Venice Paparazzi rolled out the red carpet for Surfside Venice’s grand opening, and Venetians came out en masse to celebrate!

It was a celebration of epic proportion that welcomes in a new era for the historical location. The Venice Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially welcome the Surfside family to the Venice community. This was followed by red carpet photo opts and prints by Venice Paparazzi. $5 House Beer and well drinks flowed all night among the jubilant crowd. Peace Frog hit the stage at 9:30 and blew the roof of the place! It was a fantastic show put on by Tony Fernandez and the crew. Folks danced, cheered and sang along as the band ran through a 2 hour set of classic tunes from the legendary Venice band, The Doors.

The locals were stoked to see that Surfside has preserved, and has on display the old Venice artifacts from the Danny’s museum, giving it a new feel, while paying homage to the building’s, and town’s past.

In short, the event was epic and the place is spectacular! The food is fantastic, the drink selection is deep, and the staff is super cool, with most of them being folks who have been working on the block for years.

Way to go Surfside! Welcome! You are an excellent addition to the V!

For more Surfside info: SurfsideVenice.com

VIEW JULY 13, 2017 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS!

Photos by Venice Paparazzi’s Edizen Stowell, Alex Stowell, Irina Sarnetskaya, and Lina Cedmar. Prints by Steven Larson. HireVP.com for your next event!

07.13.17 Surfside's Grand Opening Celebration. Venice, California. surfsidevenice.com. Photo by VenicePaparazzi.com

Venice Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony

Venice Chamber President George Francisco

07.13.17 Surfside's Grand Opening Celebration. Venice, California. surfsidevenice.com. Photo by VenicePaparazzi.com

Surfside Venice’s owner Craig Kelley and project manager Leni Koen. Thank you for having Venice Paparazzi be part of your grand opening celebration!

Thanks to our buddy Ray Rae of VeniceBeachPhotos.com for this awesome behind the scene photo of Team Venice Paparazzi in action.

Surfside’s owner Craig Kelley, GM Lance Sellers, and Chef Jessie

YoVenice’s Melanie Camp and Brook

Right: Surfside’s Jenny Hashim

Radio Venice’s Michael Jost, friend and VenicePaparazz’s team leader Alex Stowell

Venice Chamber’s Sunny Bak, Tamra Henry, Steve and Faye

Surfside’s Resident DJ Petey Pete

Of course we had to do the “Go Team Surfside Venice shot!” Fun!

House Beer in the House!

Right: Yo Venice’s Lisa Revlin

Center: Surfside’s GM Lance Sellers

A busy night on the Venice Paparazzi red carpet.

The Venice Paparazzi lady photographers, YoVenice’s Melanie Camp, and Peacefrogs’s Tony Fernandez.

Center: Film Maker/Photographer Cesario “Block” Montano

07.13.17 Surfside's Grand Opening Celebration. Venice, California. surfsidevenice.com. Photo by VenicePaparazzi.com

The stare down

Fun

07.13.17 Surfside's Grand Opening Celebration. Venice, California. surfsidevenice.com. Photo by VenicePaparazzi.com

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Attention all Doors’ fans! Peacefrogs will be playing every Sunday at Surfside Venice starting July 23rd through Sept 3rd! All Ages with Adult Guardian and FREE!!

07.13.17 Surfside's Grand Opening Celebration. Venice, California. surfsidevenice.com. Photo by VenicePaparazzi.com