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Get Free Alcohol at Hotel Erwin's Snuggie Snuggle Fest

Where: 1697 Pacific Ave. [map], Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90291

Every time we think Snuggies have gone the way of mom jeans, they seem to pop up again. Now, they are being worn at the Hotel Erwin. But this time there's a good reason for donning the blanket with sleeves: Locals who come to the hotel's High Rooftop Lounge in a Snuggie will get a free drink.

Wearing a Snuggie outside of your home is a horrible form of public humiliation, but it just might be worth it for free alcohol. It's part of the Venice Beach hotel's Snuggie Snuggle Fest. June nights are usually chilly in Los Angeles, so the hotel's hoping that being wrapped up in a Snuggie will make you brave the cold and hang in the open-air rooftop bar.

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What They’re Slinging Over At Hotel Erwin’s Hash

Where: 1697 Pacific Ave. [map], Venice, CA, United States, 90291

Last month, we told you about the opening of Hash at JDV’s Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach. Now that we’ve had a chance to go in for a meal there, we wanted to let you in on all the delish menu items you can expect to help stave off the munchies.

True to its name, the restaurant serves up four different kinds of hash for breakfast (including one daily special like the one with apples and house-smoked turkey bacon) from Monday-Friday 7:00am-11:00am, and Saturday-Sunday 8:00am-1:00pm. You can also get your standard egg and pancake dishes along with some house specialties like the artery-clogging "Chicken Fried Steak ’n Eggs ’n Biscuits" ($13.95), or the colorful “Green Eggs & Ham" smothered in tomatillo salsa ($10.95).

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Wake and…Partake at Hotel Erwin’s Hash

Where: 1697 Pacific Ave. [map], Venice, CA, United States, 90291

Hash, the aptly named restaurant at JDV’s new boardwalk-adjacent Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach, is finally open. Well, for breakfast, at least.

Monday through Friday 7:30am to 11:30am, and Saturday-Sunday 8:00am to 1:00pm, you can crash the 44-seat restaurant for dishes like the “Snooze-You-Lose” omelets, buckwheat pancakes, and Angus corned beef hash.

We’ve also just learned that dinner service will be starting next Friday, July 17th, and the hours for that will be Tuesday-Saturday, 6:00-9:30pm, with the hotel’s bar open from 5:00pm-late night (weather permitting). Some dinner dishes we’re preparing for: red beet ravioli and spiced Korobuta pork chop. Everything will be made from scratch and will be market-fresh, with nightly dinner specials taking center table.

That should take care of your munchies.

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The New Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach Dares You to Get Inked

Where: 1697 Pacific Ave. [map], Venice, CA, United States, 90291

A grafitti mural in progress at the Hotel Eriwn.

JDV’s Hotel Erwin is officially opening today, and they’re already introducing some interesting packages to get people over to L.A.'s Venice Beach.

Their "Ink & Stay" Package, “for free-spirited Venice visitors with high pain tolerances ONLY,” is valid when you book a room at the Erwin for a stay between July 4-31. The $329 rate includes a $100 voucher for a tattoo at the famous House of Ink on the Venice Beach Boardwalk, a House of Ink hoodie (so everyone will know how badass you are), Lubriderm lotion and an ice pack to help in the healing process, and a bottle of Corralejo Tequila Reposado to take away the sting.

Spectators, tagalongs and wusses will get a packet of temporary tattoos to play with.

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A Sneak Peek Inside Venice Beach's New Hotel Erwin

Where: 1697 Pacific Avenue [map], Venice Beach, CA, United States, 90291

For a long time, Venice Beach has been lacking in providing a hip but upscale beachfront stay. The only choices were hostels or those luxe beachfront hotels in Santa Monica at $400+ a night. Sadly, some of us just don't have that kind of cash. Nor do we want that stuffy, big-box hotel experience. And you can forget about having us spend a night in a hostel.

Thankfully, JDV Hotels have taken over the old Marina Pacific Hotel in Venice at the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Windward, giving us a hipper, happier, cleaner and more affordable place to stay on the beach. It's also got a new name: The Hotel Erwin.

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JDV's Hotel Erwin Coming to Venice Beach This Month

Where: 1697 Pacific Ave. [map], Venice, CA, United States, 90291

The Joie De Vivre Hotel Group is slowly taking over California with its chain of stylish boutique hotels, including the new Hotel Maya in Long Beach. Later this month, JDV will also be opening the Hotel Erwin right in the heart of Venice Beach, just blocks from the ocean, the Venice canals, and shop-filled Abbott Kinney Boulevard.

The 119-room "urban beach hotel" is set to open sometime in late June (we have yet to learn the exact date) after completing an extensive re-design. It was previously the Best Western Marina Pacific.

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