Where to read by the beach?

[running pig]

Hi there-

Can people please recommend nice, fairly quiet places you can sit and read for a couple of hours while enjoying coffee and maybe a light breakfast....Santa Monica, Venica, Marina del Rey preferred. THANKS

[New Trial]

If you want something more upscale, Shutters would work well for this purpose.

[igj]

If you want to be ON the beach, there is Fig Tree's Cafe on the boardwalk in Venice. It gets crowded on the weekends, but during the week it is a nice place to sit. The service always seems to be beach casual - i.e. SLOW - so sitting for a few hours is not hard, nor unusual. The food is pretty good, one of the better casual spots near the beach in Venice.

http://www.figtreescafe.com/

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Figtree's Cafe
429 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291

[hrhboo]

The Novel Cafe on Main is great for this.

[mollyomormon]

I studied for the bar exam at the Cow's End at the end of Washington in Venice and they were wonderful about letting me hang out there for 8 hours at a time studying. I'm a big fan of the Big Bull wrap there for breakfast.