Best surf shop
ET Surf – Few material goods are more dear to beach city residents than their surfboards, skateboards and snowboards. Scratch their cars, piss in their yards, steal their bikes or cell phones and they get over it. But ding a surfboard, run over a skateboard or steal a snowboard and you will make someone very […]
Best Hotel
Shade Hotel – Our readers went for luxury and beach-community style when asked to pick the best hotel from a variety of impressive hotels in the South Bay. Shade Hotel offers a relaxing respite during the day and a hip spot at which to mingle at night. Located in downtown Manhattan Beach’s cushy Metlox Center, […]
Best Tanning Salon
LA Sunset Tan – An automated spray booth with a built-in drier delivers sunless tanning and beauty treatments at the same time. The Ergoline Open sun 1050 bed provides 360-degree, full-body tanning with a comfortable, contoured surface, stereo sound system and a cooling fan. The Ergoline Esprit 770 bed delivers full-body tanning, a contoured body […]
Best Beach camp
Hammerhead – “If Hammerhead had camps year round, my kid would want to go every day,” a parent says of the repeat winner of our Best of the Beach beach camps. Owner Jamie Bateman tells job applicants, “If you’re not the cheerleader type, this isn’t the camp for you.” The enthusiasm she expects of her […]
Best arcade
Redondo Fun Factory – The Redondo Fun Factory defies time, logic, and the inexorable advance of high-powered “home entertainment” video games. It’s like walking back to a bygone era – not only because of collection of old political signs that adorn its walls and ceiling – but because many of the arcade and video games […]
Tire store
Ocean Tire – Ron Rosinsky and son Danny started the successful Ocean Tire in Hermosa in 1999 after Ron departed his long-time auto repair and tire business in Hawthorne. Ocean offers a variety of brands in all sizes. Regarding sales of tires and all auto parts, Ocean is committed to providing quality products with no-hassle […]