CuisineSeafood
Price$$$
NeighborhoodMain Street
HoursSun-Wed 12:00-21:00; Thu-Sat 12:00-21:30; happy hour daily 15:00-17:00
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Food program: Daily crudo and sustainable seafood

Tip: Wine director Simona Topuzovska pours biodynamic small growers; the daily happy hour 15:00-17:00 is the value window.

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Address: 2724 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405

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Wally's ★ 4.4

$$$ Wine barDowntown

Wally's runs a wine shop, cheese counter and restaurant under one Wilshire Boulevard roof in Santa Monica, a by-the-glass list beside the retail wall.

PourAsk the floor team what is open from the retail wall

WineDeep by-the-glass list beside a retail wall

FoodCheese counter and full restaurant menu

TipAnything on the retail wall can be drunk at the table for corkage; the cheese counter builds boards to order.

Offhand Wine Bar ★ 4.2

$$ Wine barMid City

Offhand Wine Bar gives the Westside Winos crew a Santa Monica Boulevard room of their own, low-fuss pours and plates from lunch to midnight pours.

PourRotating by-the-glass chalkboard

WineLow-intervention pours from the Westside Winos crew

FoodLunch and dinner plates

TipFriday and Saturday it holds the corner till midnight, rare for this stretch; lunch service makes it a day-drinking sleeper.

AJA Vineyards ★ 3.9

$$ Wine barDowntown

AJA Vineyards pours its Malibu Coast AVA estate wines in a 2nd Street tasting room in Santa Monica, flights and glasses beside boards of cheese and snacks.

PourMalibu Coast estate flight

WineMalibu Coast AVA estate wines

FoodArtisanal snacks and grazing boards

TipHappy hour knocks 5 dollars off flights Wednesday to Friday 15:00-18:00; outside food is allowed for a 15 dollar fee.

Sogno Toscano ★ 4.0

$$ ItalianMontana Avenue

Sogno Toscano stacks an espresso bar, Italian market and wine bar into one Montana Avenue corner in Santa Monica, panini by day and aperitivo by night.

PourTuscan red with a Bufalina panino

WineTuscan producers and Italian classics

FoodPanini, salumi and market plates

TipBookable wine tastings run in the evenings; otherwise take a Bufalina panino and a glass at the window.

Lady & Larder ★ 4.3

$$ Cheese shopPico

Lady & Larder builds California cheese boards and stacked deli sandwiches on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, a sister-run shop with serious wine to go.

PourBoard-friendly California chenin

WineCalifornia small growers, bottles to go

FoodCheese boards and deli sandwiches

TipSandwiches like the Hot Girl Salami sell out before 14:00; order boards for pickup a day ahead.

Xuntos ★ 4.5

$$$ SpanishDowntown

Xuntos fills a 1926 Art Deco building in downtown Santa Monica with Sandra Cordero's Galician tapas, razor clams, percebes and vermouth over two floors.

PourVermouth on tap, poured over ice

WineSpanish wines, vermouth and Basque cider

FoodGalician pintxos and tapas

TipThe menu runs from jamon iberico to Galician empanadas; ask for the mezzanine seats above the bar.

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