The 20 Best Restaurants In Santa Monica - Los Angeles - The Infatuation

"The name Le Great Outdoor sounds like an REI surplus store rather than a beautiful restaurant where your food is cooked on a giant grill in the Bergamot Station parking lot. But that’s exactly what’s happening here. All the meat, fish, and vegetables are grilled in the entirely outdoor kitchen. Everybody hangs out at picnic tables and drinks chilled wine while they pick at goat cheese-topped tartines and blistered lamb chops. It’s as if you stumbled onto a neighborhood block party—but with people who know what they’re doing at the grill." - brant cox, sylvio martins, arden shore, cathy park