You are invited to experience all the best in L.A. with us! Bring your appetite as we are taking you around the globe without ever leaving L.A., exploring world cuisine from hot dog to caviar, from Ramen noodles to 10-course Chinese dinner banquet; food stands, high-ranking restaurants to underground dining; Asian, European, South American, Ethiopian, Middle Eastern just name a few…with an exploration of a wide range of fine dining establishments to hot new foodie sites, as well those small dini …

Are you LGBT and a foodie? Have you always wanted to join a dining club that will try out a wide variety of restaurants - from street food, all the way to fine dining, from American cuisine, to all types of ethnic cuisine Southern California has to offer? Then this is the group for you. We have a wide variety of events to fit everyone's budget - from $10 to $15 at street food and certain ethnic restaurants, all the way to $100 plus for fine dining. Its up to you what event you want to sign up f …

We are the largest dining/foodie group with special emphasis on all the Asian cuisines with over 1,900+ members. Meet other local foodies at our many dining events who wish to share sushi & Asian cuisines and explore new Asian restaurants around town. You don't need to be Asian to join, but you do need to love dining on Asian food! We will explore both high end gourmet as well as highly recommended local dives in search of a great place to eat and meet others who share our love of Asian food. To …

For most it’s history, Los Angeles was a gastronomic wasteland, but not any more. Lovingly prepared and lusciously presented food, good wine, and outstanding cocktails, some of life’s greatest pleasures, are available all over the place. The purpose of this group is to visit, and revisit, some of the best, to share an evening of great food and pleasant conversation, and, last but not least, make new friends who already share a common interest. Our events will happen at least once a month, possib …

Who We Are: From food novices to epicurean gourmands, Los Angeles Foodies always have a great time enjoying delicious food. Join us to share a meal with Real Foodies! It's just two bucks to save your seat at one of our communal tables. What We Do: We bring together Real Foodies around delicious food. Whether it's a fantastic hole-in-the-wall or hot, new upscale restaurant, we're sure to pay a visit. Don't see your favorites on our calendar? Feel free to make a reservation and share it on our ho …

This is a fun social group where foodies in the SF Valley get together to try new restaurants within the area. The myth is that the valley is short on good cuisine, but not true!! Let's eat and explore the valley!

Get ready to take your Meetup Experience to the NEXT LEVEL and CONNECT with an incredible group of friends! "Entourage" is the Largest & Most Active Asian Meetup Group in So Cal, and also on the Wst Coast, with many diverse events to choose from EVERY SINGLE WEEK! GET READY to take FUN to NEXT LEVEL! Here's an example of some of our past events... * FREE Mixer Parties Club Events with 470+ RSVPs * House Parties & BBQs with 250+ Attendees *  Huge Beach BBQ Bonfire Parties * Hiking LA's Most Beaut …

"Building connections within the Asian community and staying connected" Asian Groupting means: Group + Meeting Group + Outing Group + Connecting Who Asian Groupting is for: All Asians 20s and 30s that want break out of his or her boring, stale, daily routine and try something adventurous, learn new activities and skills, explore unfamiliar and exciting areas, and experience a variety of popular and hidden restaurants with OTHER ASIANS! And you do all this FOR FREE with a group of other Asians …

We are group of 20's , 30's +............ Asian-American Professionals, Singles and Students meet each other through our group for networking opportunities, fun, socializing, night life and cultural events.  It's a great way to build your network, meet new people and catch up with old friends, especially if you're on the go. Our Activities include the following plus much more: fine dining, sports, hiking and outdoor activities, ballroom dancing, salsa dancing, parties, clubs, local wine tastings …

Greetings! Welcome to Westside Geeks & Nerds! "Westside Geeks & Nerds Logo" - Allyson N. Jason © 2013 Come join us and get together with other nerds, geeks, and dorks who meet up doing engaging and stimulating things mostly at locations all around the westside of LA proper. Some of the most popular events, among newbies & regulars alike, are: Game Fest & Potluck - monthly gaming & potluck extravaganza The Geeky Salon - monthly gatherings of deep discussion on various stimulating topics Westsid …

Welcome to the meetup group for Europeans and Euro fans for the greater Los Angeles Area. The aim of this group is to have a loyal circle of friends with a diverse cultural background, who like doing fun things together. Activities ranging from afternoon to evening gatherings several times a month. Join us for nice conversations, good laughs, drinks, dinner and dance or other fine entertainment. Sign up if you are seriously interested and actually will participate. New members will have to be …

We are trendsetting, fun and positive women in our 20's, 30's, and 40's exploring and loving all that Los Angeles has to offer; all while consciously giving back to charities we believe in, such as the Teen L.U.V.E. Foundation. *The Teen L.U.V.E. Foundation, is a non-profit 501 (c) (3), that offers mentoring and workshops for at-risk teen boys and girls, ages 13-17. Are you looking to: *Meet like-minded positive women? *Network for business and/or new friendships? *Try something new in 2013 …

Yarom hedonism. Entertainment for sure. Theory of free pleasure. Great wine, food and friends. No interlopers. Caution ---YOU MAY CONTRACT THE WINE FLUE ---WE ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY. WINE GLASSING HAS KNOWN TO OCCUR AT TIMES. Our dinners are at upscale restaurants with an average bill of $75-200/pp. You must know personally at least 1 of the 3 organizers. You must bring a high end wine that is with the theme of the dinner.

This group is for 20/30 something ladies located in the Westside (MDR, Venice, Santa Monica) and the South Bay who want to get together every so often to hang out! I'm thinking we could do happy hours, dinners, and also some fun weekend events like spa days, museums, or anything fun that shows up on gold star or groupon! I'm somewhat of a foodie but also love yoga and being active, so I look forward to having some cool people to do fun things with!

DiscoverLA We are a group about discovering what the greater Los Angeles area has to offer.  This could be food, lectures, theater, museums or whatever else piques our interest. (This group was formerly known as HEARTS--Hollywood Entertainment Arts Restaurant Theater Social group.) This is a group that will be going out and about in  Los Angeles, Hollywood, Los Feliz, Studio City, Burbank, Sherman Oaks, Beverly Hills and beyond ! This will be a great opportunity to make new friends. Everyone is …

Welcome to Downtown LA and LA Metro a dynamic phoenix-like stage, where so much is changing, growing, and re-inventing itself. 'A Downtown Los Angeles and Los Angeles Metro Meetup' a newly revive social group that is about going out and experiencing Downtown's night life and other cultural events plus expanded to the entire Los Angeles Metro such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica,Pacific Palisades, Long Beach, West Hollywood and etc... Whether it's the 'Historic Core', 'Art District', 'Little Tokyo …

Meet other single food lovers (most in their 30's and 40's) at restaurants in all price ranges that are rated the "Best In LA." We notice outstanding food reviews from LA Magazine, LA Weekly, LA Times and Zagat and make reservations at those restaurants for our Meetup group. We also enjoy temples appearing in Bon Appetit, Food & Wine and Gourmet, as well as gourmet food trucks and brand new restaurants that are wonderful enough to be swooned over in the food press and blogosphere. Being able to …

Welcome to the LA Poker Group Home Game Central POKER, POKER & POKER! We love Poker! Meet & play poker w/amateur & beginning players in fun & social home games. We are the largest and oldest Meetup.com home game group active in Los Angeles. LAPG was the first group to actively host home games in L.A. We have over 35 Game Hosts in Santa Monica to Monrovia, from Encino to Long Beach. We often have great poker potlucks, BBQ, picnics, gourmet dinners to fun themed events. While the vast majority of …

Welcome to all you 40+ singles! We are an eclectic social group who get together for conversation and comraderie with people close to our own age. The group is designed to meet and to get to know other 40’s and 50’s young single people doing different exciting and fun community, social, and musical events available to us in and around Los Angeles and Orange Counties. We do breakfast, lunch and dinners, go to movies, art events, sporting events, wine tastings, and theatre, go on vacations, clubb …

GIRLFRIEND GRAPEVINE - serves as a Hub to meet a diverse group of Accomplished , Interesting, Drama-Free, Down to Earth, Reliable Sister-Friends with the goal of developing long term friendships. Do you miss the types of girlfriends you had in High School and College that you no longer have due to marriage, kids, moving to a new city, a busy career, not wanting to mix work associates with your personal life... or you simply would like to meet people you wouldn't normally meet in your every day …

Welcome gourmet food lovers in the San Fernando Valley! Finally, a place to discover elegant dining establishments within our community. Think you have to travel to the Westside for a memorable dining experience? Think again! We'll explore fine dining establishments throughout Ventura Blvd. and the rest of the San Fernando Valley. Let's explore some great finds in the San Fernando Valley that are tasteful and exquisite. Note: This group will primarily visit dining establishments that are gourme …

Welcome.... Part educational, part foodie, we are a friendly group interested in quality, fresh, farm-to-table food here in the Los Angeles area. After having travelled abroad and experienced the simplicity of farm-fresh products and whole foods, the organizer was inspired to create this local group to discover together what L.A. offers in terms of locally sourced, sustainable foods. WHO SHOULD JOIN: Not for food snobs, but rather those who are curious to experience farm-to-table in a variety of …

Socializing? Networking? New friendship?  See new places? Go outdoors?  Visit museums?  Hanging out in the sun? Wine Tasting?  Those are some of the fun activites Angelinos are looking for!!! There is truly so much to see and so much to do in Los Angeles and its surrounding cities, counties and states. Besides the various fun social activities to see and do, there are so many friends to be made! If you are looking to expand your circle of friends with other fun professionals and become less of a …

If you: 1) Like good food. 2) Like good company. 3) Like participating in both on the Westside of LA. Then this is the group for you! We'll be looking to find the hidden treasures and established classic venues of West LA/Santa Monica. So join us for good peeps and good eats! We do have some important rules concerning attendance at our events. To see those details, please click the About Us link to the left. My personal info is there as well in case you need to reach me.

Hello, Inspired by my best friend (Wendy's) meet-up group in NYC and her showing new/offbeat or classic independent/foreign films and discussing them with other film lovers where we instantly became friends I've decided to start a similar group here in Santa Monica! If you also enjoy trying new types of food and wine this group will focus on pot-luck "themed" meals also inspired by the films we select which I'll be picking based on your suggestions! This group is for young film, food & wine buff …

Bosom Buddy is a women social group where the emphasis is on being a nurturing and supporting friend in the midst of all our busy lives. Bosom Buddy's emphasis is on quality of friendships, not quantity. The concept was taken from Anne Shirley in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and anyone who is looking for their Anne/Diana should join! Besides our regular monthly book club, we also hike, host tea parties, see live theater, catch flicks, and enjoy happy hours. Our April 2013 book is Taiye …

This local wine tasting group is dedicated to blind-tasting high-end red wines at shared cost in an elegant and relaxed dinner setting, for everyone in Beverly Hills and surroundings who likes wine, wants to learn more and wishes to meet like-minded friends and knowledgeable wine drinkers. The group organizer holds a sommelier certification. Unlike other 'wine' groups, all events will be dedicated to an intense assessment of top wines at the lowest cost possible. Our group is for: Beginning wine …

Do you like checking out some of LA's hottest restaurants? Conversing about the latest best-seller? Meeting interesting women and making new friends? As the LA version of a popular NYC meetup, we will get together at least once a month at an upscale restaurant for brunch or dinner to discuss a novel or book that will be voted on and selected by members. Books range from the latest releases to classics. We will try and expand the number of people who can RSVP for a meetup - having possibly two di …