Lunch at 26 Beach Cafe

[SouthernFoodie08]

I am going to this cafe for a friend's birthday lunch on Saturday. As I am a foodie and indecisive (bad combo, trust me!!) I started researching the place already. I noticed that some Hounds like the place (mentions of salads and burgers) but no specific things that you like the best. I only wonder because some of the choices (esp burger choices) are very interesting (burger w/ ceasar dressing, goat cheese & sun dried tomatoes, and even curry!) and could be very wrong. . .

Any recs for specific items on their menu?

[Bite Me]

I like the ribs and french fries, but that may be too heavy for lunch. I like the salads!

[noshie]

I used to like this salad that was sort of like a Chinese chicken salad with asparagus. It had a sesame dressing that was tasty.

[westsidegal]

i love many of their salads, and am especially fond of their tuscan salad.

[la tache burger]

French burger really good. All burgers really good. Salads good. And last weekend I was spontaneously moved to order the seafood pasta and it was surprisingly good.

[Burger Boy]

If you love french toasts, the brunch menu is outrageous! I love the peaches and cream french toast or the go bananas, the portugese royal is an island treat. The breakfast sandwich is really good.

[PayOrPlay]

It's a very big and diverse menu, which invites the diner to order whatever they like. This approach works fine for the most part--I've never been displeased with any salad or burger I've ordered there. I tend to go for burgers or salads because they do a really top job with these, whereas the entrees have been more hit and miss (plenty of hits, more than a few misses) and I'm not sure I could name anything on the entree menu that I'd hold up as "best in the city" whereas the burgers and salads are top-notch.

My favorite burgers are the Bombay (yes, the curry works), the Hickory, and the patty melt, but I think that's a function of what I like on a burger, and if you happen to like chili burgers or green-chile or pizza-sauce burgers more, you'll be perfectly happy at 26 Beach. Favorite salads include ginger salmon and caesar chicken: their caesar salad dressing is good but it is pretty strong, and they tend to use a lot of it on both salads and the Caesar Burger, so be advised. Also don't forget to check the interesting beverage selection, alcoholic and non.

http://www.26beach.com/

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26 Beach
3100 Washington Blvd., Venice, CA 90292