Restaurants & Concessions
Maxwell’s
Classic family diner you have to fight your way into weekend mornings. It’s worth it.
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Meditrina Cafe
A small cafe with a couple tables along the sidewalk out front, Meditrina is a low key local fave. Their salads are killer. Actually, if you like comfort food (Italian or otherwise) you can’t go wrong at here.
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Monkee’s Burger
Popular boardwalk hamburger stand opposite the Venice Beach paddle tennis courts serving a range of fast food, from corn dogs, to chicken teriyaki to nachos. Smoothies and fresh-squeezed lemonade are big sellers in high season.
Hours:
Daily 10am – sunset
Novel Cafe
Only when there’s nothing else to read…
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On The Waterfront Cafe
Boardwalk sunset, Erdingers and fries. While the occasional unsolicited musical performance can be troubling, most are benign.
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Organic Panificio
It took a while to figure out how to pronounce this newly opened Marina Del Rey restaurant’s name, but it’s worth learning. OP serves both Italian fare — pasta, pizza, calzone, gelato — and burgers and steak salads, all made from organic ingredients. Medium price range. Tasty indeed! Overlooking the Marina and Mother’s Beach. Try the organic wine.
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week.
Pam’s Thai
Tasty food — love the red curry. Delivery a bit on the slow side.
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Pasta Factory
Locals go here for classic Italian in a low-key environment (read: not C & O theme park). Full bar, natch. Did I mention the little loaves of bread and garlic oil? That’s because I don’t want you to know.
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Perry’s Café & Rentals (end of Hollister Ave)
Concession stand fare plus generic re-recordings of classic rock and pop hits (played, I presume, to save on licensing fees).
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Perry’s Café & Rentals (end of Ocean Park)
2600 Ocean Front Walk (end of Ocean Park) Santa Monica, CA 90495 Phone: (310) 584-9306 Map Concession stand weiners. Mmm mmm, good.
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