Nov. 27--If you're planning to shop on Black Friday, you'll need proper fuel. The following are food and drink deals to keep you fed and hydrated on the nuttiest shopping day of the year. Because what are a few hours of insufferable crowds and lines at the Grove if you're happy and full on some excellent Chinese takeout.
E.P. L.P. is serving a Chinese banquet dinner menu of chef Louis Tikaram's version of Chinese takeout classics. The menu features dishes priced from $3 to $19, and includes chicken and sweet corn soup, prawn toast, egg rolls, Kung Pao chicken, honey walnut shrimp, beef and broccoli and suckling pig. If you head up to the L.P. rooftop, you can get $4 Tsingtao beers. For dessert, deep-fried ice cream and "misfortune" cookies. The menu is available only on Black Friday. 630 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood, (310) 855-9955, www.eplosangeles.com.
PizzaRev is serving $5 pizzas at all Los Angeles locations on Black Friday. And for each $50 gift card purchase, you'll receive a $20 gift card -- for more pizza. Multiple locations at www.pizzarev.com.
If you stop by the Surf Brewery in Ventura, you can get 50% off your Black Friday growler refill. There will also be deals on select individual pints. 4561 Market St., Suite A, Ventura, (805) 644-2739, www.surfbrewery.com.
Teavana is having a buy-one-get-one-50%-off sale on certain gift sets, pre-filled tea tins and tumblers. Visit www.teavana.com for more details.
Still waiting to get into Ludo Lefebvre's shopping-center-pizza-joint-turned-French-bistro Trois Mec? Tickets for seatings Dec. 7 to Dec. 18 go on sale at 10 a.m. today. And as an added bonus, during the next round of ticket sales on Dec. 11, you'll be able to buy tickets for seatings Dec. 21 through Jan. 15. That's four weeks of seating times, instead of the regular two.
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