Classic Beach Cities Dive Bar Is Home Of The '10 Napkin' Burger The best burgers in the South Bay Beach Cities – and, indeed, all of Los Angeles – are found not found in some high-end trendy restaurant made by a celebrity chef but in a dive bar in Manhattan Beach. This downtown dive – it's the oldest bar in Manhattan Beach, dating back to the 1920s – makes burgers they … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Downtown Bars Listings & Descriptions
Restaurant/Bars, Dive Bars & Beer Bars In This South Bay Beach City Manhattan Beach, CA, has long been a place for great bars. Its quaint downtown has places from dive bars to upscale restaurant/bars. Here's a look at all the bars in the downtown area, on and around the Pier and Manhattan Beach Blvd. It includes addresses and a brief (and accurate, after all … [Read more...]
Ercoles, Manhattan Beach’s Dive Beer Bar, Has Margaritas, Too
A Review Of The Tequila-Heavy Cocktail At This Local Watering Hole No matter how much you think you know a place, or how many times you go there, it's still good to take some tips from another local. Case in point, margaritas at Ercoles in Manhattan Beach, CA. That is something I had never previously considered until I was out with a long-time local who said something … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Dive Bars Reviews Shellback & Ercoles
With Progress Developing Around Them, These Two Legends of the Beach Keep Pouring It On For Loyal Locals They are the institutions that refuse to give into time or progress (or developers), as much a part of the landscape as the pier, the Strand and even the sand and the ocean. They are the downtown dive bars of Manhattan Beach, CA, the upscale beach community in … [Read more...]
The Changing Manhattan Beach Bars & Nightlife Scene
At Least Local Legends Shellback Tavern and Ercoles Remain Unchanged If one were to suddenly reappear in Manhattan Beach after a long absence – say, about 10 years – there's a lot about the bar and nightlife scene that her or she would instantly recognize. There's Shellback Tavern, basically unchanged over the years, except for more AVP memorabilla on the walls, a … [Read more...]