📍 Venice, Los Angeles

Evan Funke's original pasta temple on Abbot Kinney — the Venice room that reset LA's pasta conversation when it opened. Handmade pasta station visible from the dining room, pizza f...

Gjelina has been the anchor of Abbot Kinney's dining scene for over a decade. The wood-fired cooking drives the menu, and the vegetable dishes hit as hard as anything with protein....

The Mahendro family's modern Indian kitchen expanded from Downtown to Venice, and the beach-town setting suits the menu's playful energy. Butter chicken sauce is now bottled, which...

The sprawling Venice bakery-deli from the Gjelina team operates like a commissary for people who take bread seriously. House-baked everything, smoked fish, and creative sandwiches....

Chef Jose Olmedo Carles Rojas brings Panama City flavors to the former James Beach space in Venice. Patacones, lollipop fried chicken drumsticks, and tuna carpaccio reflect a kitch...

Venice's Main Street French bistro with updated classics and a bar program that earns the $25 martini price tag. Steak frites with the correct peppercorn sauce, hamachi ceviche tha...

The Venice answer to the modern-steakhouse question. Almond-wood grills bringing a subtle smoke to the ribeye, hash browns that became their own cult order, and a Caesar done table...

The Abbot Kinney anchor that helped define Venice dining in the 2010s — Casey Lane's menu of handmade pasta, seasonal market cooking, and a cocktail program that anchored the stree...

Chef Travis Lett's Venice izakaya with a California lens — charcoal-grilled yakitori, produce-forward Japanese small plates, and serious cooking reflecting time spent in Japan. A T...

Chef Jesse Barber's Venice seafood counter-turned-dinner-room — locally caught fish, a small crudo program, natural wine, and HiFi vinyl spinning after dark. The fried fish sando i...