The 9th Annual SANTA Monica Pub Crawl Brings the Holiday Spirit to Santa Monica Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017
6,000 Thousand Festive Crawlers Will Spread Holiday Cheer at the City’s Best Bars & Restaurants to Raise Money for the Westside Food Bank
(LOS ANGELES; December 5, 2017) – Santa Monica’s most festive day of the year returns with the 9th Annual SANTA Monica Pub Crawl, on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 at 5 p.m. Featuring more than 30 of the city’s best bars and restaurants and 6,000 crawlers, this popular fundraising event brings the community together to raise money for those in need through a partnership with the Westside Food Bank. Attendees dress in their finest holiday garb and receive discounted food and drink specials at locations such as The Viceroy, Barney’s Beanery, Red O and Ye Old King’s Head. Over the last eight years, the SANTA Monica Pub Crawl has raised more than $125,000, enough money for a half a million meals.
Tickets are $15 in advance and available at www.santamonicapubcrawl.com
“There is a much stronger need for food for local families over the holidays and Westside Food Bank has been overwhelmed by the support of the SANTA Monica Pub Crawl for the past eight years,” says Genevieve Riutort, Chief Development Officer for the Westside Food Bank. “The event has helped to raise awareness about the issue of hunger in our community while also giving people the opportunity to make a difference while having a great time. In the past eight years, the Pub Crawl has made it possible for Westside Food Bank to distribute more than a quarter million pounds of food for local families in need.”
SANTA Monica Pub Crawl participants are encouraged to dress in Santa/holiday attire so the streets of Santa Monica are filled with merry cheer. There are santa hats for sale at each of the four starting/check-in locations. An Instagram costume contest will award the crawlers with the most impressive holiday gear with special prizes. Teams can sign up to participate in the Santa Scavenger Challenge to win big prizes such as gift certificates to the bars and restaurants.
In order to participate, crawlers must purchase a wristband, choose a route (Wilshire, Main Street, Promenade or Ocean Ave), download the official map and mobile app and start at their assigned starting location. The crawl includes special offerings all night, such as $5 Stella Artois, $5 well drinks, $7 Redemption Rye holiday cocktails and $3 draft beers. All routes will collide at the Santa’s Secret Hideaway After Party at 1212 Santa Monica with DJs, photo booth and more holiday festivities.
The SANTA Monica Pub Crawl is a community event and encourages responsible drinking. Freebird Rides will offer a $10 UBER credit for all crawlers who download and use the app to get to any of the locations on the crawl.
Crawlers can visit the website for a complete list of bars, routes, specials, map, bus stops and updates at www.santamonicapubcrawl.com, or follow @SMPubCrawl on Instagram,Twitter and Facebook.
2017 Bars and Restaurants: 1212 Santa Monica, Ashland Hill, Bareburger, Barney’s Beanery, Big Dean’s Oceanfront Café, Britannia, Cabo Cantina, CHAYA Venice, Circle Bar, Del Frisco’s Grille, Enterprise Fish Co., Finn McCool’s, JP’s Grill, Lula Cocina Mexicana, O+O Sicilian Kitchen & Bar, O’Brien’s Pub, Plan Check, Rick’s Tavern, Sonny McLean’s Irish Pub, Tacoteca, Wilshire Restaurant, West 4th & Jane, Senator Jones, Makai, Viceroy, Ye Olde King’s Head & more.
2017 Sponsors: Freebird Rides, Stella Artois, Redemption Rye, Licor 43, Spin PR Group, Westside Food Bank, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, Buy Local Santa Monica, Lavinsky Law, 97.1 FM, Cruzan Rum, LA Weekly, Big Blue Bus, Santa Monica Daily Press & Santa Monica Free Ride.
About the Westside Food Bank:
Westside Food Bank’s mission is to distribute as much food as possible to local agencies with food assistance programs and to reduce food waste on the Westside of Los Angeles County. As the food bank warehouse for the Westside since 1981, it annually distributes nearly four million pounds of food to the food assistance programs of 65 Westside social service agencies. It does not distribute food directly to individuals, only to agencies. www.WSFB.org.
