The Strand House is a restaurant and bar. The location offers a wide range of dishes for lunch, dinner and brunch, including pizzas, appetizers, salads, seafood and pasta. Some menu options include braised short ribs, halibut, salmon, white fish, scallops, mussels, soft shell crab, pork belly, crab salad, prime beef, rib eye, poached eggs, lobster rolls and more. It also has StrandBar, which offers live music, dancing and DJs as well as specialty cocktails and drinks. Check the main website for information on upcoming events or to view the full menu.
This dive bar on a busy stretch of Sepulveda is easy to miss. Dark and unpretentious, it offers more than just drinks. Starting at 6am you can get some breakfast while you get your drink on. Morning options include your basic eggs, sausage and bacon options. Lunch is greasy spoon-style food like burgers and fries. The bartender is likely to wear cut-off jeans shorts and midriff-baring tank tops, even at 10 in the morning. The Castle is a cash-only establishment.
Ercole's, a casual beach bar that's been around since 1927, is located only two blocks from the Manhattan Beach pier. This dark bar, with low lighting and wood paneling, features exposed wooden beams that create artificial separation among parts of the bar. Ercole's lends itself to surfers, beach bums and locals looking for someplace simple and unpretentious to tip one back. The TVs are tuned to whatever game is on, and the sound of balls clinking on the pool table can be heard from the back of the bar. If you're hankering for a late night bite, burgers and hot dogs are the primary menu items, but after a few rounds they'll seem like caviar and filet mignon.
