Jus’ Poke: Best of the Beach 2018 Poke
There’s a certain rightness to Jus’ Poke winning this category since they have been serving it since the days when most people didn’t know what it was and thought the name rhymed with “joke.” Folks know otherwise now because it has become wildly popular, but the first specialist keeps leading the pack by a mile. […]
Creme de la Crepe: Best of the Beach 2018 Crepe
While Creme de la Crepe has spread across Southern California, opening outlets as far south as San Diego, the Hermosa Beach-born restaurant is still the crepe king of the Beach Cities. Creme de la Crepe offers 38 varieties of fruit-filled breakfast crepes, decadent dessert crepes and savory crepes from morning to evening. The rest of […]
Paradise Bowls: Best of the Beach 2018 Bowls
With locations just off the beach in both Manhattan and Hermosa, Paradise Bowls’ superfruit bowls and smoothies are a hit among beachgoers and particularly the fitness minded. Acai, pitaya and bee pollen are popular ingredients, alongside more common berries and citrus fruits. “We’re a family-owned business, so we see plenty of family, friends and regulars,” said […]
Good Stuff: Best of the Beach 2018 Breakfast Muffin
There’s no one muffin to single out at Good Stuff. The muffin menu at each restaurant seems to vary by the whims of the management, but that’s part of the charm. “It depends on the suggestions we get,” Athena Marin, the manager of Good Stuff Redondo Beach, said. “Some days, I’ll ask if we […]
Coyote Cantina: Best of the Beach 2018 Mexican under $30
Coyote Cantina’s Mexican food is far from traditional fare. “The menu is very different… it’s more southwestern, with a southwestern Tex-Mex spin on all of our dishes,” said manager Kristina Cordova. There’s the Mexican Lasagna: triple-layered pasta stuffed with ground turkey, corn, black beans and ricotta cheese. Coyote Cantina also has a seafaring spin on […]
The Bull Pen: Best of Beach 2018 Steak under $30
For decades, The Bull Pen has been as renowned for its steaks, in a variety of cuts, as it is for its “world-famous” burgers. “The quality of the meat is what he prided himself in,” said Josh Miner of his grandfather Cliff, the Bull Pen’s original owner. “It’s why we don’t do too much, as […]
BevMo: Best of the Beach 2018 Liquor Store
It’s not complicated to explain why one of the biggest corporate beverage outfits won Best of the Beach, even in a community that embraces its mom and pops shops. BevMo offers more than 3,000 types of wines, 1,500 types of spirits, and 1,200 types of beers. They were pioneers in the liquor megastore business and […]
Hop Saint: Best of the Beach 2018 Chili
We hope you only get hungry for chili only once a week because that’s how often Hop Saint serves it. Orders start coming out of the kitchen on Sunday at noon, and it lasts until it’s gone. On rare occasions, they have some left over which they serve on Monday but don’t count on it. […]