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 …

WELCOME ALL! 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 o …

We welcomes all new friends who are Foodies, Explorers, Friends, Adventurers for  Entertainment, Laughs, Fun & more! Let's explore Los Angeles everywhere including  Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Hollywood, and all the surrounding areas. Join us for lunches and dinners at different restaurants, fun adventures, bicycle riding, hiking, outdoor activities, festivals, parties, concerts, theater and other fun events. Dim Sum meet ups, Outdoor adventures, Weekend trips, Art Gallery visits, Potlucks, Plays, …

Grub Connection - A group for  FOODIES who LOVE, KNOW and APPRECIATE Great Food & Wine and want to connect with others who feel the same! Perhaps your family and current group of friends don't quite get your Passion for food? Are you interested in meeting other foodies in your age range ( 40+) who love trying new restaurants and recipes as much as you do? If you can relate to all of the above, we're the meet up group for you! How we operate is Simple! Click on the Suggest Tab on our site and pos …

Come explore the delicious, relatively unknown world of African American-made wines.  Among the 6,000 plus winemakers in the US today, only about 22 are black Americans.  Most of these wineries are small, family-owned enterprises that might fly under your radar, and that's too bad, because some have been winning awards and nods from the likes of Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate for a while now. Many of these wineries are so small they don't even have tasting rooms, but you can taste them at Wine …

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 …

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 …

Let's take advantage of Koreatown and try some new Barbecue joints!  We try other types of Korean restaurants, but KBBQ is our main focus. If you're interested in trying new restaurants and dishes in Koreatown while enjoying some beer, soju, or barley/corn tea, join our group for some serious overeating!

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 …

This group gets together bi-weekly to enjoy GREAT PEOPLE and the finest in FINE DINING and WINE. The group is appropriately called "Grub & Grapes." While we want to experience the most interesting culinary delights, and savor the best of wines, we want to emphasize friendship and community over pretentiousness. In other words, everyone attending a dinner should bring a bottle of wine with the cost of which a function of their economic comfort. There are many great wines that aren't that expensiv …

Let's meet up for more than just cooking! Join me to discover and discuss the science behind cooking. This meet up will encompass several types of events from cooking to dinner parties and classes to lectures.

"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 …

Time to tempt your palate with all the pleasurable flavors that LA has to offer. Join Pleasure Palate as we do some culinary exploring of restaurants (both high-end & holes-in-the-wall), food & beverage tastings, cooking classes and more. From savory to sweet, spicy to tangy, exotic to All-American, we'll taste it all, so come along and let us take your tastebuds on the ride of their life. Also keep an eye out for other events that will focus on various aspects of city life, ranging from archite …

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 …

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 …

Je veux, donc je peux! "Nous savons, nous savons que nous savons jamais" (We know, we know that we never know) When it comes to food, we can never know everything.  Would you like to join our never-ending food adventure? As food lovers, we cook and dine out together, trade recipes/tips/ideas and discuss all the food magic, maybe in French, too. http://youtu.be/_H3rvT8gVcc Video from "Southern Style BBQ Meetup by Heather" on August 2, 2009: http://www.meetup.com/LACooking/events/10808773/?act …

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 …

Calling all Italy & Sicily Enthusiasts! My name is Connie Costa and I grew-up on the gorgeous island of Sicily, Italy. I am literally obsessed with anything that has to do with Italy. The food, the wine, the music, the people, and Italy itself. I am an "Italian foodie" so I know all the best Italian restaurants in LA. Would love to hear about your favorite Italian restaurant. I would love for us to get together and talk about anything that has to do with Italy, get to try amazing Italian food, a …

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 …

LA Dinner Club introduces an exciting new spin to the dining experience. Think the club promoter business model, but for restaurants. Therefore, instead of DJ’s featured as the centerpiece of the evening… it’s Chef’s. We assume full control of a participating restaurant, on their slowest night – typically Monday’s, select a bad ass culinary god and pair the feast with a local winemaker. To make it interesting for the our guest executive chef we challenge them to utilize the existing inventory  …

Ever gone to a potluck and only been able to eat what you brought? How would you like to go to a barbecue and be able to eat almost everything there? How about an amusement park trip with an understanding group you can share snacks and thrills with? Hi! My name is Harmony and I have multiple food sensitivities and food allergies including lactose, gluten, fruit, corn, and others. I also have hypoglycemia and IBS, so needless to say, outings take effort. I wanted to start a group for people like …

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.

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 …