The beach city built around the Wednesday farmers market, where every Westside chef shops. Birdie G's, Melisse, Milo and Olive and a row of quieter neighbourhood rooms.
EEEEEATSCON, The Infatuation's food festival built like a music festival with restaurants as headliners, fills Barker Hangar in Santa Monica for a May weekend with about 25 kitchens from LA, New York and New Orleans.
TipGeneral admission starts at $25 with food bought per dish; Chase cardholders get in at 11:00, an hour before the noon opening, when lines are shortest.
The Bungalow at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica is the Brent Bolthouse Los Angeles beach-house bar with fire pits and Pacific views from the front deck.
TipWalk-in only, no reservations. Sundays draw the longest line; weekday late afternoons hit happy hour before the crowd arrives.
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