Get there before noon to claim a fire pit on the weekends. Skip the pay lot, you can usually find street parking.
Johnnie's pastrami makes their own pickles & boasts a mostly-original staff (trust me, they've been around a while!) great burgers + fries! Sit outside in the back around the firepit. Cash only, ATM.
Best place to go for pastrami & the pickles go well with it. The only thing is that if you sit inside you'll feel every movement the person behind you is making but you can sit out by the fire pits.
This classic Culver City fast food joint has everything from burgers to excellent pastrami. Try the chili cheese fries for something truly gut-busting. Don't skip the fruit pies either. Read more.
For the city’s best rotisserie chicken and French fries, stop at Reddi Chick, where you can enjoy your meal in an open-air patio with a fire pit.
especially lovely late afternoon....or super early in the morning..get a firepit and gather up friends for a summer evening get together ( bring your own wood and get there early to stake a claim)
Great new place by the people from The Must. Several floors of outdoor seating either on balconies or the rooftop, which has it's own bar and fire pits.
perfectly cooked fillet of perch (the fish, and a clever pun) over baby leeks, the buttermilk-marinated and crispy-baked frog legs, and the down-home take on a cassoulet called Pork & Beans. Read more.
Gracias Madre is a massive restaurant that features high vaulted ceilings, wood trusses, brick walls, and an outdoor space that features some lovely fire pits and a really cool old rancho feel. Read more.
The most recent meat-free effort from those behind Cafe Gratitude, Gracias Madre follows a slightly more formal model in which guests are urged to make reservations for vegan Mexican cuisine. Read more.
With a rustic over-sized bar, outdoor fire pits on their famous Sunset Blvd patio, and mechanical bull, Saddle Ranch is the place to be for happy hour