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Cafés in Venice

Espresso on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, flat whites by the Venice sign on Windward Avenue, and a 06:00 coffee near the pier on Washington Boulevard.

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Abbot Kinney opened Venice of America as a beach resort on July 4, 1905, and dug several miles of canals to drain the marshes; the town stayed independent until Los Angeles annexed it in 1926.1 Most canals were filled and paved in 1929, cutting thirteen to six; the remaining canals were renovated in 1992 and reopened in 1993.2

Coffee here follows three streets: Abbot Kinney Boulevard, with its boutiques, Ocean Front Walk along the sand, and Washington Boulevard down at the pier. The earliest cups are inland: Blue Bottle on Abbot Kinney and The Cow's End on Washington both open at 06:00, while the boardwalk cafés start at 08:00 or 09:00.

Local tip: For a coffee on the sand before the boardwalk wakes up, The Cow's End on Washington Boulevard opens at 06:00 near the pier; Fig Tree and Castanea on Ocean Front Walk open at 08:00 and 09:00.

At a glance

29Cafés listed
6With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
20:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: The Cow's End Cafe, from 06:00 (Mon–Thu 06:00–18:00 · Fri–Sat 06:00–19:00).
  • Closes latest: Fig Tree, until 20:30 (Mon–Thu 08:00–19:30 · Fri–Sat 08:00–20:30 · Sun 08:00–19:30).
  • Most listed streets: Abbot Kinney Blvd (8), Ocean Front Walk (4), Lincoln Blvd (3).
  • Most common features: specialty (7%), brunch (3%), outdoor seating (3%).

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Coffee chains in Venice

Abbot Kinney Boulevard

The boulevard was part of West Washington Boulevard until the late 1980s, when community groups and property owners pushed to rename it after the founder; the change is widely read as a move to attract upmarket shops.1 Intelligentsia, at No. 1331, serves the Angeleno, an iced latte with agave.3

Blue Bottle at No. 1103 is the earliest opener on the street, daily 06:00–19:00, with 3 Square Café + Bakery a few doors up at No. 1121. The 1500 and 1600 blocks hold Shuhari Matcha Café at No. 1522, Fast Times Coffee at No. 1629 and Kohi by Owa at No. 1635, with Alfred at No. 1661. Boulevard Coffee sits at the quieter south end, No. 2321.

Ocean Front Walk and Windward Avenue

Ocean Front Walk is a pedestrian promenade about 2.5 miles long, with Muscle Beach, the outdoor gym, at the south end of the Venice Beach Recreation Center.1 Windward Avenue keeps an arched arcade over parts of both sidewalks, left from the Italian Renaissance-style buildings of the early 1900s.1

Menotti's Coffee Stop at 56 Windward Avenue, a few steps from the sand next to the Townhouse bar, makes flat whites and cortados and is often named among the best coffee in Venice.3 On the boardwalk itself, Fig Tree at No. 431 serves brunch from 08:00 and stays open until 20:30 on Fridays and Saturdays; Castanea Sicilian Cafe at No. 1307 opens daily 09:00–18:00, and Rad Coffee is at No. 1425.

Washington Boulevard and the pier

The Venice Fishing Pier, a 1,310-foot concrete structure, opened in 1964, closed after El Niño storms damaged it in 1983, and reopened in the mid-1990s.1 Near the pier, The Cow's End at 34 Washington Boulevard is a family-owned café with an upstairs loft, serving drip coffee, bagels and breakfast.3 It opens at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday and has outdoor tables.

Farther inland on Washington, Canali Cafe is at No. 123, and Joni's Coffee Roaster Cafe at No. 522, next to Cafe Buna at No. 552.

Venice Boulevard and Rose Avenue

Goodboybob, the roaster founded by Erich Joiner, opened a counter in July 2026 inside Deus Ex Machina, the motorcycle and surf shop at 1001 Venice Boulevard. The coffee is roasted at its plants in Torrance and Los Angeles; its original café, opened in 2017, is in Santa Monica.4 The Venice counter serves daily 07:00–16:00. Toward the beach, Bellissimo at 68 Venice Boulevard is open daily 07:30–20:00.

At the north end of Venice, Rose Avenue has Groundwork, which began in 1990 as a rare-book and tea shop and became one of Southern California's first certified organic coffee roasters.3 Saint Maxime, at No. 560, opens Wednesday to Sunday 08:00–14:00.

Sources

  1. Venice, Los Angeles, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Venice Canal Historic District, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Venice Beach coffee shops, Hotel Erwin, accessed October 2026
  4. Goodboybob Doubles Café Footprint with Openings in New York and LA (August 11, 2026), Daily Coffee News, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Venice cafés: questions

Which cafés on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice open earliest?

Blue Bottle at 1103 Abbot Kinney Boulevard opens daily at 06:00 and closes at 19:00. Intelligentsia is at No. 1331 and serves the Angeleno, an iced latte with agave. The boulevard was part of West Washington Boulevard until it was renamed after Venice's founder in the late 1980s.

Where can you get coffee near the Venice Beach boardwalk?

Menotti's Coffee Stop at 56 Windward Avenue, near the Venice sign and steps from the sand, makes flat whites and cortados. On Ocean Front Walk, Fig Tree serves brunch from 08:00 and Castanea Sicilian Cafe opens daily 09:00–18:00. Near the pier, The Cow's End on Washington Boulevard opens at 06:00.

What is goodboybob in Venice, Los Angeles?

Goodboybob is a Southern California coffee roaster founded by Erich Joiner. In July 2026 it opened a counter inside Deus Ex Machina, the motorcycle and surf shop at 1001 Venice Boulevard, open daily 07:00–16:00. Its original café, opened in 2017, is in Santa Monica, and it roasts in Torrance and Los Angeles.

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