Echo Lake Productions and Lionsgate Films Host Oscar Party at Spark Woodfire Grill on Pico

An Oscar party is being hosted at Spark Restaurant in Beverly Hills. Echo Lake Productions along with Lionsgate Films is hosting a party for their two Oscar nominees Julie Christie for Best Actress and Sarah Polley for Best Adapted Screenplay for the movie Away From Her.

Spark’s Oscar party will take place on Academy Awards night, Sunday, February 24th, 2008, at 4:30pm and is closed to the public. The Oscars will be broadcast in Spark’s tri-level Italian Brownstone which offers three bars, a lounge, outdoor patio plus three dining rooms. It’s the perfect spot for private parties! For the Oscar party, four giant screens will be set up so the 300 expected guests can view the Academy Awards while enjoying a culinary feast and luscious martinis. The menu for the evening includes Spark’s most popular dishes. The appetizers include Maryland Blue Crab Cakes with chipotle aioli, Ahi Tuna Tartar on homemade potato crisp, Gourmet Woodfire Roman style pizzas including the mouth-watering asparagus goat cheese.

A lavish buffet will then be offered which will include Spark’s famous Cesar salad with polenta croutons, falling-of-the-bone tender slowly cooked Iowa baby back ribs with the BEST BBQ sauce west of the Mississippi, Chicken breast stuffed and tied with asparagus and goat cheese, Santa Rosa Tri-tip, Wood Grilled Atlantic Salmon with a killer tarragon sauce and an artichoke lasagna that will make all the vegetarian guests feel that they are in heaven. After the broadcast, a wickedly decadent dessert buffet will be offered that will include a variety of dessert bars such as Pecan Chocolate, Luscious Lemon Squares, Meltaways- Dark chocolate, walnuts, butterscotch, coconut, Caramel Apple Granny, Brulee Cheese Cake, to name a few. Guests will be able to enjoy a variety of signature martinis from three bars. Spark’s most popular is the Cantaloupe Martini.

Partner/Special Events Coordinator Elizabeth Chait is very excited that Echo Lake Productions chose to host another Oscar party at Spark. “We have a wonderful partnership with Doug Mankoff, President, and Andrew Spaulding, Executive Vice President, of Echo Lake . They often choose Spark to host many of their power lunches. It’s especially convenient because Spark is only two blocks away from Echo Lake ’s Beverly Hills office.

This is the third Oscar party that has been hosted at Spark. Two Foreign Film nominees "Water" and "Tsotsi " have been hosted at Spark in the last two years. Yes, Oscar has been in the building! It was VERY exciting when "Tsotsi" won for South Africa's first Best Foriegn Film Award!”

For more information about Private Parties or Special Events, please visit here or contact Elizabeth Chait directly at 310-999-5319.