Dogtown Ink

Recently opened Abbot Kinney restaurant specializing in farmer’s market fresh American contemporary cuisine. Still hammering out the service kinks but a delicious addition to the neighborhood. Their vegetable dishes are especially fine. Gjelina serves beer and wine. Best make a reservation — Gjelina’s “in” this summer.

1423 1/2 Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 664-9300

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Newly opened Abbot Kinney newsstand with a nice selection of titles and sweet garden reading area. Coming soon, harder-to-come-by European architecture titles, as well as coffee and pastries.

Hours: 7am – 8pm

Abbot Kinney Blvd & Milwood
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 392-9905
www.french50s60s.com

French 50s – 60s is back. Closed for an extended building renovation, the mid-century modern furniture store specializing in French design is open once again.

Circa 1911

This stately craftsman was built by Warren & Carla Wilson, who were close friends with the Kinney family. Now a beautifully restored bed and breakfast known as Venice Beach House, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

30th Street
Venice, California

Pretty party stuff in shabby chic style: fine paper, rubber stamps and vintage embellishments for b-day parties, bridal showers, tea parties. Plus classes on stuff like vintage baby showers and a party room.

1601 Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 452-3431
Polo set clothing store for all you Andover geeks who still dress like teenage boys–P. Diddy included.

Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 578-1975
Handcrafted jewelry on Abbot Kinney Blvd.

2006 Jennifer Siegal OMD Office of Mobile Design

Venice, CA 90291

Twenty-buck first-time haircuts — how wrong can you go? Trim’s art, tunes and airy space add to the tonsorial splendor. So do the ladies who run the place.
Open 7 days-a-week, 9am – 9pm.

I hear nice things about Nite Spa, though I haven’t yet had the pleasure. The concept is alluring…