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Hi, folks. And welcome. Suppose you, similar us, person precocious watched an occurrence of Vanderpump Rules oregon The Valley. In that case, you are astir apt beauteous acquainted with the likes of Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright — erstwhile formed members connected VPR and existent formed members connected The Valley.
In that case, you are astir apt besides alert that Jax and Brittany are the latest formed members successful the Vanderpump Rules beingness to dive into the edifice manufacture successful Los Angeles with their caller bar/restaurant aptly named "Jax's Studio City."* Jax's Studio City is successful Los Angeles, successful the valley, and the nonstop code is 12514 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604, fwiw.
Jax's Studio City / Via jaxsbar.com
*Yes, we double-checked, and the "Studio City" summation is portion of the authoritative name. Also, it's unclear if Brittany volition get her sanction added sometime down the line, but since they are present separated, we're not holding our breath.
Jax's Studio City opened successful October 2023 and began hosting assorted ticker parties for Vanderpump Rules and The Valley successful 2024. And with america being 2 radical who unrecorded successful Los Angeles and routinely rewatch aged seasons of Vanderpump Rules similar we do, we knew we had to cheque it retired and springiness you our afloat reappraisal — on with the paper and photos of everything.
Lara Parker
We person besides provided afloat reviews for Schwartz and Sandy's and SUR, which you tin — and should — work if we bash accidental truthful ourselves.
So, past Tuesday, we decided to caput to the vale and spot what Jax's (Studio City) was each about. We chose this Tuesday due to the fact that that's erstwhile the edifice hosts "watch parties" of Vanderpump Rules, followed by The Valley. Also, according to Jax's Studio City's Instagram page, Brittany was going to marque an quality that day.
@JaxsStudioCity / Bravo TV
Spoiler: Brittany did not amusement up. At least, not portion we were there. Despite waiting it retired from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., we near Jax's without a sighting. Later that night, connected her Instagram, we saw her hosting a "sophisticated" meal enactment astatine her caller rental. Our conjecture is that successful airy of their caller separation, she conscionable didn't consciousness similar it. Or, she ne'er planned connected coming, and Jax told a small fib (shocker).
Upon rolling up to the establishment, the bar's transportation to Bravo and, much specifically, The Valley was VERY clear:
Lara Parker
Like...really, truly clear:
Lara Parker
And truthful was the information that this is Jax's bar, acknowledgment to this (rather unnecessary?) plaque:
Lara Parker
When we archetypal walked into the establishment, we saw an outdoor patio with tons of seating (like picnic tables) and galore plants. It was, situation we say, a small cute and a spot of a vibe.
Beyond the patio, determination were 2 indoor seating areas. The archetypal looked benignant of similar a sports barroom successful a compartment oregon pirate ship, with tons of hockey jerseys connected the walls.
Lara Parker
The 2nd room, wherever we were seated, had a COMPLETELY antithetic feel. It had thenar histrion wallpaper, pinkish accents, couches that were a small reminiscent of a nightclub, and teeeeny tiny tables not adjacent a ft isolated from 1 another, arsenic you tin see.
Lara Parker
We'd heard from a person that the ticker parties really get beauteous busy, truthful we debased ourselves and made a preservation due to the fact that that felt little embarrassing than showing up to Jax's and being turned away. But erstwhile we got there, the spot was EMPTY. Like, it was us, 1 different party, and the unit (LOL). But each the tables astir ours seemed to beryllium reserved, truthful we were funny arsenic to however galore parties would really amusement up.
Lara Parker
As for the decor, the walls were COVERED with pictures of Jax and Vanderpump Rules formed members, peculiarly Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval. Nearly each country had a framed photograph. It was precise overmuch giving "reliving the glory days."
Lara Parker
It was besides giving...shrine. Jax REALLY wants you to cognize that this spot is his and that it's connected to Vanderpump Rules. That worked for SUR, truthful we get it! It's decidedly a spot for Bravo fans.
Lara Parker
After settling into our cramped small booth, it was clip to peruse the Jax's Studio City menu. Actually, determination were 2 menus, and we're inactive not definite if determination was a quality betwixt the two. One was for drinks but besides had nutrient (maybe appetizers?). It included immoderate nutrient that wasn't connected the main menu, similar Mamaw (Meemaw?)'s brew cheese, which we evidently ordered due to the fact that it's a portion of Vanderpump lore.
Lara Parker
Prior to this nighttime successful our lives, we thought it was spelled "Meemaw," but seemingly it's really "Mamaw" according to the menu, who knew?!
The afloat paper was overmuch much extended and had galore barroom nutrient options, similar "Jax's Burger" and "Jax's Sizzling Shrimp." It adjacent had a conception called "Jax's Favorite Pasta." OK, Jax. Whatever that means...
Lara Parker
Prices for nutrient ranged from astir $15–$25 depending connected the dish, which is beauteous modular for LA nutrient prices, but it inactive pained america to cough up the wealth for Mr. Jax Taylor.
Shelby Heinrich
The cocktails connected the portion paper sounded suspiciously bully (minus "The Jax"), and Jax was supposedly a large bartender for years oregon whatever, truthful we were cautiously optimistic. But we did laughter astatine "The Jax" cocktail which was virtually conscionable Tito's connected the rocks. They besides had a cocktail aptly named "The Brittany: Sweet Tea."
Lara Parker
Lara ordered the spicy margarita, and Shelby ordered the espresso martini, but we traded sips to get the afloat ~experience~.
Lara Parker
We kept to immoderate classical cocktails due to the fact that we thought they would beryllium beauteous hard to messiness up. Reader: We were wrong. Genuinely, we did not spell into this acquisition aiming to beryllium haters. But the espresso martini was bad. It was excessively overmuch vodka, not capable creamy espresso flavoring, and all-around a monolithic miss.
Lara Parker
We won't sugarcoat it; the spicy margarita was besides bad. The alleged jalapeño-flavored portion was not spicy astatine all, it was really precise sour and conscionable tasted very...fake. If you went to your section market concatenation and picked retired a pre-made margarita premix filled with sugar, this would astir apt sensation the same. There was besides zero caller jalapeño flavor, which we were excited astir earlier ordering. As overmuch arsenic we HATE giving ANY benignant of compliment to the Tom's, Schwartz and Sandy's has amended drinks. Sorry.
Shelby Heinrich
Now for the food: As we said before, arsenic diehard VPR fans, we HAD to bid the brew food (it would kinda beryllium a transgression not to) truthful we could yet spot if Mamaw's look was worthy Brittany's storyline successful Season 7. It came with 2 decent-sized pretzels and immoderate celery (which we hardly ate, but whatever). We were pleased!!!
Lara Parker
Also, the serving committee was virtually Mamaw-branded, with an existent representation of Mamaw. We laughed.
Lara Parker
Okay, but this brew cheese? REALLY GOOD. Like, perfectly DELICIOUS. It was smooth, cheese-y, and adjacent a small spicy! And the brew spirit was bully and subtle. We didn't privation to similar this arsenic overmuch arsenic we did, but we couldn't halt eating it. Hats disconnected to Mamaw. You triumph this round.
Shelby Heinrich
We besides ordered a Margherita pizza flatbread that was decently bully and a lot bigger than we were expecting! We emotion that!!! While the prices are astir the aforesaid arsenic those astatine Schwartz and Sandy's oregon TomTom, the portions were mostly a batch bigger successful our experience.
Lara Parker
And finally, we rounded things retired with a Caesar salad, due to the fact that however hard is that to messiness up? The crockery was besides yummy with a bully dressing and fluffy croutons! We were floored and honestly a small amazed by however decent the nutrient was, and however overmuch nutrient we got! Considering that we paid the aforesaid magnitude astatine Schwartz and Sandy's for 2 lukewarm corndogs, 3 weird doughnuts, and immoderate fries, this was a full upgrade.
Shelby Heinrich
However, things soon made much consciousness erstwhile we learned from our person who did a spot much probe that the nutrient is seemingly from the edifice adjacent door, aka Rocco's Tavern. We're guessing they whitethorn stock a kitchen??? When we asked for to-go boxes astatine the extremity of the night, it was branded from Rocco's.
Postmates / Via postmates.com, Lara Parker
Could "Jax's Sizzling Shrimp" from earlier really conscionable beryllium Rocco's sizzling shrimp re-branded?! Either way, we knew it was someway excessively bully to beryllium true. But the brew food does look to beryllium a Jax's original. Either way, shoutout to Rocco's for keeping america well-fed!!!
Since this was a viewing party, they were so showing The Valley (and later, VPR) connected each TV successful the bar, astatine archetypal astatine a precise mean volume. But astatine precisely 7:28 p.m., they plugged thing into the dependable system, and the measurement became screaming-level loud. We couldn't adjacent speech to each other. All anyone successful the barroom could bash was perceive to the high-pitched whines of Jax Taylor and Tom Sandoval arsenic they complained astir their lives connected The Valley and VPR, respectively. Also, arsenic the barroom started to capable up, it got so, SO HOT. We were sweating truthful overmuch that we astir had to ask, is Jax excessively inexpensive to wage for AC????
Shelby Heinrich
BTW, we thought they mightiness mute the TVs during commercials, but instead, they fto the commercials blare. It was surely a prime and 1 that inactive makes america laughter to this day.
No travel to a edifice is implicit without a travel to the bathroom, and erstwhile those disappointing drinks deed our bladders, it was time. The lone 1 we could spot was a elemental greenish doorway with a tiny greenish plaque labeled, "bathroom." There whitethorn person been different 1 successful the Jersey/Sport/Picnic Table room, but we were not walking that far. And judging by the enactment that yet formed, it precise good could person been the lone bath successful the place!
Lara Parker
Behind the doorway was a tiny washing country with 2 azygous stalls. Overall, it wasn't the WORST edifice bath we've ever been in, but it was precise cramped. And wherefore was determination lone 1 small descend virtually 2 feet from 1 of the stalls??? We were thankful it was conscionable america erstwhile we went, due to the fact that this setup successful a high-traffic concern seemed alternatively hellish.
Shelby Heinrich
As 2 radical who beryllium down to pee, we person to enactment that the doorway was uncomfortably adjacent to our knees. But, nevertheless, we persisted.
Lara Parker
After noshing a spot much connected our brew food and waiting for Brittany to amusement up to nary avail, we decided to prevention our eardrums from much harm and deed the road. Plus, our country had honestly gotten beauteous crowded, truthful we figured the unit would admit an bare table. After boxing up our food, acknowledgment to our astonishing server, Luma (shoutout to you, Luma!! We emotion you and anticipation we spelled your sanction right!!!), we moseyed retired to the patio and saw the jersey country besides filled to the brim with chap Valley and VPR fans.
Shelby Heinrich
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