Pasadena ★ 4.2
Pasadena repays the crosstown haul from Santa Monica with Old Sasoon's Armenian pastries, Chaaste's Filipino counter and Loli Farms' Peruvian plates.
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Venice (Abbot Kinney) ★ 4.7
Venice sits ten minutes south of Santa Monica, its Abbot Kinney restaurant strip stacking Gjelina's pizzas, Felix's pasta and Gjusta's bakery cases.
Malibu (Pacific Coast Highway) ★ 4.6
Malibu strings seafood along PCH north of Santa Monica, from Malibu Seafood's fry shack to Broad Street's lobster rolls and Nobu on the water.
Culver City ★ 4.4
Culver City packs studio-adjacent dining twenty minutes from Santa Monica, Folks Pizzeria, Sushi Masuyoshi and the Helms Bakery district blocks.
Sawtelle Japantown ★ 4.5
Sawtelle Japantown lines a few West LA blocks near Santa Monica with ramen and izakaya, Tsujita's tsukemen and Furaibo's wings leading the crawl.
Downtown LA (Grand Central Market) ★ 4.5
Grand Central Market has fed Downtown LA since 1917, an easy train ride from Santa Monica for carnitas at Tacos Tumbras a Tomas and Oaxacan moles.