Category Archives: Buy Local Santa Monica

September HandleBar Happy Hour: Ashland Hill

This month on September 26th we are heading to Ashland Hill. with our Buy Local & Main Street Santa Monica partners for HandleBar Happy Hour fun!

Extended Social Hour menu until 7:00pm
Please check in with us to get access to extended HH prices until 7pm. 

Discover Ashland Hill’s beach-close Craft Beer and Wine Garden and Gin & Tonic Bar on Main Street in Santa Monica’s Historic Ocean Park Neighborhood. Enjoy A-Hlls addictive bar bites and delectable dishes on their patio or in the cool comfort of the brick bar featuring a rotating selection of prized local taps, domestic and international drafts, small productions wines and a slate of handcrafted G&Ts.
See the event for all the details – social hour menu and updates – HERE 

BOLD BITE. BIG FLAVOR. BLUE SKIES. BAY BREEZES.


End of every month we like to get together for fun, support local businesses, and to celebrate all things bike.bike_local_sticker
Always fun, always family friendly!

Socialize, talk bikes, give input ….

If it’s on your way don’t forget to pass the Bike Counter!


Big thank you to our August #BuyLocalSM #BikeLocalSM #HBHH venue
The Brixton! SO MUCH FUN!

We had a GREAT GROUP – FUN was had by all!

Celebrate #BikeLocalSM, our Buy Local SM businesses, happy hour + new friends at these monthly events!  Learn about upcoming local bike events + find out about and connect with us at SM Spoke… as we visit and introduce you to some of our Buy Local SM businesses.  Eat Local, Drink Local, Buy Local AND Bike Local SM!

This Weekend: Walk with the Mayor Protem to the Buy Local Health & Fitness Festival!

Come visit us at Santa Monica Spoke, Santa Monica Safe Routes to School, GoSaMo Team, and the Santa Monica Safe Street Alliance AND SO MUCH MORE. We will host another fun bike & small wheels obstacle safety course and bike safety checks by Performance Bicycle for the kids. Free and low cost helmets and lots of materials and information to share! A day of healthy outdoor activities for all ages!

Start the day on a Walk with Mayor Protem Gleam Davis to the Buy Local Festival for a day of fun and health activities for the entire family!

This free community event, co-produced with the city of Santa Monica, will feature  music,  pop up shops,  and  interactive classes, and lots of opportunities to get to know your City.   Local businesses will provide  expertise,  advice,  health screenings,  and  free product samples    to promote a healthy and happy lifestyle for the entire Santa Monica Community. Businesses from every neighborhood will be there.  Don’t miss the chance to be part of this amazing feel-good festival and help support your local businesses, schools, and public services!

We are giving away more Huffy Cruisers!!

HandleBar Happy Hour: Wednesday @BodegaSM Wine Bar

June 27 @ 5:30 pm7:00 pm
814 Broadway, Santa Monica , CA 80401

Santa Monica’s neighborhood bar for coffee, beer, wine and food!

Since 2006, Bodega has been a comfortable neighborhood spot to relax and share wine with friends. Now that they are serving some of the best coffee in Santa Monica and open at 8am seven days a week, that experience is available all day.
Our Happy Hours support BuyLocalSM and places like Bodega Wine Bar


End of every month we like to get together for fun, support local businesses, and to celebrate all things bike.bike_local_sticker
Always fun, always family friendly!

Socialize, talk bikes, give input ….

If it’s on your way don’t forget to pass the Bike Counter!


Big thank you to all last our hosts during Bike Month with our weekly HandleBar Happy Hours!   –Enterprise Fish Co, FIG, 1212 Santa Monica, Bareburger, Tiato and West 4th & Jane

Ride with the Mayor to Main Street Summer SOULstice

This Sunday June 24th, join Mayor Ted Winterer and Santa Monica Spoke on a feeder ride from Douglas Park to 18th Annual Main Street Santa Monica “Summer Soulstice” Block Party. The ride will leave at 11:30 am from the west side of Douglas Park (near the tennis courts and restrooms), travel down California Ave to the Beach, and ride the beach bike path down to Main Street.

The ride will be roughly 4.5 miles long. Remember to bring your own bike, helmet, lock & water bottle. Children are welcome but should be capable of street riding or in an appropriate child seat or trailer. There is no cost to participate.
No bike? No problem! Just grab a Breeze Bike Share Bike.