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The Dim Sum Truck will be one of the trucks serving food at the first Melrose Night. | Photo by Misty O (nomsnotbombs) via LAist's flickr pool.
The Dim Sum Truck will be one of the trucks serving food at the first Melrose Night. | Photo by Misty O (nomsnotbombs) via LAist's flickr pool. So you say you haven't hung out on Melrose since high school? Well tonight—and every first Thursday—you'll have an excuse: Melrose Night makes its official debut tonight between Ogden Drive and Stanley Avenue.
Shopping and eating are the themes to the new night, and organizers have secured a number of food trucks and stores to join in the festivities. What eats on wheels are coming? Buttermilk Truck, Cool Haus, Dim Sum Truck, DosaTruck, FrySmith, India Jones Chow Truck, Komodo Truck, LudoTruck, Slice Truck and White Rabbit Truck. And not be be left curbside, 8 Oz Burger Bar is offering a free can of beer with purchase of a burger.
Shops involved in Melrose Night include: 360 Atelier, American Apparel, Barracuda, Joyrich, Sportie, SURU and Urban Outfitters.
As part of a local stimulus plan, from 6-10 pm, patrons can get 10% off entire purchases at participating stores and food trucks. (To get the discount, show a receipt from any participating food truck or store and vice versa.)
There's of course, limited parking. A lot has been set aside at Sportie LA (7753 Melrose) but mostly you'll have to take your chances with street parking. Enjoy your food at the back lot of the Barracuda Shop @ 7769 Melrose Avenue.
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