The Tasting Kitchen

The Tasting Kitchen is a unique restaurant with a menu filled with items of all categories. It offers cheese, bread, meat, seafood, pasta, salads, vegetables, desserts and wines with many options to choose from. The restaurant is only open for dinner hours. A full bar is inside. It offers a subscription for its newsletter, which can be registered for online.

On Friday nights starting at 6 pm, a DJ spins on the top-level lounge area.

"Everything is just delish" at this "cool", upscale Venice Beach Med delivering a market-fresh menu of "fantastic", "original" large and small plates elevated by some of the "best cocktails west of the 405"; service can be "slow" and it's often "a bit noisy", but overall most say "it stands out in an area of great restaurants"; P.S. "for those on a budget, the front room is lovely for brunch on...

The Tasting Kitchen, which took over the short-lived AK Restaurant + Bar, has capitalized on its Abbot Kinney Boulevard location and cultivated a bustling social scene. The vibe is hip, but unpretentious. Diners can choose from various dining areas --- the patio, the main dining room, a bar with communal tables or an upstairs loft. Start with a salad of radicchio, lemon and Lucques olives or...

Venice Beach might be known for its wild acts along the wacky muscle beach boardwalk, but this low-lit and lively spot on Abbot Kinney is quite the opposite. Its romantic vibe is complemented by...

They call it global, but the Swedish chef is putting some downright Nordic stuff on the menu. Herring, meatballs, gravlax. Muesli at brunch. It's all natural, sustainable, organic...whatever buzzword of choice. About four different dining areas with different vibes: casual, formal, hot date. In Venice, so of course, an artsy, hundred-dollar-hippie vibe. Embrace both it and the schnitzel.

The Tasting Kitchen, Venice, CA. 726 likes · 11,872 were here. Chef Casey Lane's one-page, ingredient-driven menu changes daily at this breezy and fun restaurant, where spontaneity is king.

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