Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
323.769.7296
twitter.com/SpareRoomHwood
Parking: $6 w/ validation
Day: Wednesday
Time: 8-10pm
Drink Deals: $3 Beer, $7 Featured Cocktail
Food Deals: $5 Featured Bar Bite
When I told a coworker that I was going to the Roosevelt
Hotel for Happy Hour, he had a pretty strong reaction that they had no such
thing. Obviously, he’s no fan of
The Happy Hour Tour because then he would know that this
historical Hollywood hotel has Happy Hour at 25 Degrees, Public Kitchen, and even at The Spare Room, home of the $100 bowling.
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| Boom! Happy Hour proof. |
Every Wednesday night, The Spare Room features a seasonal $7
cocktail and a $5 bar bite. There’s also $3 beers and half-priced bowling, but
the real draw is the cocktails. For spring, the featured cocktail is the
Barbarossa, a black tea gin cocktail mixed with lemon juice, sugar, and
cabernet. It is topped off with a
Tarragon Meyer shrub and sweet & sour pickled peppadew pepper that. Those two additions made me feel like I
should be sitting on the large porch of a
Southern estate, gossiping with the ladies of Steel Magnolias. It’s nice to have a
unique, refreshing cocktail on special because I might not be so adventurous to
purchase the drink at the regular $14 pricing of all other cocktails.
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| I was too busy enjoying the drink to get a prettier photo. |
For $5, the spring bar bite is a crispy falafel sandwich. I
expected something that looks like it’s straight off the corner of a NYC
vendor… not that there’s anything wrong with that. Instead, I received a nice presentation of 2 small
sandwiches served taco style with a fresh serving of sweet potato chips. Rumor has it that the $5 lobster rolls
from last year’s menu may be back soon!
Another plus to the deep dark bar, there’s a photo booth…
hidden in the wall! I’m a sucker
for a bar that has a photo booth so it’s another reason I’ve been so eager to
check out Spare Room. When I
couldn’t find the photo booth, I was a little worried that it was no longer
there. The case was solved when one of the friendly lady bartenders came from
around the bar to show me the hidden handle so I wouldn’t have to look like a
pervert feeling up the wall. Once found, The Minty and I had a photo booth session. $5 gets you 2 strips!
All in all, I would definitely return to The Spare Room.
Maybe I should place a friendly bet on whether or not there’s a happy hour here
so I can score some free drinks!
-JG
Rating: 4 Martinis
ah! just saw this post. our serious cocktail faces!
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