Seafood
22nd St. Landing
Cabrillo Marina, 141 W. 22nd St., Los Angeles, CA, 90731
310-548-4400
This harborside seafood grill looks onto container vessels sliding by. The menu offers fish, lobster, beef, and chicken…
Website: http://22ndstreet.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, San Pedro
Category: Restaurants, Seafood
BP Oysterette
1355 Ocean Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90402
310-576-3474
For all the restaurants that line our coasts, there’s an astonishing lack of good ol’ seafood shacks…
Website: http://blueplatesantamonica.com/bpo/home/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: Restaurants, Seafood
Cast & Plow
4375 Admiralty Way, Los Angeles, CA, 90292
310-574-4333
It doesn’t get much more picturesque than the marina-adjacent fire pit tables atCast & Plow, the Ritz-Carlton’s new iteration of its hotel restaurant.
Neighborhood: Marina del Rey
Category: American, Fusion/Eclectic/Global, Health Food, New American, Restaurants, Seafood, Steakhouse
Connie and Ted’s
8171 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90046
323-848-2722
The rustic charm of fried clam bellies and a loaded lobster roll have New England transplants (including chef Michael Cimarusti) feeling homesick.
Website: http://www.connieandteds.com/
Neighborhood: West Hollywood
Category: American, Restaurants, Seafood
Delmonico’s Lobster House
16358 Ventura Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 91436
818-986-0777
Lobster tail, lobster ravioli, broiled lobster, steamed lobster…
Website: http://delmonicossteakandlobsterhouse.com
Neighborhood: Encino, Los Angeles
Category: Restaurants, Seafood
Fisherman’s Outlet
529 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90013
(213) 627-7231
The beloved seafood shack is miles from the ocean but smack in the middle of downtown’s seafood market district, which explains the huge selection. Catfish, prawns, salmon—it’s all good.
Website: https://fishermansoutlet.net
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Restaurants, Seafood, Southern/Soul
Fishing with Dynamite
1148 Manhattan Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90266
Manhattan Beach’s intimate and wryly named Fishing with Dynamite showcases David LeFevre’s expertise with seafood, honed during his years at Water Grill downtown.
Website: http://www.eatfwd.com
Neighborhood: Manhattan Beach
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2013: Eat, Best of LA: 2013, Best of LA: Eat, Restaurants, Seafood
Gladstones
173000 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272
310-454-3474
The entertainment gurus at SBE have slapped some white paint on this former beachside sawdust joint, but Hyde Lounge this is not…
Website: http://www.gladstones.com
Neighborhood: Pacific Palisades
Category: American, Restaurants, Seafood
HMS Bounty
3357 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90010
213-385-7275
There it is, in a dark corner, the Galaxy 200, coin slot covered with tape. The 45s have grown dusty inside, nudged into obsolescence by a flashy CD jukebox that feeds on dollar bills just a few feet away…
Website: http://thehmsbounty.com/
Neighborhood: Koreatown, Los Angeles
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Fish & Chips, Restaurants, Seafood, Steakhouse
Kendall’s Brasserie and Bar
135 N. Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012
213-972-7322
Without a dedicated theater district, L.A. will likely never have a concentration of great after-show bars like those found along 44th or 46th streets in New York. But lodged under the southeast corner of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion…
Website: http://www.patinagroup.com/restaurant.php?restaurants_id=39
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, Restaurants, Seafood
Kincaid’s Bay House
500 Fisherman’s Wharf, Los Angeles, CA, 90277
310-318-6080
This restaurant on the pier has 360-degree views and a seafood-based menu…
Website: http://kincaids.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Redondo Beach
Category: Restaurants, Seafood
King’s Fish House
The Commons at Calabasas, 4798 Commons Way, Los Angeles, CA, 91302
818-225-1979
At this brick warehouse with leather booths, dozens of ceiling fans, a hopping bar, and an SRO trellised patio…
Website: http://kingsfishhouse.com
Neighborhood: Calabasas, Los Angeles
Category: Restaurants, Seafood
L&E Oyster Bar
1637 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90026
323-660-2255
Silver Lake residents demanded romantic streetside-patio seating, premium shellfish, and sparkling wine, and budding restaurateur Dustin Lancaster supplied it.
Website: http://www.leoysterbar.com
Neighborhood: Silver Lake
Category: Restaurants, Seafood
LittleFork
1600 Wilcox Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90028
323-465-3675
One of the earliest L.A. food movements of 2013 is the upscale, East Coast-style seafood shack. The first to showcase this trend is Jason Travi, who has been off our radar since his acclaimed stint at the now-shuttered Fraîche in Culver City.
Website: http://www.littleforkla.com/
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Category: Restaurants, Seafood
M.B. Post
1142 Manhattan Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90266
310-545-5405
David LeFevre has left the haute hassle behind for this beachy room of sun-bleached wood.
Website: http://www.eatmbpost.com/
Category: New American, Restaurants, Seafood
Mel’s Fish Shack
4524 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90016
Our loyalty belongs to Mel’s Fish Shack, which for decades has fried up such swimmers as catfish, sand dabs, and buffalo fish—a bony, old-time favorite.
Website: http://www.melsfishshack.com
Neighborhood: Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2013: Eat, Best of LA: 2013, Best of LA: Eat, Restaurants, Seafood
Neptune’s Net
42505 Pacific Coast Hwy., Los Angeles, CA, 90265
310-457-3095
Welcome to the quintessential rough-and-ready California beachfront joint…
Website: http://neptunesnet.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Malibu, Ventura
Category: Restaurants, Seafood
Playa Provisions
119 Culver Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90293
310-683-5019
Why is it that we’re still amazed when a beachside spot acknowledges the presence of said beach?
Website: http://playaprovisions.com/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Playa Del Rey
Category: Coffee/Tea, Deli, Dessert/Ice Cream/Yogurt, Restaurants, Seafood