Tattoos & Piercing
All Star Tattoo & Piercing
1201 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 314-9934
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The name may not do a lot to distinguish the place, but the location will: You’re practically sitting on the beach when you’re getting tats at this boardwalk fixture.
Andy Nevill’s Tattoo Asylum
64 Windward Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 450-1073
www.tattooasylum.com
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Let’s face it. There’s always someone (your mom) who’s going to call you crazy for getting a tattoo. Why not agree? Tell ‘em you actually got your ink in the Asylum. That oughta shut ‘em up. So will the awesome tattoo you got there.
Buzzbomb Tattoo
1301 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 581-0036
Buzzbomb Tattoos
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Marissa’s fine tattoo artistry is much in demand along the boardwalk.
House of Ink
7 Westminster Ave. or 6 Brooks Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 399-0555 or (310) 399-6757
House of Ink
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Make that houses of ink. House of Ink owner Sean Heirigs is perhaps the boardwalk’s leading ink impresario: He not only owns two House of Inks within spitting distance of one another, he also owner or co-owner of nearby Tattoo [...]
Ink Ink Tattoo
830 Lincoln Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 314-7703
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Karina and Stephanie do exquisite work. I know this because of the persnickety friends I know who patronize them…and because I can see with my own eyes. A longtime Venice establishment.
Old Glory
1716 Main Street
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 821-1103
myspace.com/oldgloryvenice
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Say you need a tattoo and a haircut. That’s why they invented Old Glory. It’s two parlours in one. Talk about 30-minute make-over. Seriously, you want a traditional American tattoo in the spirit of legends Sailor Jerry and Ed Hardy, Old Glory Tattoo’s owner, Kevin Hinton, is the man [...]
Re-Ink-R-Nation
517 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 452-6968 or (310) 883-8085
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Attention ladies: Re-Ink-R-Nation specializes in women’s tattoos and piercing — from Japanese kanji brush style tattoos to fixing ugly tattoos from your past (hence the shop’s name) to permanent make-up tattoos that look completely natural. At least according to Mamasan, the artist and piercer. Actually, [...]
S & S Tattoo and Body Piercing
909 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 396-0270
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Right next to the Venice Boardwalk Freak Show, which could be either cautionary or inspirational, depending on your frame of mind. S & S boasts a commanding view of both the famed Venice boardwalk and the beach.
S.T. Tattoo
12811 Venice Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Phone: (310) 390-6722
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Suicidal Tendencies’ “Cyco Miko” Muir and artist Jason Brown’s Venice Blvd tattoo and piercing studio, known for SoCal black & grey style tattoos. Mike and brother Jim Muir (who skated with the Z-Boys skateboarding team and whose Dogtown Skateboards are legendary) are Venice natives.
Sideshow Tattoo
823 Ocean Front Walk
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 399-1679
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Fine tattoo artists on the boardwalk. Though wouldn’t “Lowerbackshow” be a more apt name for a modern tattoo parlour? Just saying…