Venice Board Walk
There’s art (Venice Art Walls), music, bodybuilders (Muscle Beach), the piano man, basketball (courts portrayed in the film American History X), sometimes the tree man, incredible skaters (Venice Skate Park), dancing roller bladers (next to the Venice Skate Park), poetry (Venice poetry walls), street artists of all kind (some great, some greatly bad); a visual fiesta and overload of stimulation all within one mile!
Food & Bar Favorites
The Waterfront
(reservation recommended)
Venice Ale House
(reservation recommended)
Fig Tree
(usually easy to walk in)
Zelda’s Corner
(Best Sandwich Shop with outdoor seating; say HI to our friend Jackson!)
The Pier House
(usually easy to walk in; right at the Venice Pier; great raw bar)
High Rooftop Lounge @Hotel Erwin
(usually easy to walk in)
Abbott Kinney
A mile long strip of the latest fashion, art and food just minutes from Venice Beach!
Food & Bar Favorites
Butcher’s Daughter
(great vegetarian food, reservation recommended for dinner)
Neighbor
(restaurant & bar with the friendliest bartenders you’ll find!)
Greenleaf Kitchen
(the healthy but delicious walk-in choice)
The Tasting Kitchen
(reservation required)
Gjelina
(reservation required)
Rooster Fish
(Long-standing gay bar for drinks featuring pool tables, jukebox tunes & dance floor)
Wabi on Rose
(reservation required)
Gjusta
(reservation recommended)
Venice Canals Historic District
The historic district is noteworthy for possessing man-made wetland canals, built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney as part of his Venice of America. Kinney sought to recreate the appearance and feel of Venice, Italy, in coastal Los Angeles County. What is left is just a fraction of once abundant waterways.
Take the Detour tour, and learn the story of Venice’s Founder, Abbot Kinney and the early history of the V! Abbot Kinney’s Impossible Dream tour led by Venice Paparazzi‘s and VisitVeniceCA‘s Edizen Stowell
Note: Due to California’s drought the water levels can be very low or canals dry and smelly.