Guidebook for Santa Monica

Zachary
Guidebook for Santa Monica

Drinks & Nightlife

Good food, best patio on Main St. Great Happy Hour pizzas and snacks 4-7. Incredible cocktails, great bartenders and staff.
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Areal Restaurant
2820 Main Street
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Good food, best patio on Main St. Great Happy Hour pizzas and snacks 4-7. Incredible cocktails, great bartenders and staff.
Happy Hour starts at 11am! 11-7. Good Irish pub snacks and cheap beers! Nice people.
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Finn McCool's
2702 Main St
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Happy Hour starts at 11am! 11-7. Good Irish pub snacks and cheap beers! Nice people.
A Steak House, but I like the other things more than the steaks, the Chicken Parmesan, their marinara sauce, the chicken sandwich, the fish and chips, the kosher dog, tacos, HH menu 1/2 price 5-7
55 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
The Galley
2442 Main St
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A Steak House, but I like the other things more than the steaks, the Chicken Parmesan, their marinara sauce, the chicken sandwich, the fish and chips, the kosher dog, tacos, HH menu 1/2 price 5-7
Great staff! Really good gastro pub food and pizzas. Place goes nuts on a Sunday afternoon. Great TVs for sports watching.
80 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Brick + Mortar
2435 Main St
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Great staff! Really good gastro pub food and pizzas. Place goes nuts on a Sunday afternoon. Great TVs for sports watching.
Stays open all the way, good wings, nice staff, basically an elegant dive bar. Karaoke on Sunday Night is a lot of fun.
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Rick's Tavern On Main
2907 Main St
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Stays open all the way, good wings, nice staff, basically an elegant dive bar. Karaoke on Sunday Night is a lot of fun.
Happy Hour starts at noon, great club sandwich for on the cheap special during the day. Turns into a zoo at night.
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O'Brien's Irish Pub
2941 Main Street
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Happy Hour starts at noon, great club sandwich for on the cheap special during the day. Turns into a zoo at night.
Great beer selection and really good innovative sandwiches, right on the beach so it gets packed.
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The Commons Ale House
129 Broadway
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Great beer selection and really good innovative sandwiches, right on the beach so it gets packed.
Really good food and drinks at the end of Windward Circle. Great spot.
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Larry's
24 Windward Ave
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Really good food and drinks at the end of Windward Circle. Great spot.
Beer and burgers under the Pier in front of the original Muscle Beach. Been there as long as the pier itself.
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Big Dean's Ocean Front Cafe
1615 Ocean Front Walk
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Beer and burgers under the Pier in front of the original Muscle Beach. Been there as long as the pier itself.
You throw the peanut shells on the floor, and it's a nice spot on the way if you're walking to or from downtown SM and Promenade.
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Chez Jay
1657 Ocean Ave
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You throw the peanut shells on the floor, and it's a nice spot on the way if you're walking to or from downtown SM and Promenade.
A very, very British Pub. Doesn't get inundated by tourists like the King's Head. generally full of people yanks can barely understand even though we're supposedly speaking the same language.
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Cock 'n Bull
2947 Lincoln Blvd
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A very, very British Pub. Doesn't get inundated by tourists like the King's Head. generally full of people yanks can barely understand even though we're supposedly speaking the same language.
Great British Pub food, darts, the place to go to watch a football game (International football that is, (the game game called Soccer in the USA.)) Good lunch specials too.
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Ye Olde Kings Head
116 Santa Monica Blvd
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Great British Pub food, darts, the place to go to watch a football game (International football that is, (the game game called Soccer in the USA.)) Good lunch specials too.
The most posh, pretentious, plastic and expensive bar in Santa Monica. It is a nice place, Like a backyard, but it seems like you're in Hollywood w/D-bags... Just putting it out there so you know.
525 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
The Bungalow
101 Wilshire Blvd
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The most posh, pretentious, plastic and expensive bar in Santa Monica. It is a nice place, Like a backyard, but it seems like you're in Hollywood w/D-bags... Just putting it out there so you know.
Amazing Happy Hour, 5-8 every day, whole menu 1/2 off, fried chicken is insane, burger is ruinous! Patio is family friendly when open. Otherwise the bar in the basement can be one raucous good time.
83 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Basement Tavern
2640 Main St
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Amazing Happy Hour, 5-8 every day, whole menu 1/2 off, fried chicken is insane, burger is ruinous! Patio is family friendly when open. Otherwise the bar in the basement can be one raucous good time.

Food Scene

A taste of the Santa Monica lifestyle, bob as, pastries and health eats, be sure to wear you lululemon and carry a yoga mat so you fit in.
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Urth Caffe Santa Monica
2327 Main St
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A taste of the Santa Monica lifestyle, bob as, pastries and health eats, be sure to wear you lululemon and carry a yoga mat so you fit in.
Really good. Even if you're not vegan, you won't miss the meat. Great flavor, amazing thai food. Inexpensive.
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Thai Vegan
2400 Main St
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Really good. Even if you're not vegan, you won't miss the meat. Great flavor, amazing thai food. Inexpensive.
Somewhat overpriced, underwhelming Italian food. Better for Lunch because the don't jack you so hard on price. Always packed regardless of what I say.
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La Vecchia Cucina
2654 Main St
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Somewhat overpriced, underwhelming Italian food. Better for Lunch because the don't jack you so hard on price. Always packed regardless of what I say.
Omusubi, a great healthy pizza slice alternative, stuff packed in a rice ball wrapped in seaweed. Delicious! I like the chicken curry and the tuna.
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Sunny Spot
822 Washington Blvd
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Omusubi, a great healthy pizza slice alternative, stuff packed in a rice ball wrapped in seaweed. Delicious! I like the chicken curry and the tuna.
Good Atmosphere, always busy. California Griddle Burger, served at Happy Hour 4-7, is a a deliberate knock-off of the in-and-out burger, and you don't have to go all the way to Washington and Lincoln
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M Street Kitchen
2000 Main St
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Good Atmosphere, always busy. California Griddle Burger, served at Happy Hour 4-7, is a a deliberate knock-off of the in-and-out burger, and you don't have to go all the way to Washington and Lincoln
No lie, some of the best Mexican food I've ever had. Oaxacan Mexican. Amazing mole sauces. Nice Margaritas. Best mexican food on the Westside of LA.
10 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
El Texate
316 Pico Blvd
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No lie, some of the best Mexican food I've ever had. Oaxacan Mexican. Amazing mole sauces. Nice Margaritas. Best mexican food on the Westside of LA.
Good pie! More Chicagoish than thin crust NY pizzaish.
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Ashland Hill
2807 Main St
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Good pie! More Chicagoish than thin crust NY pizzaish.
Great atmosphere, more upscale than most places on the street. Good sushi bar, tasty stuff on the happy hour menu too, try the Mustard Chicken, it's always good. Great bartenders, can get very busy.
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Chaya
110 Navy St
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Great atmosphere, more upscale than most places on the street. Good sushi bar, tasty stuff on the happy hour menu too, try the Mustard Chicken, it's always good. Great bartenders, can get very busy.
Place is outstanding, great for take out or sunny patio dining. right off the beach.
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Cha Cha Chicken
1906 Ocean Ave
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Place is outstanding, great for take out or sunny patio dining. right off the beach.
Restaurant in the Fairmont Hotel. Simply the best restaurant in Santa Monica. It is a culinary experience bar none, but it's not cheap. However, the whole restaurant goes 1/2 price between 5-6pm.
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FIG
101 Wilshire Blvd
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Restaurant in the Fairmont Hotel. Simply the best restaurant in Santa Monica. It is a culinary experience bar none, but it's not cheap. However, the whole restaurant goes 1/2 price between 5-6pm.
Amazing Italian food, bring your platinum american express card, but enjoy if you can!
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Hostaria Del Piccolo
512 Rose Avenue
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Amazing Italian food, bring your platinum american express card, but enjoy if you can!
If you're vegan, this is your homeland. Even if you're not, amazing food, amazing vegan creations, they literally grow almost all the food they serve. Chefs prep through the night, open B, L, & D
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Cafe Gratitude
512 Rose Ave
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If you're vegan, this is your homeland. Even if you're not, amazing food, amazing vegan creations, they literally grow almost all the food they serve. Chefs prep through the night, open B, L, & D
Good food, very cool. Unique menu and style.
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Cerveteca
523 Rose Ave
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Good food, very cool. Unique menu and style.

Essentials

Shop here! Whole foods is corporate and more expensive! Awesome natural, organic food store, deliberately undercuts Whole Foods on organic produce and bulk foods. Run by nice people.
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One Life Natural Foods
3001 Main Street
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Shop here! Whole foods is corporate and more expensive! Awesome natural, organic food store, deliberately undercuts Whole Foods on organic produce and bulk foods. Run by nice people.

Everything Else

Drop-off laundry and do it yourself laundry mat right across the way.
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Bubble Beach Laundry
2633 Main St
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Drop-off laundry and do it yourself laundry mat right across the way.

Shopping

Pretty much the only place you ever need to buy anything non-edible. They got clothes, shoes, flip-flops, surfboards, skateboards, sweatshirts, sunglasses and sunscreen... Everything you really need.
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ZJ Boarding House
2619 Main St
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Pretty much the only place you ever need to buy anything non-edible. They got clothes, shoes, flip-flops, surfboards, skateboards, sweatshirts, sunglasses and sunscreen... Everything you really need.