Super Fun Frogtown Art Walk& Happy Hour Foodie Crawl along the Historic LA River

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Don’t have plans for tomorrow, Saturday? Come join us for a super fun Art Walk Festival & Happy Hour Foodie Crawl I planned along the scenic Historic LA River. The weather is perfect for a walk! 75-80*.

🛑P-L-E-A-S-E BE CERTAIN TO READ THE TIME SCHEDULE & DETAILS V-E-R-Y CAREFULLY. YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS WHERE TO JUMP-IN BEFORE OUR DINING RESERVATION AT 5:30 PM. I HAVE COLLABORATED THE INITIAL PART ONLY OF THE RIVER WALK WITH MY FRIEND CHRIS WHO IS HOSTING FOR LA HIKING GROUP. HE HAS OVER 100 RSVPS FOR THE ART WALK (CO-ED GROUP), BUT HE IS N-O-T DOING A FOODIE CRAWL. HIS GROUP WILL ALL SPLIT UP ON THEIR OWN AFTER THE BRIDGE CROSSING.

WE ARE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE DINING RESERVATIONS. ALL VENUES WILL BE AT FULL CAPACITY. IT’S GOING TO BE CRAZY BUSY!

FREE PARKING AT RIO DE LOS ANGELES STATE PARK Rio de Los Angeles State Park Recreation Area 1900 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA. Open 10am-9pm. GATES CLOSE AT 9PM.

Enter the main park gates and stay to your FAR LEFT as you follow the road to the SOCCER FIELD. Park and join Chris’s Hiking Group in front of the bathrooms at 3:30 PM. Or you can join from the other side of the pedestrian river at JUSTINE’S at 4:00 PM or LINGUA FRANCA at 5:30 PM.

NOTE: If you stay past 9 PM they won't tow your car, but you will have to come back the next day to retrieve it. If you are going to stay till the very end (10pm), then park your car outside the park on San Fernando Rd. or a side street to play it safe.

From there we can walk across the orange bridge (Taylor Yard Bridge) to Frogtown Art Festival, which starts from 4 - 10 pm.

DINING RESERVATIONS The Frogtown Art Walk is the most visited event of the ENTIRE year in the River Community of Elysian Valley. The ONLY reason why I was able to get a dining reservation at LINGUA FRANCA is by going there IN PERSON to negotiate a reservation with management.

My power of negotiation landed us a reservation on their busiest night of the year!! Woohoo!! 🎉 Your Meetup contribution helps support the cost to share events and lets me know to reserve space for you. All my events are very carefully curated to enhance your Meetup Experience.

I pre-scouted the entire RIVER WALK dining options (spent 4 hours there in person with Chris and tried different places) in order to select a FAB FOODIE CRAWL YOU WILL LOVE!! 🥂🍽️😋

NOTE: My first choice would have been lovely LORETO for upscale dining with a gorgeous patio garden but they are closed for a private event buyout. I will plan Loreto for a future dining event!

RESERVE YOUR DINING SPOT $5 RSVP PayPal, Venmo or Zelle (NOT if waitlisted). NOTE: Fee is NOT refundable or transferable. If you need to cancel immediately update to “not going.”

Payment contact provided at time of RSVP made immediately due to short notice post or spot will be released so someone else can join the fun.

AT TIME OF PAYMENT INDICATE: Lingua Franca

NOTIFICATIONS-ON ARE REQUIRED It is YOUR responsibility to know if you were moved-up from the waitlist.

FROGTOWN ART WALK [https://youtu.be/s6mbZewEoro?si=qSdWRuTEcA8KBuJi](https://youtu.be/s6mbZewEoro?si=qSdWRuTEcA8KBuJi)

FOGTOWN PARADE STARTS AT 6:30 PM

Run by Frogtown Arts, formerly the Elysian Valley Arts Collective, the Frogtown Artwalk is a biennial free tour of the studios of the artists and artisans of Elysian Valley (Frogtown). Every two years, Frogtown welcomes art lovers of all ages to enjoy pop-up galleries, artists' studios, musical performances and art installations along the Los Angeles River.

The Frogtown Artwalk was created in 2006 by a small group of local business owners/artists as a way to introduce neighbors to the local artists and craftspeople operating in their midst, and to introduce the artists to each other. The artwalk organizers reached out to everyone in the area, inviting participation at every level. The first event included 10 venues exhibiting art by 19 artists, and welcomed approximately 300 visitors to the area. Traditional artists…