Santa Monica Cafe/Coffee House Restaurants
1725 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA, 90404
Bob Dylan may not own the place, as rumor has long had it, but this wood-and-brick, old-timey coffee house is pretty cool nonetheless. A spacious spot with a shady courtyard...
213 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, CA, 90401
A bona fide French eatery founded by chef Thierry Boisson in 1989, Acadie is a simple, bright, modern café with a small indoor eating area and an expansive...
2645 Main St, Santa Monica, CA, 90405
The ambience is simple—e.g. outdoor “patio” seating in the parking lot of the Seashore Motel—but the panini crowd can’t get enough of...
1211 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, CA, 90403
Most weekends, this place is packed with a waiting list and long line snaking out into the alleyway. They come for the food—largely Greek and European cuisine (eggs...
380 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
530 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
It used to be the Newsroom café, and no one’s sure quite yet what it’s going to be next, but in the meantime, it’s a funky organic café...
212 Pier Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90405
At this former bookstore, now two-story lending library/café, Broadway Deli provides the fresh baked goods, Groundworks the fair trade java, and a rotating bevy of...
1630 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90405
A homey, bright and colorful coffee shop patronized by everyone from local parents and their toddlers to Santa Monica College kids soaking up free wi-fi along with the...
2640 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90405
Locals saunter in with tiny dogs and flip flops, hungry for epically-proportioned breakfasts and reasonable prices. Chef Richard Kitos opened this café last October,...