# LA / So. Cal Dopefest - Saturday, 11/15 @ Roscoe's Hollywood **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317 "2008-10-30T20:56:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/81 "2008-11-03T05:36:31Z")
Hey, it’s not like **Shayna** hasn’t been to a 'fest before – I’ve met her, she’s real! I was waiting on a final vote before determining the Roscoe’s location, and I think enough people have given favor to Roscoe’s that we probably shouldn’t deviate from that plan at this point. Just in case anyone’s wondering, Roscoe’s locations are in Long Beach, Pasadena, Hollywood and West LA(ish). The Hollywood location is the original, and has recently expanded to have a lot more tables. It has the advantage of being near the Arclight or other Hollywood fixtures for those who might be looking for post-waffle entertainment. Pasadena is closest to the San Gabriel troops, of course, and in my opinion, is every bit as good as the original. I have been to the West LA location once and was less than impressed. I’ve never been to the Long Beach location, so I have no opinion there. By the way, **Antinor01** , are you conceding the vote to Roscoe’s at this point, or are you planning to launch a smear campaign in order to get sushi back in the race? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/82 "2008-11-03T05:53:49Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > By the way, **Antinor01** , are you conceding the vote to Roscoe’s at this point, or are you planning to launch a smear campaign in order to get sushi back in the race? 😉 Roscoe’s voted for tax increases a record 182 times in the last 6 months. Roscoe’s doesn’t care about the little guy. Sushi is on record as saying that the government needs to reduce spending and maintain a balanced budget. Sushi will be there for you. Remember Sushi 08 My name is Antinor01 and I approved this message. (Fine fine, we’ll have the blasted Roscoe’s.) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/83 "2008-11-03T05:59:02Z")
Despite you being a sushicrat I will still give you a ride to Roscoe’s (assuming you ask nice) Otherwise I will have the lovely **Silver Tyger Girl** all to myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/84 "2008-11-03T06:02:27Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Despite you being a sushicrat I will still give you a ride to Roscoe’s (assuming you ask nice) > Otherwise I will have the lovely **Silver Tyger Girl** all to myself. > > 😃 Ehh, it’ll be after the election. We must reach across the aisle in bipartisan support. Wafflicans and Sushicrats must work together to restore peace! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/85 "2008-11-03T06:15:42Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > I just Googled Roscoe’s… dang that looks good! > > Time for lunch. I just checked it out too, and i’m sort of glad i can’t make this one. It doesn’t exactly have a wide selection for vegetarians. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/86 "2008-11-03T06:18:16Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Ehh, it’ll be after the election. We must reach across the aisle in bipartisan support. Wafflicans and Sushicrats must work together to restore peace! Works for me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/87 "2008-11-03T06:49:11Z")
I like the idea of the live jazz at Long Beach. Otherwise I’d dig Hollywood, because I love Hollywood. > [@mhendo](#): > > I just checked it out too, and i’m sort of glad i can’t make this one. It doesn’t exactly have a wide selection for vegetarians. Woah! I keep forgetting you’re in San Diego now. That’s so cool. We should all get together at Rancho’s or, well, any of the other vegan and vegan-option places around. I guess there must be some in L.A. too for next time. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/88 "2008-11-03T09:43:03Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Next time you get to the US, you need to visit this end of the country! Visit LA, the City of Death by Driveby? Are you insane?!?!?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/89 "2008-11-03T13:23:42Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Visit LA, the City of Death by Driveby? Are you insane?!?!?? > > 😉 Relax, that’s only on Tuesdays. Dopefests are always on a weekend. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/90 "2008-11-03T17:19:08Z")
ok, weighing in now: I like sushi, but have it a lot, I love chicken and waffles but have never been to _Roscoe’s_. So with that information I would lean towards _Roscoe’s_. However I’ve always thought of _Roscoe’s_ as an after-drinking meal. Kinda like _The Apple Pan_. Also, I have plans that evening and couldn’t make it until around 8:30ish (later if it’s Long Beach) _Roscoe’s_ for me ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/91 "2008-11-03T17:44:49Z")
Well, since the last bastion of partisan dining has fallen by the wayside, Roscoe’s it is! Now, the new vote is for location. I’ll start us up again. **Hollywood** Asimovian **Pasadena** Asimovian\* **West LA** **Long Beach** Hostile Dialect By the way, **mhendo** , I’ve definitely dined at Roscoe’s with vegetarian friends. They ate the waffles and were HUGE fans of the red beans and rice. But I can’t personally speak to what’s appropriate for vegetarians or not. \*I think Hollywood is the best central location for the majority of folks making the journey (with all due respect to our San Diegans – hey, what’s another couple of miles up the road, eh?), but I also note that street parking around Roscoe’s on a Saturday night might be…challenging. If we set the time for 6pm or so, it could be more reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/92 "2008-11-03T18:03:51Z")
Hollywood or Pasadena for me. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/93 "2008-11-03T18:14:42Z")
Ok, Roscoe’s sounds good to me. I would like either the location of Pasadena (because it’s the shortest drive from Victor Valley) or Long Beach (for the jazz lounge/bar.) ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/94 "2008-11-03T18:27:16Z")
Hollywood or Pasadena are fine with me. I have a slight preference for Hollywood, but not much of one. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/95 "2008-11-03T18:31:48Z")
Too bad I have to coach baseball that day, I would love to spend the day at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena…it is open from 12-6pm and only $8 to get in. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/96 "2008-11-03T18:38:21Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Too bad I have to coach baseball that day, I would love to spend the day at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena…it is open from 12-6pm and only $8 to get in. It’s a great museum too. If you are into Degas, it has an amazing collection of his works. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/97 "2008-11-03T18:56:21Z")
Since I still don’t know if I can make it that day (and it’s looking like I won’t know for a while yet…), and also since I don’t know my way around LA at all, I hereby recuse myself from adding any input as to the location. (and by the way, Sushi is soft on crime!) ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/98 "2008-11-03T19:03:07Z")
I of course would vote for Long Beach. Still need to discuss this with the husband to see if we are truly in or not. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/99 "2008-11-03T19:34:20Z")
Pasadena is my #1 vote, followed by Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-so-cal-dopefest-saturday-11-15-roscoes-hollywood/470317/100 "2008-11-03T20:16:15Z")
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