Friday Night Rides: Cocktail Mass.

This Friday, 21 Nov, Metro experiments with late night Red Line service—and the Bus bench plans to be on board!

Join Browne, BusTard and other daring, soon-to-be merry straphangers as they go bar-hopping on the Red Line. We'll be going around downtown but are starting at Traxx bar at Union Station at 10:30 p.m. We'll be heading out from there around 11:30 p.m.

They'll be disguises and cocktails.

 

There will be time enough to stumble back home, as the Red Line will be running until 3 a.m.

The late-night transit experiment is being partially funded by a number of dining and drinking establishments, and The Bus Bench wishes to show its support to some of these places (and by proxy, support for Metro's willingness to do expand service).

Here are the anticipated alcohol stops:

7th/Metro: Golden Gopher (417 W. 8th, 90014)
Pershing Square La Cita (336 S. Hill, 90013)
Civic Center: Redwood Bar & Grill (316 W. 2nd Street, 90012)

But who knows. We will tape the final schedule inside the men's and women's first bathroom stall if you miss us, along with a phone number. We may answer, we may not. We are here to inspire you. We at The Bus Bench aren't really good at the getting-you-home-alive thing. We obviously don't want you to die, but if you did that wouldn't prevent us from having a good time.

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Comments

[Nancy]

I took the Red Line out for some late night cocktails at a friend's apartment in Hollywood. I got back to the Universal Station to take the 150 home, but found out it only runs once an HOUR between 2 and 4 am. I was freaked out about sitting at the station alone - there was no one else there - so I had to walk to Ventura Blvd to wait for the bus.

So we have to wait 30 years to get rail. Fine. But I don't think it's asking too much for them to increase bus frequency NOW. Is it?