEDIA ALERT
GOOD FOOD FRIDAYS RETURNS TO THE MARKET AT SANTA MONICA PLACE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH WITH A SPECIAL BACK TO SCHOOL CELEBRATION
Enjoy An Evening Of Sampling, Live Music by Local Students, Shopping, Art and Face Painting, Wine Tastings and Pop-Up Boutiques from the City’s Most Talented Designers
WHAT:
The Market at Santa Monica Place announces the fourth installment of Good Food Fridays on Friday, August 30th with a special Back To School theme. This month’s event will start early at 5 p.m. and offer samples, tastings and activities for the whole family, as well as an opportunity to give back to local Santa Monica/ Malibu schools. This FREE, interactive community event will take place the last Friday of every month through October, and allows guests to mix and mingle with friends and meet the local purveyors from The Market and beyond.
Special guests include the Almond Milk LA, Gindo’s Spice of Life, Green Brooms Music Academy KRAVE Jerky, KIND Bars, ZYL Collections, Go Green Nopal Foods and Naam Yoga. The festivities will include pop-up boutiques from talented local designers including Ivory Mason Eyewear, A Lost Art, A Wish, Michaela Jewelry by Design, Home Baked Beanies and Jeanie Madsen Gallery and discounts from Buy Local and Santa Monica Place Shopper Rewards. Live musical performances will be provided by the students of the Green Brooms Music Academy in Santa Monica and Santa Monica Merchant curated organic food delivery.
Guests will also enjoy 10% OFF all purchases from the purveyors in The Market during the event and the first 200 people through the door will receive a FREE Market tote bag filled with products such as Honest Tea and Pretzel Chips.
WHEN:
Friday, August 30th 2013 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE:
The Market, 3rd Floor Dining Deck of Santa Monica Place
395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica
Santa Monica Bike Center will offer free bike valet for two hours and $1 for each additional hour thereafter (corner of 2nd and Colorado)
For further information on Good Food Fridays or to RSVP, please visit: http://goodfoodfridays.eventbrite.com/
WHO:
The Market Purveyors:
Venokado Wine & Gifts, COOK by Venokado, N'Ice Cream, Benedetta Farm-Sourced Skin Care, M.A.K.E. By Matthew Kenney, M.A.K.E. OUT, Matthew Kenney Culinary Academy, The Curious Palate, The Curious Baker, The Curious Cheese Shoppe, Chocolate Opulence, The Gourmandise School of Sweets and Savories, Groundwork Coffee Company and the newly added Santa Monica Merhcant.
SPECIAL GUESTS:
3D Cheezee Photo Booth, A Lost Art, A Wish, Almond Milk LA, Besos Boutique, Gindo’s Spice of Life, Green Brooms Music Academy, Home Baked Beanies, KRAVE Jerky, KIND Bars, Go Green Nopal Foods, Naam Yoga, Ivory Mason Eyewear, Bolani Foods, Michaela Jewelry by Design, Jeanne Verger Jewelry, Stripes and Body, Q Sciences, Sweet Feet Spray, Santa Monica Close-Up and Jeanie Madsen Gallery
SPONSORS:
Santa Monica Farmers Market, Santa Monica Mirror, LA Yoga Magazine, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, Edible Westside, Buy Local, RSP and Yelp
ABOUT THE MARKET
Situated in the world famous city of Santa Monica and created as an artisan food destination, The Market is located on the third-floor Dining Deck at Santa Monica Place. The Market debuts high quality purveyors featuring a delicious collection of organic, artisanal gourmet foods, wines and celebratory gifts. It appeals to a community passionately connected with food, travel and entertainment and offers shoppers a compelling and convenient location to indulge in creative culinary pursuits. For more information, visit www.themarketsmp.com.
ABOUT SANTA MONICA PLACE
Santa Monica Place is a three-level, all-open-air shopping and dining destination located just two blocks from the beach in Santa Monica. Opened in August 2010, Santa Monica Place features Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, CB2, Nike, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co, Burberry, Love Culture, AllSaints Spitalfields and many other exciting retail attractions. The center offers a unique and popular "valet and play" parking program complete with three separate valet locations - Broadway, 4th Street and 2nd Street -and all Dining Deck guests receive three hours complimentary Valet parking.
To get the latest news about the new Santa Monica Place, visit www.santamonicaplace.com and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SantaMonicaPlace.
