The Santa Monica Dinner Guide - Los Angeles - The Infatuation

"You know those dates you go on when you’ve been together for years? They’re casual but still fun, you don’t have to try too hard, and you pretty much know what to expect. Local Kitchen is exactly like one of those dates. It’s a neighborhood restaurant on Ocean Park, just far enough away from Main Street and Abbot Kinney so as not to be filled with tourists and food bloggers looking for the next big trendy restaurant and/or angel wings mural. Local has solid pizza and pasta dishes, a great wine list, and groups of friends (and comfortable couples) enjoying predictably good weeknight dinners." - jess basser sanders, amy clark