Grass Room Est. 2018
616 East 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA

- A/V Equipment
- Bridal Suite/Changing Rooms Onsite
- Wifi
- Dining Chairs
- Dining Tables
- Onsite Restrooms
- Other
- The Scene:
- One enters Grass Room across a landscaped entry court, beneath an outsized, out-of-his-element blue whale – a mural designed and painted by Stacy Smith and Victor Henderson. From that moment on, you’re in a wholly unique environment defined by lush gardens, sun-lit rooms, rustic surfaces and site-specific artworks by local artists.
At the door, a passageway leads you through a secret jungle, past a sparkling copper bar and then opens to a courtyard framed by 25-foot walls of roughly textured clay and wood, set on floors of reclaimed brick and polished aggregate, and surrounded by flourishing gardens that wouldn’t be out of place in a Dr. Seuss storyboard. Crystal fountains, ceramic sea life and other artistic interventions abound. Look up through palm trees to discover “Pax Los Angeles” a billboard-sized mural of mythical Los Angeles, circa 1850, painted by Frohawk Two Feathers (Umar Rashid). All of this lies beneath a soaring 35-foot greenhouse roof with retractable shades and levered windows. The roof is automated and adjustable, rendering the courtyard serviceable for any ceremony in any weather – a versatile, virtual, rain-or-shine garden space.
Grass Room’s Courtyard flows into the Ocean Dining Room through 18-foot tall, uncommonly shaped archways built from the original building’s deconstructed bow truss ceilings and topped with stained glass. On the dining room’s original brick walls you’ll find handmade clay and seaweed murals (literal impressions of kelp fronds harvested from Santa Monica beaches). Carved totemic sea creatures by Ivan Mora oversee the space; the effect is a loosely aquatic, otherworldly setting.
The tables, which can hold up to 120 guests, are built from squared-off, tongue and groove floors salvaged from the original hotel, and paired with suave Italian leather chairs. This dining room is thoroughly versatile, suitable for elegant seated dinners and performances ranging from as few as 35 to as many as 150 guests, and features a 16-foot cinema screen for dining ambiance, screenings and presentations.
A series of doors in the Ocean Dining Room lead out to Grass Room’s Back Alley Lounge where guests can enjoy the night air and city lights while guessing the origin of architectural salvage curated in amongst the bamboo.
Dive in and cool off at Grass Room’s Grotto, a bar and service area sculpted from clay and plaster to a cave-like effect, with copper and mirrored gold accents and ceramic sea life, fabricated by Josh Beckman and Ivan Mora. - Design:
- Built in the 1920’s in an area that has long served as the city’s seafood market east of Downtown, the building has lived many lives in its century of use; it’s been a fish and oyster company, an ice cream factory, and a commercial site for everything from far east imports to marijuana cultivation. This quirky history subtly informed our re-invention of the space.
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