Category Archives: Buy Local Santa Monica

HandleBar Happy Hour #HBHH on Wednesday, May 9th

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For our 2nd  Bike Month #HBHH - Wednesday, May 9th we visit another Buy Local Santa Monica venue: FIG

Come celebrate Bike Month and all things bike. socialize, talk bikes, give input ….
Have FUN!

Every month we like to get together for fun, and to celebrate all things bike.bike_local_sticker
Always fun, always family friendly!
For May Bike Month we gather every week!
Socialize, talk bikes, give input ….

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

Big thank you to month’s host Curious Palate and last weeks host Enterprise Fish Co –  We had GREAT GROUPS – 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!

Happy Bike Month: Events this Week

Conversation with Dutch Students: Urban Cycling Institute, Rotterdam
May 2 @ 5:30 pm7:00 pm


Colorado Center
Community Room
2500 Broadway

— across from Helen’s on Broadway

 


Social will follow at the Daily Grill in the the Colorado Center

Are you aware of Dutch bicycling infrastructure and how well it supports everyday bicycling, for people of all ages? Join us as we kick off Bike Month with an evening conversation with this years group of students from the Cycling Institute in Rotterdam. The conversation will include a comparison of traffic law in the Netherlands, and how it’s different from our legal system in the U.S. How not only infrastructure, but Dutch laws support bicycling.


HandleBar Happy Hour: Enterprise Fish Co.
May 3 @ 5:30 pm7:30 pm

For the 1st of our weekly #HBHH in May we visit a Santa Monica institution and one of the 2018 Most Loved finalist – Enterprise Fish Co 

Established in SM:  1979
Enterprise Fish Co. is a locally-owned business!  They are proud to Buy Local by supporting fellow SM businesses including our fellow members of the Main Street Merchant Association.
Happy Hour Menu

Happy May: Bike Month!

Join us in Celebrating May, Bike Month in Santa Monica!

Click here to sign up and add your Bike Month Event, Promotion or Bike to Work Day Pitstop or HandleBar Happy Hour #HBHH!
Check back for new events being added!

Click here to view Map on line

To view the Countywide Metro Bike Month Map click here


Bike Month Specials at Barburger, Support Santa Monica Spoke!

– when you order from the SM Spoke exclusive menu during May, $1 of every item sold will be donated to Santa Monica Spoke.
During May Bike Month – show your helmet for
– Bike Week: May 13-19th — Extended Happy Hour until 8 pm when you ride your bike to Bareburger
– Happy Hour all evening on Bike to Work Day, May 17th, when you ride your bike to Bareburger. We’ll be heading over at 7pm for #HBHH in the Patio (we start at a #HBHH at 1212 Santa Monica at 5:30).
– EACH TIME you go to Barebuger in May by bike – receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win a VIP Table at one of the Barebuger signature events.
4 prizes will awarded.

Thursday Ride with the Mayor & #HBHH

Hope you can join us April 26th for a Ride with the Mayor, see exciting Safe Streets for 17th Street & Michigan Avenue, and HandleBar Happy Hour at The Curious Palate!
Join us for one or both.

The ride will begin at Colorado Center Park (corner of Broadway and 26th Street) and end at The Curious Palate (395 Santa Monica Place) for our monthly Bike Local – Buy Local Santa Monica HandleBar Happy Hour. Bike Valet parking will be available at the Santa Monica Bike Center (2nd & Colorado) until 8 pm.

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.

 


Our Route –
We plan to roll at 5:30 pm


 

Ride with the Mayor, HandleBar Happy Hour this Thursday, April 26th

Join us this Thursday, April 26th on a Ride with the Mayor that will highlight the exciting Safe Streets for 17th Street & Michigan Avenue planned improvements on our way to our April  HandleBar Happy Hour at The Curious Palate! 

JOIN us for either or both!