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True starving artists are probably more accustomed to 10-cent ramen than posh multi-course meals, but Luna Park is working to change all that. For aspiring actors and would-be art stars who manage to scrape up a few bucks, $18 will buy an impressive three-course bistro dinner, thanks to a Monday night "Starving Artist Special."
On a recent night out, a date and I went to Luna Park to get a taste of the good life. The low-lit space—with its luxe chandeliers, eye-popping wall o' booze and taxidermied deer head—is awesome. Request one of the booths with drapes: They can be pulled closed for even more intimate conversation over your $2 PBRs.
Did I say $2 PBRs? Yep. The beer of choice for L.A.’s hipsters has now entered the vocabulary of high-end restaurants. So if you're wedded to PBR (admit it, you like it) you can order it and pretend like you’re just slumming.
The prix fixe—don’t know how to pronounce it, you gauche Americain? Um…me neither. Think “pree feex.”—dinner includes a choice of two appetizers (a Caesar salad or goat cheese fondue), three entrees (grilled salmon with black beluga lentils, oranges, kalamata olives, garlic and basil; baked mac 'n' cheese with broccoli and ham; or spaghetti with a puttanesca-style sauce and feta cheese), and two desserts (angel food cake with strawberries and cream, or DIY s’mores). That’s a lot of food for $18!
On the way out, toss a headshot, business card or napkin with your name scrawled on it into a big fishbowl for a drawing. The prize? A cool $100 worth of free meals at the restaurant, plus new pro headshots. Which you obviously need, since yours presumably suck—or else you’d be getting more work.
Where: 672 S. La Brea Ave., (near Wilshire).
When: Monday nights, 5:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
Insider tip: Make reservations on a night when Constance, the waitress, has her iPod plugged into the sound system. She’s got great taste in the best up-and-coming indie rock.
