A butcher and a baker but no candlestick maker.
Move over, Lords of Dogtown. Venice Beach has a new king: Part beach house, part art gallery, the latest boutique lodge from design-conscious Joie de Vivre offers travelers a comfy place to crash with fresh, seasonal American fare and cocktails from Hash restaurant and spectactular views from rooftop bar High.
When life hands you lemons (or a shell of a restaurant that’s been abruptly vacated due to irreconcilable culinary differences), make lemonade (as in a new chef and team creating a special test menu that changes its offerings, wines, and cocktails every week until things setttle down).
A butcher and a baker but no candlestick maker.
New cafe with breakfast all day and lunch, dinner, and desserts worth the stray.
It’s been serving since the ’20s, whipping up organic-whenever-possible diner dishes for nostalgic modernists. Good morning, orange blueberry pancakes. Hello, burrata-caprese omelet.
Photo: Selim Mete / Courtesy of Cora’s Coffee Shop
Sneak downstairs to the Beverly Hills Hotel’s old-timey breakfast and lunch counter for two eggs fried any way you like on the grill or a classic BLT.
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What’s the brew-haha all about? Could it be Essex Public House in Hollywood with more than 40 specialty beers from which to choose? Twenty wines by the glass? Chicken and biscuits with sweet English peas and gravy? Or maybe the modern British pub reinvisioned for California digs? Yeah, that’s it.
Pancakes take the cake with coffee and bacon following close behind.
Two, four, six, eight. Whom do we appreciate? Chef Casey Lane for swooping in and ...
Home of the bacon doughnut. (There’s so much more to say about the unassumingly darling diner, but let that be reason enough to trek to Skid Row.)