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Category: Dining


Oscar’s Opens Taco & Torta Shack on Ocean Front Walk

March 9, 2014

March 9, 2014

Oscar Hermosillo, the brains behind Venice Beach Wines (2006) and Oscar’s Cerveteca (2011) on Rose, soft opened “Cerveteca Boardwalk” this...

VNC Special Board Meeting on 1414 Main and Firestone Brewpub Cancelled

February 24, 2014

February 24, 2014

The Venice Neighborhood Council “special Board meeting” that was scheduled for February 27th has been cancelled. The Board will consider...

Tibby Rothman: “6 Reasons the AK Hotel is Not Smart Growth”

February 17, 2014

February 17, 2014

Tibby Rothman: 6 Reasons the AK Hotel is Not Smart Growth A better description would be the Electric Avenue hotel....

Corbin Smith: “Hotel Opponents Distort and Misrepresent the Facts”

February 17, 2014

February 17, 2014

(Disclosure: Dan Abrams, the developer of the Abbot Kinney Hotel, made me aware of this letter at the Mayor’s “Share...

A New Hotel in Venice? VNC Board Meeting: 2-18-2014

February 17, 2014

February 17, 2014 1

The Venice Neighborhood Council Board will meet tomorrow evening at the Westminster Elementary School Auditorium at 1010 Abbot Kinney starting...

‘House of Pies’ Moves Forward in Venice Beach

January 16, 2014

January 16, 2014

The property still sits vacant, but the proposed House of Pies (a popular diner on Vermont for over 40 years)...

VNC Land Use and Planning Committee Meeting This Evening!

January 15, 2014

January 15, 2014

The Venice Neighborhood Council Land Use and Planning Committee will meet this evening starting at 6:45pm at The Oakwood Recreation...

New Years Day Pick? The Sidewalk Café

January 1, 2014

January 1, 2014

Need a spot to celebrate the new year with an ice cold “eye opener” and one of the best people...

New Years Pick: ‘Bank of Venice’ + ‘Fork in the Road’

December 30, 2013

December 30, 2013

Looking for New Years Eve and New Years Day plans? Great food and a youthful crowd that will be ready...

Shuttered: Nitespa Venice

December 30, 2013

December 30, 2013

After 9 years in business, Nitespa has been forced to close its doors at 490 Santa Clara (off of Abbot...