Best Furniture Store
Billiards and Bar Stools of South Bay – South Bay residents like to eat, drink, make merry and play pool in their homes, and voted Billiards and Barstools of South Bay to tie for best furniture store. Billiards and Barstools prides itself in the largest selection of game room furniture in the South Bay with […]
Best Furniture Store (tie)
Maison Luxe – Maison Luxe, located at the corner of Highland and 15th Street, has been a gateway business to downtown Manhattan Beach for 15 years. And though the furniture shop will soon move to the former Re:Style and Either/Or bookstore site Hermosa’s Pier Avenue, the shop long ago transcended it’s physical location. There are […]
Best Jewelry
Morgan’s Jewelers – The 64-year-old, family owned and operated jeweler features watches and jewelry from all of the top designers, made with stones including rubies, sapphires, emeralds, tanzanites, peridots and topaz. Morgan’s also repairs watches and jewelry, and offers custom design, estate liquidation and appraisal services. Morgan’s is certified by the American Gem Society, which […]
Best health and nutrition store
Nutrishop – Our readers gave the nod to the sports nutrition and weight loss superstore that carries everything from protein powders to muscle optimizers, multi-vitamins, items for before the workout and the recovery afterward, testosterone boosters and weight gain as well as weight loss. The wide variety of products includes: Detox for weight loss, both […]
Best Original Music Band
Barley Legal – This seven-piece outfit with a clever moniker set out to produce feel-good Americana music with a beach vibe, and the result is a sound that has been compared with Tom Petty, Wilco, and the E Street Band. Late last year Barley Legal released its debut album, “All Your Stories.” The group’s three […]
Best Wine Store
Manhattan Fine Wines – If you are going to dinner and looking for a bottle of wine to bring, Manhattan Fine Wines is your ace in the hole. The store, tucked unpretentiously in the little strip mall on Artesia Boulevard just off Pacific Coast Highway in Manhattan Beach, offers a startlingly large and varied inventory […]
Best Dive Shop
Dive N’ Surf – Dive N’ Surf is more than a dive shop and even more than a local institution. It is quite arguably the epicenter of the water sports industry, the place where two hardscrabble twin brothers from Missouri made their stand in 1953, helping launch a water-going revolution that would change Southern California […]
Best Chiropractor
Christopher Bruno, D.C. – The stated mission of Dr. Chris Bruno and “Adventure Chiropractic,” the name of his Redondo Beach firm, is “For each of our clients to realize their optimum God given levels of function and peak performance.” Living as a waterman for more than 25 years, Bruno learned an appreciation for health and […]
Best Cajun Restaurant
Ragin Cajun – We would recommend that you hike yourself hence to the Ragin Cajun to enjoy a bowl of gumbo or a plate of their famed jambalaya – but you can’t. There’s a bittersweet quality to their win – their location on Pier is boarded up, and the new one in El Segundo has […]
Best Local Running Race
Manhattan Beach 10K -Founded in 1978 by a group of local runners, the Manhattan Beach 10K Run has held to its original concept of being a true community event without the aid of corporate sponsorship. The Race Committee is comprised solely of volunteers and the City of Manhattan Beach provides law enforcement, paramedics and public […]
Best Hospital
Providence Little Company of Mary – When circumstances require in-patient care, South Bay residents vote Providence Little Company of Mary as their choice of infirmary. The medical facility offers general medical, surgical and critical care services, plus many specialty care programs and treatments. They provide advanced robotic surgery with the state-of-the-art “da Vinci” platform for […]
Best Massage
Murad Inclusive Health Center – Readers agree that a massage should be about more than just relaxation. It should be about a whole-body approach, which is why they voted Murad Inclusive Health Center in El Segundo as the best place to get their knots worked out in the South Bay. Therapists who undergo continual education […]
Best Martial Arts
South Bay Jiu Jitsu Recognized as one of Southern California’s premiere fight studios, South Bay Jiu Jitsu has built a solid reputation by creating a unique methodology that focuses on developing technique and athleticism from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitors to professional MMA fighters to the recreational athlete. Head Instructor Bob Bass is former Mira Costa […]
Best dermatologist
Scott Rackett, MD – Unless you’re awaiting a casting call-back for the next remake of “Night of the Living Dead,” that pesky wart with the two protruding hairs on your nose can severely dampen your social life. Fortunately, there’s Dr. Scott Rackett, who remedies dermatologic problems both more and less extreme. Rackett’s Manhattan Beach Dermatology […]
Best Music Lessons
Coast Music Conservatory Owned and operated by Matt and Beth Rohde, with Beth’s sisters Angie Deters and Marti Harris, Coast Music is a space filled with like-minded industry professionals and students who are passionate about music and learning. The conservatory grew an unprecedented 93 percent last year alone, and continues to develop exciting programs that […]
Best DJ (tie)
DJ Bayati – DJ Bayati is 21 now, but when he was 17 he’d sit outside Sharkeez in Hermosa Beach and listen to DJ Dik as he worked the music and crowd inside. Although his first gig as a DJ was at the nearby Shore, not long afterwards he went to Sharkeez at 8 a.m. and […]