Watch Oscars red carpet coverage at Ocean Prime's preshow party

Check out the fashion while enjoying happy hour

Sip on cocktails at Ocean Prime in Center City.
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The 91st Academy Awards will take place Sunday night at 8 p.m., but you'll need to tune in much earlier to see what Hollywood's A-listers wear to the show.

Red carpet coverage on ABC starts at 6:30 p.m. 


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If you want to watch for all the best-dressed celebs with other fashion-obsessed fans, make plans to attend Ocean Prime's Red Carpet Watch Party.

The restaurant, known for seafood and steak, will offer happy hour specials from 6 to 8 p.m.

There will be $10 small plates, including beef sliders, crab cake sliders, calamari and ahi tuna tartare, as well as $1 East Coast oysters and $3 shrimp cocktail (per piece). 

To drink, enjoy $10 wines by the glass and $10 cocktails named for some of the Best Picture nominees.

• "Roma" — Corzo Silver Tequila, fresh-squeezed orange and lime juice, agave nectar
• "Vice" — Woodford Reserve, Carpano Antica Vermouth, Nonino Amaro, rosemary-grapefruit peppercorn bitters
• "Green Book" — Bombay Sapphire Gin, muddled fresh cucumber, hand-squeezed lime
• "Bohemian Rhapsody" — Gentleman Jack Whiskey, Hennessy VS, honey water, hand-squeezed lemon and orange

While watching the TV, you may want to also pull up Twitter on your phone. That's where "Oscars All Access: Red Carpet Live," which features red carpet highlights and insider coverage, will be streamed live exclusively this year. 

You'll be able to submit questions on Twitter using #OscarsAllAccess for a chance to have them asked on the red carpet in real time.


Red Carpet Watch Party

Sunday, Feb. 24
6-8 p.m.
Ocean Prime
124 S. 15th St., Philadelphia, PA 19102


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