The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles convenes for Cocktails in Historic Places® once a month at a bar/restaurant in a historic building. The location of our March 23 event is the elegant 1926 Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica. Through the large windows overlooking the ocean, we’ll watch the sun set as visitors have for nearly a century.

This gathering is free, but you are on the hook for food and beverage you wish to consume. Traditionally, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles members gather every other month to socialize in a bar in a historic building.

Come by just for cocktails or stay on for dinner as the moonlight dances across the waves. If you are interested in dining, we recommend arranging for advance reservations.

The hotel will ask to hold a credit card from one person in each party gathered in a seating group.

Vintage fashion admired, but not required. Most attendees wear cocktail or vintage inspired attire. Some venues have a dress code.

photo: Karenlin Madoff

ABOUT CASA DEL MAR

The Mediterranean Revival-style Casa Del Mar debuted as Club Casa Del Mar in 1926, the brainchild of two brothers from Los Angeles named Jack Harter and Tilford “Till” Harter who were eager to be part of the “Gold Coast” beach club craze in the heyday of prosperity along the shoreline. The club became a hot bed of gambling and illicit drinking during prohibition. Celebrities such as Clark Gable and Greta Garbo are said to have sought fun in the sun there.

The building designed by architect Charles F. Plummer cost a reported $2 million. If Plummer’s name sounds familiar, it is because he also designed the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles’ recently landmarked Hoffman Candy Factory and while partnered with Wurdeman and Becket in the 1930s he was responsible for the great Streamline Moderne exposition style Pan Pacific Auditorium.

📷Chris Launi.

PARKING:
$20 for the first 3 hours with validation. $10 for every hour thereafter.