Hot Dog on a Stick is a street food budget eat in Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 1633 Ocean Front Walk, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tacos Por Favor has fed Santa Monica's Olympic Boulevard workshops since the nineties, a no-frills counter of hard-shell tacos and chile relleno burritos.
TryTaco plates
TipThe lunch rush peaks at noon sharp; order the chicken taco plate and grab salsa from the bar before sitting.
La Purepecha hand-presses corn tortillas on Broadway in Santa Monica, a Michoacan-style counter of asada tacos and machaca burritos without the fuss.
TryHandmade-tortilla tacos
TipTacos on handmade tortillas with cilantro and onions are the order; parking sits right beside the shop.
Gilbert's El Indio has run its family Mexican dining room on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica since 1974, taquitos, shrimp plates and jalapeno margaritas.
TryTaquitos and combo plates
TipIt won Santa Monica's 2024 Most Loved Mexican Food award; Sunday closes at 14:00, so go for breakfast burritos.
Benny's Tacos brines its rotisserie chicken for 24 hours in citrus and garlic on Wilshire in Santa Monica, with churros piped full of Bavarian cream.
TryRotisserie chicken plates
TipThe rotisserie chicken plate feeds two; finish with the cream-filled churros even if you think you will not.
Sunny Blue wraps made-to-order omusubi on Main Street in Santa Monica, miso beef and curry rice balls pressed warm behind a six-seat counter.
TryOmusubi
TipMiso mushroom is vegetarian and gluten-free; get one spicy salmon for the walk down to the beach.
Sweetfin builds chef-driven poke bowls on Broadway in Santa Monica, an entirely gluten-free kitchen of bamboo rice, kale noodles and citrus ponzu fish.
TryPoke bowls
TipEvery bowl base swaps free, so try the kale noodle base; the whole menu is gluten-free by default.
