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On the Waterfront Cafe
(Now Closed)Bar, Beer Garden, and Café$$$$
Venice
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Lisa GrabowDecember 15, 2011Fish and chips are great my favorite in the area!!! Chips and salsa here rock!!! Erdinger beer is why I come here too. Ask for Alicia as a server she is great!! Also check out her cool tree tattoo!!
Connie ChiuJune 5, 2016I just a great spot to munch and drunch. The pretzels are a must, bigger than your face and softer than your belly.
Best pretzel on earth, do not miss it. Fantastic sunset spot. Great on the weekend to sit in the bier garden
Raina SharmaDecember 3, 2015Beautiful beach view & live band playing rite in front of the cafe. Sit back & relax😊
You MUST have the Erdinger. Delicious. They also have happy hour food specials and a beer garden on the weekends and all summer. I can't pronounce it, but the Zurcher Gschnatzlets is the BEST! Try it!
Order pitchers of Erdinger and watch the sunset and passerbys on the Venice Boardwalk. Just laze the day away with friends and people watch.
Order pitchers of Erdinger and there steak sandwich so bomb
ZachJuly 31, 2010Dinger and pretzel for the win. We come here every year from oklahoma. Never a disapointment
Lauren ClarkJuly 30, 2011Avoid the crowds out front: head inside & straight to the little beer garden out back.
Chef Rawk (Krissy)July 30, 2011This place is crawling with drunkeness, first clue not to eat the food unless its to sober up. Bartenders mix good drinks & the door guys are hot. Unisex bathroom probably freaks out tourists.
Debbie ValentaAugust 17, 2010The clam chowder is more mushroom than clams but it's still pretty tasty.
Watch the Venice locals and enjoy 1/2 off dingers @ happy hour. 5pm-8p.
Go to On the Waterfront and get a flute of Erdinger with a Chicken Sandwich. Lunchtime on weekends is best
if cars start driving down the boardwalk in front of the waterfront, throw food at them.
- Zainny LamMarch 31, 2014This place is crawling with drunkeness, first clue not to eat the food unless its to sober up. Bartenders mix good drinks & the door guys are hot. Unisex bathroom probably freaks out tourists.
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"Where the view is as good as the brew"
Permanently closed (Show more)
- Mon–Fri
- 11:00 AM–11:00 PM
- Sat–Sun
- 9:30 AM–11:00 PM
(310) 392-0322
Features
Reservations
No
Credit Cards
Yes (incl. American Express)
Wi-Fi
Yes
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Food & Drink
Menus
Brunch, Happy Hour
Drinks
Beer, Full Bar, Cocktails
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