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Let the sun shine
Take advantage of good weather at new indoor-outdoor spots.
Taking over the Jeremy Hotel space is 1 1 Hotel
West Hollywood, which opened for reservations
in June 2019. The eco-conscious luxury property
has 286 guest rooms and plenty of space for
events, including a 6,668-square-foot room that
holds 840, and additional event venues that hold
200 and 280, respectively. The eatery 1 Kitchen
by Chris Crary seats 100 and features design
that mixes live greenery with elements of copper
and blackened steel, while the airy Juniper Tree
restaurant seats an additional 100. Alice, an
indoor-outdoor restaurant with a to-go marketplace, holds 200. There's also a 38-seat screening
room and a garden that holds 300 people. (8490
West Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 1hotels.com)
Fia, a new restaurant from chef Brendan
Collins, opened in Santa Monica in August
2019. A collaboration with hospitality veteran
Michael Greco, the eatery has a seafood-focused
menu influenced by California and the Amalfi
Coast. The 300-seat indoor-outdoor space,
which is filled with vintage furnishings such as
wrought-iron window treatments and restored
French doors, was designed by M. Winter Design.
A multi-level patio has lush greenery and a bocce
ball court. (2454 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica,
fiarestaurant.com)
2 Audrey, a restaurant from Soa Davies
Forrest and chef Lisa Giffen, debuted at the
Hammer Museum in April 2019. The 115-seat
full-service eatery is set in the museum's
courtyard and features a tile installation from

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Cuban-American artist Jorge Pardo. A 30-foot-long
inside-outside bar serves as the centerpiece, while
banquettes provide semiprivate space for groups.
The new eatery is part of a renovation and expansion of the Hammer Museum. (10899 Wilshire
Blvd., audreyatthehammer.com)
In May 2019, the Garland hotel in North
Hollywood completed a $1 million renovation to its
ballroom. The 5,100-square-foot Garland Ballroom
now features a design by Forchielli Glynn that
uses neutral tones and custom finishes such
as gold ring pendants, a gilded cork wall, and a
1970s-inspired geometric carpet. Additional doors
to the courtyard were added, as well as enhanced
audiovisual capabilities, noise-canceling partitions,
and 11 rigging points for lighting and projectors. The Garland offers 13 event spaces, including a 130-seat theater and a new 5,200-squarefoot outdoor space. (4222 Vineland Ave., North
Hollywood, thegarland.com)
The first U.S. location of Naples eatery
3 L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele opened in May
2019. Taking over the former Café des Artistes
space in Hollywood, the 6,000-square-foot restaurant focuses on pizza and other Italian dishes
from head chef Antonio Giordano. The venue has
two greenery-filled garden patios and an indoor
lounge and bar; more than half of the seating is
located outdoors. The restaurant's Naples location
is best known for its inclusion in Elizabeth
Gilbert's popular memoir eat Pray love. (1534
North McCadden Place, damicheleusa.com)

Where to Host a
Dinner Party
From the team behind Umami Burger
and 800 Degrees comes Heroic Wine Bar,
an intimate Italian restaurant and wine
room next to the Heroic Deli in downtown
Santa Monica. Open since February 2019,
the space aims to promote conversation
and group events with a bowtie-shape
communal table for 16 at the center of the
venue. Upstairs, a private dining room seats
12. The bar's design evokes a Roman garden,
with black-and-white drawings of trees
and a ceiling mural of stars and the zodiac.
(516 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica,
heroicitalian.com)

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Population: 3.99 million, according to the
U.S. Census Bureau.
Airport: The Los Angeles International
Airport (1 World Way, lawa.org) is a Tier 1, or
large hub, airport located about 18 miles
from downtown Los Angeles.
Weather: Average temperature is 63.8
degrees. Peak season for tourism is from
March to May.
Convention Centers: The Los Angeles
Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa
St., lacclink.com) has more than 720,000
square feet of exhibition space, 147,000
square feet of meeting space, and a 299-seat
theater. In nearby Orange County, the Anaheim
Convention Center (800 West Katella Ave.,
Anaheim, anaheimconventioncenter.com)
is LEED-certified and has more than 1.6 million
square feet. The Long Beach Convention
and Entertainment Center (300 East Ocean
Blvd., Long Beach, longbeachcc.com) has
more than 400,000 square feet of space,
including 34 meeting rooms, a grand ballroom, and three exhibit halls.
Largest Hotel: The Westin Bonaventure
Hotel & Suites (404 South Figueroa St.,
marriott.com) has 1,358 guest rooms as well
as 40 event rooms and 166,555 square feet
of event space.

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