Two Very Unique Happy Hour Vintage "Stopovers" Melrose Umbrella Co☂️ & Aviator✈️

Take a look ✈️
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Let’s fly away together and meet at TWO fabulous Vintage-inspired destinations!! We have collaborated in discovering the perfect 2-part happy hour that’s both really unique and super fun during the Halloween season!! Both venues have completely different “vintage” themes and are conveniently located directly next door to each other. 🥂

LADIES WHO ADORE VINTAGE IS THE ONLY GROUP IN LA ON MEETUP THAT FOCUSES ENTIRELY 💯ON VINTAGE LA❣️
We search hard to find the most unique & interesting venues in greater LA you will love!!

🎟️THERE WILL BE A RAFFLE AT AVIATOR🎁

Please kindly confirm your commitment to attend by making your $5 RSVP (12-hour max grace period). You will be replaced otherwise. Your contribution helps support the Meetup cost to share events and helps with all other incidental fees to run events. Thank you for your support. See payment info at the bottom.

🍸HAPPY HOUR STOPOVERS
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Arrive before Happy hour ends at 5 PM (one hour only between 4-5 PM). Our first stopover is at Spooky Black Lagoon at Melrose Umbrella Co. ☂️

Spooky Black Lagoon👻🎃
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Meet Austin Melrose (co-owner/real surname)
https://youtu.be/UTkTqxDQzoY?si=m3FPxtve0CR5Ll8x

6:00 - 7:00 PM (stay as long as you like). Our final destination is at AVIATOR (next door).✈️

🍸Thursday nights during Happy Hour between 6 -7 PM they have a special “Get A Free Companion Pass”. You get one FREE drink for your companion. You must be together. We will work it out so we can all get the extra FREE drink! 🥂
Please arrive on time especially if you’re not joining The Melrose Umbrella Company first.

You always get the back story to enhance your Meetup Experience… know before you go!
ABOUT THE VENUES:

MELROSE UMBRELLA CO. ☂️
Melrose Umbrella Co. is a unique post-Prohibition craft cocktail lounge that blends a historic, neighborhood-friendly feel with an eccentric, vintage aesthetic and an innovative beverage program.

Happy Hour Menu
See photo gallery

Full Menu
https://www.melroseumbrellaco.com/menus-copy

In the early stages of development, owners Zach Patterson & Austin Melrose (childhood friends) sought to create a nostalgic environment whilst celebrating the return of the craft cocktail, to one of the most diverse shopping and dining avenues in the world- Melrose Avenue.

Umbrella Hospitality Group is proud to present a bar program featuring distinctive cocktails made from home-made tinctures, syrups, and tonics as well as natural wines, non-alcoholic cocktails and beer selections. They created a timeless and unique menu offering a variety of palates reflecting belief in unique pairings, custom infusions, fresh juices and ingredients.

Through the keen eye of M. Winter Designs, salvaged treasures from across the United States create added warmth and intimacy to the 1890’s fireplace facing an arched ceiling covered in New York City subway tile, complementing the massive 1920’s wooden apothecary cabinet shipped from the East Coast that is now the custom retrofitted back bar.

HISTORY
The Melrose Umbrella Co. logo is a silhouette of, then, 90-year old James Melrose, which was published in an English newspaper after serving his elected position as Lord Mayor of York, England.

In addition to the magnificent life he led, Mr. Melrose became forever known as the ’Grand Old Man’ to his constituency and even to the Queen of England. Found within the Umbrella Co. is a photograph of one of the many occasions the two were documented together while wielding his umbrella which he carried as opposed to a cane, until his expiration at the ripe old age of 101.

BUILDING
The building in which the Melrose Umbrella Co. is housed was built in the midst of the excitement of the demise of prohibition, after the 18th amendment was lifted via ratification of the 21st amendment. Making it the only instance in U.S. history that a constitutional amendment was retracted.

The iconic image that marked this momentous celebration was an umbrella with raindrops falling from the inside representing the promise of, Many Wet Days To Come…

Key Unique Features
• The Name and Symbolism: The bar is named after a nod to co-owner Austin Melrose’s ancestor, James Melrose, a turn-of-the-century nobleman famously silhouetted holding an umbrella. The umbrella also symbolizes the post-Prohibition era—signaling "many wet days to come" where patrons could finally buy drinks again. Thirteen hanging umbrellas on the wall represent the 13 dry years of Prohibition.

• Old-World, Apothecary Design: Created with salvaged treasures from across the U.S., the interior features an 1890s fireplace, an arched ceiling covered in New York City subway tile, and a massive 1920s wooden apothecary back bar that requires a sliding ladder for bartenders.

• Dedicated Old Fashioned Bar: Alongside the main bar, the space includes a separate, specialized secondary bar dedicated strictly to crafting unique house variations of the classic Old Fashioned.

• Day-to-Night Transition: The venue doubles as a daytime coffee and pastry workspace with Wi-Fi before seamlessly transitioning into a bustling, candlelit evening cocktail destination.

• Connected Taquería (Umbrella TaCo): The bar connects directly to an adjacent concept, Umbrella Taco, which pairs high-end pan-Mexican street food and handmade tortillas with the bar's craft libations.

Lorena’s love for airline vintage memorabilia & Tiki
When PS Air Bar, a super popular, aviation-themed speakeasy in Palm Springs closed this past January I was truly heartbroken. Years prior the 94th Aero Squadron in Van Nuys closed too. There’s only a couple other aviation-themed restaurants in California; like the Proud Bird at LAX. But no other retro, mid-century airline-themed cocktail lounge like the ULTRA-COOL vibe PS Air Bar was. Not until now!!

Gloria discovered AVIATOR and knew I would love it. You will too!! They opened last year. There’s no affiliation to PS AIR but the decor and retro-vibe is very similar. I’m super excited there’s now an aviation-themed bar like this here in LA. I spent three decades working for the airlines and have collected a lot of airline vintage memorabilia and Tiki decor over the years. I made my own pool house at home into a cocktail lounge with this retro-vibe I love so much!!

✈️ AVIATOR 🌎
The Experience & Vibe
• The Concept: Designed to transport guests back to the golden age of 1960s air travel.

• The Decor: Features refurbished vintage airline seating (with economy, business class, and first-class pods named after global destinations), authentic overhead bins, sliding window shades, and tray tables.

• The Service: Staff members dress in retro flight attendant and captain uniforms, and menus are styled to look like little international passports.

Food & Drink Menu
https://www.aviatormelrose.com/menu

• Cocktails: Classic aviation-inspired drinks like Paper Planes and Aviations, alongside themed offerings like the grapefruit-infused Aviator cocktail and mid-flight painkillers.

• Bites: Elevated international small plates and tapas, such as caviar baked potatoes, chimichurri steak bites, sliders, crispy Brussels sprouts, and popcorn chicken.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT
$5 RSVP PayPal, Venmo or Zelle (NOT if waitlisted). NOTE: Fee is NOT refundable or transferable. If you need to cancel immediately update to “not going.”

Payment contact provided at time of RSVP made immediately or spot will be released so someone else can join.

AT TIME OF PAYMENT INDICATE: Melrose Happy Hour

NOTIFICATIONS-ON ARE REQUIRED
It is YOUR responsibility to know if you were moved-up from the waitlist.

PARKING
Street metered.
Will follow up on valet.

MEETUP POLICY
🔺No drop-ins. RSVP Meetup members only
🔺 3 under 24-hr cancellations/6-months out
🔺 3 failures to pay (fee events)/6-months out
🔺 2 no-shows/perm. removed 🔺 Excessive cancellations perm. removed