The Best Places to Eat in Venice, by the Record

1. Esquire Restaurant of the Year
2. The New York Times The Restaurant List
3. Los Angeles Times The 101 Best Restaurants in California

Brick floors, creeping vines, and a crowd that seems to have been cast by a Venice Beach location scout. This Abbot Kinney institution is a Mediterranean restaurant built around wood-fired pizzas and shared plates, with vegetables doing serious heavy lifting on the menu. It's spawned a bakery, a to-go counter, and a cookbook, which is a lot of offspring for one room. A Michelin Selected spot that's also on the all-time Eater 38.

1. Eater The All-Time Eater 38
2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

1. Eater Chef of the Year · José Olmedo Carles Rojas
2. Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles
3. Los Angeles Times #52 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles

Dark masa quesadillas filled with Oaxacan cheese, in-house tortillas, and tacos served all day set the tone at this modern Oaxacan spot a short walk from the Venice beach scene. The room looks the part, all bright and California-casual, and the mezcal list gives you something to do while you decide between the barbacoa and the tinga de pollo. The Los Angeles Times put it on its Fifty Under $50 list, which tracks.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Los Angeles Times Fifty Under $50

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