Lara’s guidebook

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Lara’s guidebook

Local Grocery Stores

An organic small family-owned grocery store with a juice bar and to-go cafeteria for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
139 locals recommend
Rainbow Acres Natural Foods
13208 Washington Blvd
139 locals recommend
An organic small family-owned grocery store with a juice bar and to-go cafeteria for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Japanese grocery store and cafeteria with indoor dining, good japanese food, meats, fish, and to-go sushi.
130 locals recommend
Mitsuwa Marketplace - Santa Monica
3760 S Centinela Ave
130 locals recommend
Japanese grocery store and cafeteria with indoor dining, good japanese food, meats, fish, and to-go sushi.
One of the closest supermarkets.
1701 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
225 Lincoln Blvd
1701 locals recommend
One of the closest supermarkets.
Small family-owned Italian grocery store, with to-go orders, wines, and a deli.
Sorrento Italian Market
5518 Sepulveda Blvd
Small family-owned Italian grocery store, with to-go orders, wines, and a deli.
Great meats for cooking and grilling, as well as delicious to-go sandwiches, burgers, fries, broth, and more.
11 locals recommend
A Cut Above Butcher Shop
2453 Santa Monica Blvd
11 locals recommend
Great meats for cooking and grilling, as well as delicious to-go sandwiches, burgers, fries, broth, and more.
Every Sunday 9am-2pm, you can get food, live music, beverages, fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, meat, juice, and more. Located at Grand View at Venice blvd.
122 locals recommend
Mar Vista Farmers' Market
12198 Venice Blvd.
122 locals recommend
Every Sunday 9am-2pm, you can get food, live music, beverages, fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, meat, juice, and more. Located at Grand View at Venice blvd.

Food scene

Good Barbecue, cornbread, and biscuits.
34 locals recommend
Maple Block Meat Co.
3973 Sepulveda Blvd
34 locals recommend
Good Barbecue, cornbread, and biscuits.
Tasty Taiwanese Restaurant
50 locals recommend
Little Fatty
3809 Grand View Blvd
50 locals recommend
Tasty Taiwanese Restaurant
Smokey chocolate Oaxacan curries and goat burritos.
Quiadaiyn Restaurant
12326 Venice Blvd.
Smokey chocolate Oaxacan curries and goat burritos.
Brazilian food with outdoor dining and atmosphere.
28 locals recommend
Cafe Brasil
11736 Washington Blvd
28 locals recommend
Brazilian food with outdoor dining and atmosphere.
Restaurant, cafe, and bakery
320 locals recommend
Superba Food + Bread
1900 Lincoln Blvd
320 locals recommend
Restaurant, cafe, and bakery
Cafe, bakery, breakfast, and brunch spot.
50 locals recommend
Lodge Bread Company
11918 Washington Boulevard
50 locals recommend
Cafe, bakery, breakfast, and brunch spot.
Local classic American dinner
52 locals recommend
Maxwell's Cafe
13329 Washington Blvd
52 locals recommend
Local classic American dinner
Rustic quaint diner, cash only.
23 locals recommend
S & W Country Diner
9748 Washington Blvd
23 locals recommend
Rustic quaint diner, cash only.
One of the best sushi restaurants in the neighborhood.
12 locals recommend
UZUMAKI SUSHI
11060 Washington Blvd
12 locals recommend
One of the best sushi restaurants in the neighborhood.
Korean Barbecue
12 locals recommend
Wharo
4029 Lincoln Blvd
12 locals recommend
Korean Barbecue
Fairly priced german beers and sausages.
243 locals recommend
Wurstküche Restaurant Venice Beach
625 Lincoln Blvd
243 locals recommend
Fairly priced german beers and sausages.
Cheap and easy burgers and fries with patio-only dining.
10 locals recommend
The Window
1827 Ocean Front Walk
10 locals recommend
Cheap and easy burgers and fries with patio-only dining.
Sushi, asian-fusion and cocktails.
128 locals recommend
Wabi on Rose
512 F Rose Ave
128 locals recommend
Sushi, asian-fusion and cocktails.
Thai food
37 locals recommend
NIGHT + MARKET Sahm
2533 Lincoln Blvd
37 locals recommend
Thai food
New American experimental lunch spot and cafe.
40 locals recommend
Destroyer
3578 Hayden Ave
40 locals recommend
New American experimental lunch spot and cafe.
Upscale pizza
20 locals recommend
Roberta's
8810 Washington Blvd
20 locals recommend
Upscale pizza
Burgers, happy hour, and beer
344 locals recommend
Father's Office
1018 Montana Ave
344 locals recommend
Burgers, happy hour, and beer
Mexican food, with a good happy hour.
49 locals recommend
Casa Sanchez
4500 S Centinela Ave
49 locals recommend
Mexican food, with a good happy hour.
10 locals recommend
Rasselbock Kitchen & Beer Garden Los Angeles
3817 Grand View Blvd
10 locals recommend

Nearby Coffee Shops

Mavro Coffee
12224 Venice Blvd.
48 locals recommend
Alana's Coffee Roasters
12511 Venice Blvd.
48 locals recommend
32 locals recommend
Coffee Connection
3838 S Centinela Ave
32 locals recommend

Bars

Vintage speakeasy from 1915, with live music and performances in the basement.
212 locals recommend
Townhouse Venice
52 Windward Ave
212 locals recommend
Vintage speakeasy from 1915, with live music and performances in the basement.
Drinks near downtown Culver City Art Galleries, with live DJs
52 locals recommend
Mandrake
2692 La Cienega Blvd
52 locals recommend
Drinks near downtown Culver City Art Galleries, with live DJs

Craft Liquor Stores

Special wines and beer.
Vin on Rose
511 Rose Ave
Special wines and beer.
12 locals recommend
Hi-Lo Liquor Market
8582 Washington Blvd
12 locals recommend
13 locals recommend
Bar & Garden
6142 Washington Blvd
13 locals recommend

Sightseeing

Hiking trails, park, picnic areas, playgrounds, disc golf and scenic views. $7 on the weekends, free during the week.
289 locals recommend
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
4100 S La Cienega Blvd
289 locals recommend
Hiking trails, park, picnic areas, playgrounds, disc golf and scenic views. $7 on the weekends, free during the week.
A great place to walk in the historic Venice beach, with beautifully lit man-made canals, gondoliers, and arched bridges.
947 locals recommend
Venice Canals
947 locals recommend
A great place to walk in the historic Venice beach, with beautifully lit man-made canals, gondoliers, and arched bridges.
Trails, park, picnic areas, polo, and scenic views. Parking costs $8 inside the state park, but street parking is usually available and free.
204 locals recommend
Will Rogers State Historic Park
1501 Will Rogers State Park Rd
204 locals recommend
Trails, park, picnic areas, polo, and scenic views. Parking costs $8 inside the state park, but street parking is usually available and free.
Lush hiking spot alongside a canal and the wetlands.
Bluff Creek trail
Bluff Creek trail
Lush hiking spot alongside a canal and the wetlands.
337 locals recommend
Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook
6300 Hetzler Rd
337 locals recommend

Art Galleries and Museums

Interesting, small odd-ball museum on outdated technologies.
191 locals recommend
Museum of Jurassic Technology
9341 Venice Blvd.
191 locals recommend
Interesting, small odd-ball museum on outdated technologies.
Contemporary artists and curated exhibitions
12 locals recommend
Blum & Poe
2727 S La Cienega Blvd
12 locals recommend
Contemporary artists and curated exhibitions
485 locals recommend
Norton Simon Museum
411 W Colorado Blvd
485 locals recommend
2309 locals recommend
The Getty
1200 Getty Center Dr
2309 locals recommend
Matthew Brown Gallery
633 North La Brea Avenue