Los Angeles · Montana Avenue
Santa Monica
Sunny California meets the Tuscan coast. Espresso in the morning, aperitivo at golden hour, the ocean a few blocks away.
Address
1512 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Hours
Mon-Thu 11am-10pm
Fri 11am-11pm · Sat-Sun 9am-10pm
Reservations
La Dolce Vita
Slow mornings,
golden-hour aperitivo.
A bright lifestyle cafe, market and wine bar on Montana Avenue. Italian coffee and pastries from the morning on, shelves of single-brand provisions to take home, and a wine bar that comes alive as the California sun goes down.
At the counter, sommelier Cesare leads guided Italian wine tastings ($100): the coast of Bolgheri, poured glass by glass, three blocks from the Pacific.
Restaurant Guru · Certificate of Excellence 2023.
Dal banco · Signature menu
A few of our favorites.
$25
Burrata e Crudo
DOP burrata, Prosciutto di Parma aged 24 months, rucola and estate EVOO.
Antipasti
$29
La Deliziosa
Aged Pecorino, prosciutto and black truffle paste.
Panini
$25
La Bufalina
Prosciutto, tomato confit and mozzarella di bufala.
Panini
$35
Formaggi & Salumi
Boards of premium Italian cheeses and cured meats, built for the aperitivo hour.
Boards
Dentro il caffè
Inside Santa Monica.
Lifestyle Cafés & Wine Bars
Cinque indirizzi, una casa.
New York, Los Angeles, Phoenix: five rooms of the same Tuscan dream, each with its own light.