Downtown Santa Monica

Happy Hanukkah! While we won’t be hosting our nightly lightings with local synagogues this year, our Menorah will be lit each night of the Jewish Festival of Lights and be placed on the Third Street Promenade. Be safe. Be well

Calling all Santa Monica Businesses! Santa Monica Business Needs Survey Tell Us How We Can Help As health orders continue to evolve and change, we wanted to check in to best understand your immediate needs as Santa Monica business owners. Survey responses will be used by the City of Santa Monica’s Emergency Operations Center and Economic Recovery Task Force. Please respond by December 22. ... Link: https://survey123.arcgis.com//3cf4cec0315d44a8acb6532604f4

We are excited to share with you some great news for our visitors and businesses: Free Parking thru Christmas! Downtown Santa Monica and the City of Santa Monica are offering free parking starting Friday, Dec. 11 in Parking Structures 1-6 to help folks run essential errands, like visiting our Farmers’ Markets, grabbing food to-go or picking up last minute holiday gifts on Third Street Promenade. These parking structures are located on Second and Fourth streets between Broadwa...y and Wilshire. We will be waiving downtown parking fees, complimenting Citywide free curbside pickup zones that help support local businesses. Buying local keeps dollars in Santa Monica’s economy. For every $10 spent at a Santa Monica business, as much as $7 stays in the community through payroll and taxes that are reinvested to support local schools, parks, and vital community services. The Buy Local Santa Monica program has over 1,000 businesses actively participating that employ over 3,700 Santa Monica residents and nearly half of our Buy Local businesses are owned by Santa Monica residents. Restaurants and retailers throughout Santa Monica have implemented a number of convenient amenities during COVID-19. Local shoppers are encouraged to plan ahead, know what stores you need to visit and check ahead to see if in-store pick-up or special hours are available for persons who may be more vulnerable to COVID-19. Many Santa Monica businesses are also offering online ordering and delivery. For more information about Santa Monica shopping districts or a list of unique Santa Monica gifts, visit: buylocalsantamonica.com/gifts2020 and santamonica.com/holiday-specials. The Santa Monica Open for Business map is available at santamonica.gov/coronavirus-resources. For a list of restaurants offering takeout and delivery, please visit our Downtown Food Delivery & Pickup Guide. We continue to urge people who do visit the downtown area to wear facial coverings, maintain social distancing and only visit with those in your household. We want to thank the City for offering this benefit to our community.

Join us in celebrating Día de los Muertos. Today’s the last day to take a photo with our beautiful Catrinas, designed by LA artist @ricardosoltero, on Third Street Promenade. @santamonicapier will have theirs on display today and tomorrow as well. #dayofthedeaddtsm #dtsantamonica

Students from Santa Monica High School joined in our Día de Los Muertos celebration on Third Street Promenade with their custom altars honoring loved ones who are no longer with us. #dayofthedeaddtsm

Safely celebrate the holiday season in Downtown Santa Monica with #WinterLIT on Third Street Promenade featuring thousands of colorful lights, 11 public art installations, the official @cityofsantamonica Holiday Tree and Menorah plus an augmented reality experience from @eyejackapp. This project was made possible by @cityofsantamonica @art.samo Art of Recovery grant program. Now on view thru Jan. 3

Santa Monica Place is thrilled to announce the Million Meals Donation Match! From now until November 9, Santa Monica Place will match any donation made to the Westside Food Bankuntil the $5,000 goal is met.* Help us reach our goal of $5,000 to provide 20,000 meals to our local community. Santa Monica Place has partnered with the Westside Food Bank, as Macerich properties throughout the country join with local food banks to collect donations in support of communities from coast-to-coast. Donations can be made to the Westside Food Bank now through November 9 on the Santa Monica Place website. *Donations must be made via the Santa Monica Place website at https://bit.ly/35JEyas. Santa Monica Place will match all donations until the $5,000 goal is met, with a maximum of $3,000 in total donations matched.

The more you run, the more TACOS you can eat! #tacotuesday Enjoy today's special $2 street tacos and $3 beer. - #tacos #tacolover #santamonica #losangeles #...hollywood #santamonicabeach #mrtempo #maschingon #bar #cantina #margaritas #weekend #fun #friends #downey #brea #anaheimhills #sandiego #littleitalysd #orangecounty #tempocantina #kingandqueencantina #sandiego #littleitalysd #valledeguadalupe See more

We’re so thankful for our farmers and the City of Santa Monica - Government for keeping our farmers market open.

Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. and the Santa Monica Pier Corporation are honoring Día de los Muertos, highlighting the traditional Mexican cultural celebration of life and death, with a larger than the after-life art installation on Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica Pier. Sculptures of La Catrina, one of Día de los Muertos' most recognizable figures, by Los Angeles-based artist Ricardo Soltero will be viewable at nine locations throughout the Promenade and four locations o...n the Pier beginning Saturday, October 31 - Monday, November 2. Soltero's iconic sculptures of La Catrina range up to 14 feet in height and welcome guests to the Promenade and Pier in brightly colored traditional Mexican attire inspired by Day of the Dead traditions and Mexican icons and embroidery. La Catrina was first born out of Mexican social satire and has become a well-known figure in celebration of the holiday. A portion of this art installation is funded by the City of Santa Monica's Cultural Affairs Art of Recovery initiative, a grant program dedicated to funding projects by local artists and highlighting the important role arts and culture plays in recovery efforts as they strengthen and connect Santa Monica. DTSM and the Santa Monica Pier remain committed to ensuring the health and safety of the community, visitors, and staff. Face coverings are required when visiting the art installation on Third Street Promenade and on the Santa Monica Pier and all guests are encouraged to practice physical distancing. Each art piece will be properly spaced out to ensure there is enough room to view them safely. For more information on the new health and safety guidelines as well as details on what to expect when visiting the Third Street Promenade or the Santa Monica Pier, please visit downtownsm.com and santamonicapier.org. See more

We're looking forward to adding this incredible public art piece to our Downtown!

It’s Date(s) Night! @themisfitsamo & so many other restaurants in our Downtown resource produce from our twice-weekly #farmersmarket featuring the freshest & tastiest from passionate farmers from SoCal. Join us for a night out or brunch with your quaranteam. #itsalllove #dtsantamonica

Excited for these improvements to Ocean Avenue. We need more bike lanes!

We're honoring Dia de los Muertos, highlighting the traditional Mexican cultural celebration of life and death, with a larger than the after-life art installation on Third Street Promenade & Santa Monica Pier. Sculptures of La Catrina, one of Dia de los Muertos' most recognizable figures, by Los Angeles-based artist @RicardoSoltero will be viewable at nine locations throughout the Promenade and four locations on the Pier beginning Saturday, October 31 - Monday, November 2. ...* Soltero's iconic sculptures of La Catrina range up to 14 feet in height and welcome guests to the Promenade and Pier in brightly colored traditional Mexican attire inspired by #DayoftheDead traditions and #Mexican icons and embroidery. La Catrina was first born out of Mexican social satire and has become a well-known figure in celebration of the holiday. * A portion of this art installation is funded by the @cityofsantamonica Cultural Affairs Art of Recovery initiative, a grant program dedicated to funding projects by local artists and highlighting the important role arts and culture plays in recovery efforts as they strengthen and connect #SantaMonica. Downtown Santa Monica and The Santa Monica Pier remain committed to ensuring the health and safety of the community, visitors, and staff. Face coverings are required when visiting the art installation on Third Street Promenade and on the Santa Monica Pier and all guests are encouraged to practice physical distancing. Each art piece will be properly spaced out to ensure there is enough room to view them safely. For more information on the new health and safety guidelines as well as details on what to expect when visiting the Third Street Promenade or the Santa Monica Pier, please visit downtownsm.com and santamonicapier.org.

Calling all artists! Help us decorate Third Street Promenade this holiday season We're using Art of Recovery grant funds to pay artists to decorate the Promenade's jacaranda trees for our Wacky Winterlit Holiday Celebration. The Promenade will be lit up like never before. Storefronts will feature holiday-themed displays making Candy Cane Lane look tame! Artists can apply using this link: http://bit.ly/WackyWinterlit