Want that in-the-club, bottle service feel without having to deal with doormen and sky-high parking– and be outside, under the stars to boot?
Oh, and in addition to all of those things, if you’re a champagne person, you must put Wednesday nights at Sonoma Wine Garden on your calendar for a festive outdoor evening. If you don’t know about SWG, it has the best location on the third floor dining deck of the newly redone Santa Monica Place mall, just up the elevator from the valet parking entrance on Second Street north of Colorado. And, forget about that $20 you grudgingly fork over to park in a Hollywood hotspot–you’ll get free valet parking for three hours with a validation.
SWG has become widely known for its lunch on the sun-drenched patio, fun bar scene and dinner inside dining rooms decorated with wine casks. Earlier in the summer, they started doing Champagne Wednesdays in the outdoor lounge area with the bottle service set up. What that means is you buy a bottle of the featured bubbly, whether it be Veuve Clicquot, Dom Perignon or Moet Chandon and get a bottle of Moet free. Or, for groups of four women together, they’ll get a free bottle of prosecco. But hurry, this is scheduled to end at the end of September.
But that doesn’t mean there aren’t many other reasons to try out the restaurant. The cuisine is Mediterranean-inspired with seasonal Southern California grown ingredients, and popular menu items like a charcuterie plate, hummus and truffle fries are available all night for the champagne people. So go ahead, pop the cork, and enjoy.
Sonoma Wine Garden, 395 Santa Monica Pl., Santa Monica, (424) 214-4560, www.sonomawinegarden.com
