Serving up coffee and espresso drinks, as well as breakfast and lunch bistro items, Café Lucy in Santa Monica is an excellent stop for those looking for a quick bite or a hot drink. With soups, salads and sandwiches, customers can pick up food for takeout, or eat on their small patio decorated with pretty flowers located outside the café. Coffee drinks like lattes, mochas, espressos and café au laits are all made to order upon request, as are food items. The coffee shop is connected to an office building, making it the perfect place for a grab-and-go in between meetings. An assortment of juices is served as well.
This local version of the Trimana restaurant chain is located inside the Water Garden on Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica. The bright and colorful restaurant has a fun atmosphere. There are cash registers and glass counters stocked with Trimana hot sauce and coffee beans in the front of the restaurant. The dining area is open and larger than you would expect. This Trimana location is known for being quick and convenient for people on the go. The Big Salad is a customer favorite and features tomato, peperocini, parmesan, sliced eggs and cucumber. Trimana also features a coffee bar and serves their own house blend. Catering is available. Visit the website for more information
Fromin's Delicatessen and Restaurant has been a Santa Monica institution since 1979, when it was founded by Dennis Fromin. He eventually sold the restaurant in 1990 to current owner Maurice Solomon. Both owners had grown up working in delis in 1950s Cleveland.
The menu here offers a large selection of breakfast items, with 19 different omelets, various blintzes, open-faced bagels with toppings and a special brunch platter that serves two. Sandwiches are also a big deal here. All sandwiches are served on rye, roll, wheat or egg bread and come with various sides.
Special sandwich selections include the Sky High, combinations and hot sandwiches. Fromin's Special Dinners include soup or salad, choice of side, dessert and beverage, with choices such as corned beef and cabbage, Hawaiian chicken breast, grilled orange roughy, grilled liver and onions, skirt steak and seafood fettuccine.
A section for weight-conscious patrons offers low-calorie fare. The deli in the front sells sliced meats, salads, cheeses, pickles, fish, kishka, knishes and stuffed cabbage.
Bud's Famous Deli & Desserts is a sandwich shop and deli located in a small retail plaza just off Ocean Park Boulevard in the community of Ocean Park in Santa Monica. Bud's Famous Deli & Desserts offers a menu of deli items including sub sandwiches, chips, a full salad bar and desserts. Bud's specializes in party platters, catering and fresh squeezed juices. This shop is best known for its selection of frozen yogurt, ice cream and milk shakes.
Brooklyn-born Izzy Freeman opened his New York style deli with Santa Monica developer Ernie Auerbach in 1973. It has since become a Santa Monica institution, with food available 24 hours every day, attracting many celebrity figures over the years.
Breakfast is served all the time, with many egg dishes, pancakes, potato pancakes, lox, corned beef, blintzes and fresh baked goods available. You can even create your own omelet. A large portion of the menu is devoted to the many sandwiches made here, including overstuffed sandwiches and dip sandwiches, with choices like pastrami, turkey, salami, bologna, roast beef, beef tongue, ham, meat loaf, knockwurst, tuna, lox and cheeses. Dinner entrees feature chicken dishes, corned beef and cabbage, beef stew, goulash, kishka, turkey, beef liver and onions, meatloaf and country fried steak. All these are served in the relaxed, diner-style atmosphere of the dining room, with images of New York on the walls, and pictures of Izzy with various celebrities.
The deli counter just inside the entrance sells various meats and cheeses by the pound, along with fish, kishka, knish, blintzes, salads, olives, bagels, puddings and baked goods. Catering is a specialty here, with various platters available for large groups.
Co-Opportunity is Santa Monica's community owned grocery store, a members-only market they own. It features a large, organic produce section. In addition, shoppers can also find a deli, homeopathic section and grocery store staples.
John Pikula and Ted Maslo, both from Poland, opened J & T European Gourmet Food to sell Eastern European-style meats and imported goods. Most meats are prepared in the shop, including kishka, kielbasa, serdelki and mysliwska. Smoked meats, smoked fish and cured hams are also prepared. Italian prosciutto and a selection of Applegate Farms organic meats are available here as well as a variety of European cheeses, including havarti, Swiss, edam, smoked gouda, jarlsberg, mudrigal and muenster. The rest of the shop offers imported dry goods, including snacks, preserves, pickled foods, baking goods, dry soup packs, tea and sauces.
This Santa Monica branch of Subway restaurant is located in the Ocean Park Courtyard just off of Ocean Park Boulevard. Subway's menu features sandwiches, fresh green salads and personal pizzas. Subway also offers cookies, danishes and muffins, as well as a variety of soft drinks, juices and water. This location has shaded outdoor patio seating.
This Santa Monica branch of Subway restaurant is located in the Ocean Park Courtyard just off of Ocean Park Boulevard. Subway's menu features sandwiches, fresh green salads and personal pizzas. Subway also offers cookies, danishes and muffins, as well as a variety of soft drinks, juices and water. This location has shaded outdoor patio seating.
