Library Alehouse
American restaurant · Ocean Park
2911 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Highlights
New American menu, patio dining & many craft beers
New American menu, patio dining & many craft beers
"The post-grad Fireball consumption zone that is Main Street also happens to be home to one of the best craft beer bars on the Westside. A solid restaurant in its own right (get the bison burger), Library Ale House has roughly 25 taps at any given time (that you can check daily on a live webcam) and hosts extremely popular tap takeover nights from the likes of Modern Times, Monkish, and other local breweries. RESERVE A TABLE WITH RESERVE A TABLE" - Brant Cox
"Having a lot of taps is a sure sign a restaurant is serious about beer. Having a livestreamed tap list on their website is a whole other level of serious. Library Alehouse has one of those, constantly updated so you can strategize your drinking before you even leave the house. Once you’ve arrived, head to the back patio, post up at the picnic tables, and order the Russian River beer you’re unlikely to find on any other patio in town. For food, go for the stuff you want to be eating outside, like fish and chips and pulled pork sandwiches." - brant cox, brett keating
"One of the first craft beer bars in LA, Library Alehouse has been a staple of Main St. since 1995. And though they aren’t serving beer to-go at the moment, their pub food is exactly what you want after a particularly rough day in lockdown. Their Buffalo wings are spicy and crispy, and you can’t go wrong with any of their burgers - our favorites are the Hell Burger (with pepper Jack, jalapeño, and habañero aioli), and the Cowboy, with a massive onion ring, BBQ sauce, bacon, and crispy potato on top. Available for pick-up and delivery" - brett keating
"If “Getting work done” is almost - but not quite - as important as “Drinking good beer,” rest assured: You can do both at Library Alehouse. This spot on Main St. in Santa Monica has a long tap list full of hard-to-find (and excellent beers) from places like Russian River Brewing and Bruery Terreux. Head to a picnic table in the back, order a beer and one of their very good burgers, and get to work on that script you’ve been putting off." - brant cox, brett keating
"Library Alehouse is a solid choice for an easy Main Street dinner, especially if you’re a beer person. There’s good American food, and generally less of the rowdy Main Street atmosphere. The beer list is enormous and constantly changing, and they even have a live feed of their beer list on their website that definitely belongs on a list of pointless live feeds. This is a good place to go with friends for some burgers and fries on a weeknight." - jess basser sanders, amy clark
