Valentine's Day Is Already Coming to El Segundo?

Hello, Gundo 👋 

February is here this weekend… and with that, it appears Valentine’s Day has already begun. The first Valentine’s events have come to town (and, we’d assume, are just the tip of the heart-shaped iceberg).

As always, if and when new events pop up or any details change, we’ll share them on the Hello Gundo Instagram.

-Sam & Angie Greenspan

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

We follow 150+ Instagram accounts, Facebook pages and groups, websites, and email lists to put together this comprehensive guide to everything happening in El Segundo this week.

Though we strive for 100% accuracy, as we all know too well: Schedules are subject to change. All event details are based on latest information on websites/social media. We’ve also called, DMed, and/or visited to confirm whenever possible.

Dine LA Restaurant Week

The winter Dine LA restaurant week runs has been running since last Friday and goes through Friday, February 6th. Here are the El Segundo restaurants participating with special prix fixe menus and other lunch and dinner specials:

• Fleming’s

• Fogo de Chao

• Jaime! Taqueria

• Jame Enoteca

• Japonica

• Little Sister

• Marmalade Cafe

• Nomad Eatery

• North Italia

• Paul Martin’s American Grill

• Porterhouse

• Sausal

• The Bar - Handrails by Seabutter

• True Food Kitchen

Check out the Dine LA website to see each restaurant’s special menu.

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Thursday, January 29th

Wine Charm Making
🍷 Blue Butterfly Coffee, ages 21+, 7-10 PM, $35
The first South Bay Wine Club event of the year includes wine charm making and zero-proof martinis. (Wine with alcohol will also be available for those not doing Dry January or those who called Dry January a wrap already.)

Game Night - Board Games
🎴 Stuft Pizza, all ages, 5:30 PM, free
This week’s game night with Goblin Loot Games is a board game night — use theirs or bring your own.

South Bay Lakers vs. Salt Lake City Stars
🏀 UCLA Health Training Center, all ages, 7 PM, $49+

REAL Deal Day - Misinformation & AI
🤖 ESHS library, 5:30-7 PM, free
An interactive event with panels and workshops for students and families on dealing with misinformation online.

Farmers’ Market 
🥕 Main St., all ages, 3-7 PM, free

Trivia with MC Ken
🧑‍🎓 Five Point Five Brewing, ages 21+, 7 PM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 PM and 7:30-9:45 PM, $11.50+

💵 Thursday food, drinks, and deals

• DineLA Restaurant Week - deals at many local restaurants

• Hopdoddy - $5 frozen margaritas

• Porterhouse - social hours 4-6 PM and 8-9:30 PM with food and drink specials

• El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour Monday through Thursday: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

• Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thurs, 1 meal per week). Although I think if you use it too many times they cut you off because the coupon hasn’t appeared in my app for two weeks running.

• Love.Life - 40% off “pickleball bites”

• Color Me Mine - Student discount with HS or college ID

• Scooter’s Jungle Open Play - 4-6 PM, $23 for child + 1 adult

• 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Beachside Tacos at Boardroom Brewery… Cali Crizp at Sugar Monkey Brewing… Spread, Please! inside Big Mike’s

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Friday, January 30th

Beerio Kart Keg Cup
🏎️ Five Point Five Brewing, ages 21+, 6 PM, $20
From what I can gather, you play in a 32-person Mario Kart tournament bracket with various drinking rules — with a cash prize! Maybe if it was Mario Kart 64 I’d saunter in there and whoop up on a bunch of kids calling me Unc but since it appears to be the newer Mario Kart I’m going to stay home instead and lecture my family about how good I used to be at complicated drinking games.

Live Music
🎸 Old Town Patio, all ages, 5-8 PM, free

Live Music
🎸 The Tavern, 21+, 9 PM, free

Karaoke Night
🎤 Standard Station, ages 21+, 9:30 PM, free

Sunset Sessions (chill house DJ sets)
🎧️ Sugar Monkey Brewing, 6-10 PM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 PM and 7:30-9:45 PM, $11.50+

💵 Friday food, drinks, and deals

• DineLA Restaurant Week - deals at many local restaurants

• Porterhouse - social hours 4-6 PM and 8-9:30 PM with food and drink specials

• Hopdoddy - $5 frozen margaritas

• Love.Life - 40% off smoothies

• 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Three Flames at Boardroom Brewery… Freddy’s Birria Tacos at Sugar Monkey Brewing… Spread, Please! inside Big Mike’s

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Saturday, January 31st

Mom’s Millennial Mix ‘90s/’00s Dance Party
💃 The Tavern on Main, 6-9 PM, free
Dance to the music of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s music. I’m guessing the upper and lower bounds on that are roughly Real McCoy to Soulja Boy.

The Slice & Pint’s 7th Anniversary
🍕 The Slice & Pint, all ages, all day
They’re featuring a special pizza and special beer for the day.

The Meltdown
🍺 El Segundo Brewing Company, all day
An event for the annual release of their Power Plant Triple IPA and Nuclear Power Plant Quadruple IPA.

South Bay Lakers vs. Salt Lake City Stars
🏀 UCLA Health Training Center, all ages, 5:30 PM, $49+

Stand Up, Speak Out: El Segundo Monthly Rally
✊ Main & Imperial, all ages, 10:30 AM-12 PM

Baby Face
👱‍♀️ Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 PM, $10-12
Screening of the 1933 movie that I’m not familiar with but Old Town Music Hall says is “wild” and “scandalous.”

Airport
🛫 Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 7 PM, $10-12
Screening of the classic 1970 disaster film.

Story Explorers
📗 El Segundo Public Library, all ages (8 & under with caregiver), 10:30-11 AM, free
Includes stories, songs, and a craft.

Tween Scene
👋 El Segundo Public Library, grades 3-5, 3-4 PM, free
Hang out, have snacks, and work on a craft.

Live Music
🎸 The Tavern on Main, 21+, 8 PM, free

Live Music
🎸Old Town Patio, all ages, 5-8 PM, free

Beginner Golf Play Day [currently sold out]
⛳️ The Lakes at El Segundo, all ages, 8-10 AM

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 1-3 PM and 7:30-9:45 PM, $11.50+

💵 Saturday food, drinks, and deals

• The Tavern on Main - kids eat free for brunch, 9 AM-2 PM

• The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

• DineLA Restaurant Week - deals at many local restaurants

• Love.Life - 40% off breakfast

• Hopdoddy - $5 frozen margaritas

• Porterhouse - food & drink specials from 4-5:30 PM and 8-9:30 PM

• 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Freddy’s Birria Tacos at Boardroom Brewery… Spread, Please! inside Big Mike’s

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Sunday, February 1st

Valentine’s Day photos at The Point
😍 The Point, 10 AM-12 PM, $35
Get 3-5 edited photos by February 10th. You’ll need to book a time in advance.

Beau Geste
🪖 Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 PM, $20
Screening of the 1926 silent film, accompanied live on organ.

Open Auditions: Get Your Dog Into Legally Blonde
🐕️ Library Park, 2-3 PM
ESHS is putting on Legally Blonde this spring and they’re looking for a local dog to play the role of Bruiser, Elle’s chihuahua. Does your small dog have the skills and charm to pull off this role? If so… auditions are open.

Live Music Sundays
🎸 The Tavern on Main, all ages, 4 PM, free

Live Music
🎸Old Town Patio, all ages, 1-4 PM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 1-3 PM, $11.50+

💵 Sunday food, drinks, and deals

• The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

• Burger Lounge [outside the 🫧 warning] - kids eat free

• Hopdoddy - $5 frozen margaritas

• 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Beachside Tacos at Boardroom Brewery… Spread, Please! inside Big Mike’s

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Monday, February 2nd

Monday Game Night
🎮️ Five Point Five, 7 PM, free

Meditate in El Segundo
🪷 Blue Butterfly Coffee, 7-8:15 PM, suggested $15 donation
Learn practical techniques and go through a guided meditation.

Lucky Guess Trivia
🧑‍🎓 Sugar Monkey Brewing, ages 21+, 6:30-8:30 PM, free

Blind Date With a Book
😍 El Segundo Public Library, free
Starting today through February 21st, find a wrapped book on display near the checkout desk. Take it home and see what happens.

Genealogy Club
🧬 El Segundo Public Library, 11 AM-12 PM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 PM, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Monday food, drinks, and deals

• Rock & Brews - kids eat free

• Marmalade Cafe - kids eat free 3 PM - close

• DineLA Restaurant Week - deals at many local restaurants

• Love.Life - 40% off salads

• Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thurs, 1 meal per week)

• Porterhouse - food & drink specials from 4-6 PM and 8-9:30 PM

• El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

• Color Me Mine - $5 studio fee for kids 5 and under

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Tuesday, February 3rd

Trivia with Budds
🧑‍🎓 Brewport Tap House, ages 21+, 7 PM (last table reservation is at 6:30), free

Game Night
🎮️ Sugar Monkey Brewing, 3-9 PM, free
Play Xbox, Switch, and more.

Comedy at Old Town Patio
🤣 Old Town Patio, 7 PM, free

Crafteen
🖼️ El Segundo Public Library, grades 6-12, 3:30-4:30 PM, free
This week the craft is friendship bracelets.

Preschool Story Time
📖 El Segundo Public Library, ages 3-5, 10-10:30 AM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 PM, $11.50-$15.50

🌮 Tuesday food, drinks, and deals

• CinemaWest - $8 movies all day and night

• DineLA Restaurant Week - deals at many local restaurants

• Burger Lounge [outside the 🫧 warning] - kids eat free

• Love.Life - 40% off handhelds

• Sauced - Game Night (discounted games including axe throwing)

• Taco Tuesday at G’s Il Capo dei Bar, Standard Station, and Rock & Brews

• The Tavern on Main - 2 for 1 burgers

• Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thurs, 1 meal per week)

• El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

• Porterhouse - food & drink specials from 4-6 PM and 8-9:30 PM

• Color Me Mine - BOGO studio fee

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Wednesday, February 4th

Karaoke & Game Night
🎤 Sugar Monkey Brewing, 5-9 PM, free

Baby/Toddler Story Time
👶 El Segundo Public Library, ages 0-3, 10-10:20 AM, free

Wonderful Wednesdays: Platypus Craft
🚛 El Segundo Public Library, grades K-2, 3 PM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 PM, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Wednesday food, drinks, and deals

• Old Town Patio - BBQ Day w/a la carte BBQ plates fresh from the smoker

• Van Leeuwen - buy one, get up to 2 kids scoops free

• Sauced - Hump Day Wednesday (discounted games, all night happy hour)

• G’s Il Capo dei Bar - Kids eat ½ off

• Marmalade Cafe - ½ off all bottles of wine

• Love.Life - 40% off breakfast

• DineLA Restaurant Week - deals at many local restaurants

• Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thurs, 1 meal per week)

• Rock & Brews - burger specials

• Smashburger Manhattan Beach [outside the 🫧 warning] - kids eat free

• Porterhouse - Wine Wednesdays (25% off bottles) and food & drink specials from 4-5:30 PM and 8-9:30 PM

• El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

• Color Me Mine - $5 studio fee after 5 PM

• 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Spread, Please! inside Big Mike’s

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“THE SECOND” HALF

Gundo Scoop

105 closures start this week
El Segundo’s own personal freeway will have some closures this week. Looks like a lot of it is closer to the 110 exchange but be aware from tomorrow (Jan. 30) through February 6th if you’re driving at night.

In case you missed this: La Paz has reopened
La Paz has been open again for a week now. Their hours are Mon–Fri 10 AM–9 PM, Sat 9 AM–9 PM, and Sun 9 AM–8:30 PM.

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New & Ongoing Deals

⛳️ Topgolf deals
$40/hr per bay flat rate Mon-Thu and/or snag 30 minutes of free play time.

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Camps for Upcoming ESUSD Days Off

Little Eagles Day Camp - 2/16
Help El Segundo Youth Cheer fundraise for The Quest Nationals in Florida by sending your K-6th grader to their Presidents’ Day cheer camp at El Segundo Middle School!

Camp Cowabunga - 2/9, 2/16
For some reason it’s not listed under “camps” but you can find it by searching the word camp. Because, of course.

Code Ninjas - 2/16

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Save the Date

Events coming up, often where it’s wise to get your tickets sooner rather than later.

• El Segundo Hometown Stars Auditions - A city-wide talent show for all ages. Auditions are Feb 11 & 12, so you’ve got a little less than a month left to prepare. 😉 

• NBA All-Star Tip Off Celebrity Game - A night of basketball, creators, and charity supporting HoopShots on Feb 11. And it’s happening right here in El Segundo at the UCLA Health Training Center.

• Paws, Pints, & XO Vibes - 2/11. Valentine’s paint and sip at Five Point Five Brewing.

• E-bike safety course - 2/21. Free from the ESPD.

• El Segundo Co-Op Nursery School’s Casino Night 2026 - 3/21. Get your early bird tickets now.

• Upcoming Old Town Music Hall movies and events - Saturdays and Sundays. Many of these, especially popular movies, will sell out.

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Who are you and why are you doing this?

We’re Sam and Angie Greenspan, El Segundo residents and since 2016 and major El Segundo boosters ever since.

We also believed we were the right people to give this town its first newsletter.

Angie’s a realtor who works here in town and all over L.A. — so she’s plugged in to everything happening and has been a de facto source for local event info for years. Sam’s a writer and works in email marketing.

Please spread the word!

— Sam & Angie Greenspan

P.S. If you have any ideas or anything you want to see us include in this newsletter, reply to this email to let us know!