Rated one of the best restaurants in L.A. I like popping in for late afternoon casual dining. Either book ahead or arrive early for happy hour. Takeaway recently added, which offers great sandwiches.

You might find a queue extending outside front door - so popular because alternative is to fly to Vienna or Amsterdam to find better coffee. Tea also excellent. You have to try once.

Venice institution - classic American dive bar, favorite with the locals. 3 pool tables (75 cents a game, winner holds table), live music, free popcorn, good burgers.

The best variety of on tap beers in the neighborhood. No food but you can bring in your own and there are several restaurants within a block where you can grab a sandwich or a burger.

Food trucks, open galleries and late-night shop hours— This popular Abbot Kinney celebration brings out locals and distant Angelenos on the first Friday of the month for bites and sales.

Cafeteria style fast food, offers basic seating, a couple hundred yards from the apartment on corner of Venice Blvd. Has excellent quality sandwiches & salads that are ideal for takeout.

If you journey up to the Ocean Park area, this is a pleasant choice for breakfast or brunch. Offers indoor and outdoor seating. Has a deli counter and a bakery.

Close to the beach and always busy. Check out the daily specials. Inside and outside seating. Across street from the Canal Club.

The best pizza in town. Even New Yorkers will make a point of eating here. Next to Abbot’s Habit.

One of the oldest businesses on Abbot Kinney. Used to be a Hells Angels hangout but has mellowed into a popular local bar with a pretty good pool table. It’s very busy and noisy at weekends.

Fun Japanese restaurant just down the street, on the Venice Circle; it’s a great favorite with locals. I really enjoy the happy hour menu, which is offered at the bar.

A Venice institution, an Italian restaurant with wonderful fresh baked garlic rolls. Very popular with local families, so you may have to wait for a table at peak times. I liked to walk down the beach

Wabi Sabi rated as one of best Japanese restaurants in L.A.; has happy hour from 5:30 to 6:30 every day.

Seating is available either inside or on front patio; on the pricey side but the organic food is good quality; service can be on the slow side.

Drop in for a coffee, breakfast, a smoothie or a sandwich; great bagels. Sometimes has live music.

Every Friday. Just around the corner, across the street from the library, off North Venice Blvd.

This is my top choice for breakfast on the beach. It’s worth the longer walk, which is very pleasant anyway. I would arrive before 8:30 a.m. for the ‘happy hour’ prices and always sit outside, though

Right next door to Joe’s. Its strength is small tapas plates. Informal, relaxed, easy for conversation with choice of seating inside or in garden setting out back. One of my favorites.

Bar and restaurant with Asian, Californian and Mexican dishes, including sushi. Located close to beach and across street from James Beach restaurant.

Take Venice to Lincoln, turn left, on left hand side of road after several blocks.

You can't visit Venice and not take a quick walk down the front to the world famous Muscle Beach

Cabo Cantina is the ultimate sports event and pay-per-view fight destination, with up to 50 extra-large HD flat screens and drink specials all night long.

Tavern has every game, every day. Where locals catch all the collegiate & NFL action. Features 40 draft beers & >60 additional bottled brews, 50 wines by the glass, a full bar and a huge menu.

Maxwell’s is just a block further inland from Costco. very popular with locals for breakfast or brunch. Good food, reasonable prices, & attentive staff. Very busy at the weekends.

Has satellite sports and ten TV’s, including three big screens

Daily happy hour from 12:00 -7:00 pm. Kitchen open all day; closes at 1:00 a.m.

Live music and bar. Local bands. Reasonable bar food.

Authentic Irish pub’s interior shipped from Dublin to Ocean Park! Offers Irish grub, Guinness, over 100 whiskeys and live music; has afternoon and late night happy hours.

Popular converted firehouse in Ocean Park area. Classic American breakfast menu; salads, burgers, sandwiches, sushi and typical diner fare. Open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., bar until midnight (8 p.m. Sundays)

Close to Boardwalk. Lots of game time drinks specials. Breakfast menu & Bloody Mary Bar weekends. Late menu till 1:00 a.m.; 1/2 price apps on Mon. Happy hour 4-7 p.m., extended Fri 4-9 p.m.