First Friday On Abbot Kinney - Venice

Venice local now, for nearly 4 years and I've only been to first Friday twice. Both amazing experiences and now it's a ritual of my friends, neighbors, and family in the area. The last first Friday, I brought mama. We dropped but the food truck 8E8 and bought thai iced teas, spicy drunken noodles, Tofu pad see Ew, and red curry. I literally ate my portion of food for 3 days straight, and it was more delicious every time. How does that work? They ran out of mangos and sticky rice! Next time, hope they are back next month in January 2024. : There were so many other food trucks, close to 25 lining abbot Kinney all the way to Venice Blvd. such a fun local experience, found my neighbors/friends we hung out and had a great dinner sitting on the side of the road lol. That's Venice for ya, we just wing it bc why not.

This isn 't a useful review. I got here just before the world changed. We hear about collective sacrifice during World War II and see movies where people are happy to go months out of their way to rescue Matt Damon from space, but reality involves violations of safety protocols, hateful and insane politics and letting cruise ship workers drift for months because apparently it 's too dangerous to have the boat drop them off at 2AM. First Fridays is a reminder of a better era. The day of my February visit featured various typical and absurdly trivial dilemmas. Would I make it to the coast in time for sunset and would my phone battery die? And do I have the capacity to eat that delicious-looking fake meat from Original Herbivore after I just enjoyed real meat from Scroggins Smokehouse and various other things? Yeah, it seemed time to go back to the hotel after the amazing ribs, but the picture of the Reuben with faux pastrami was captivating. Little things I enjoyed about First Fridays: the palm trees at dusk are quite cinematic, and it seems more acceptable to talk to strangers here than in NYC, so I had a some Fieri-esque discussions here. It 'll be a while before I take a plane again, but I 'm thankful that First Fridays, its creative and hard-working vendors and its fusion-craving crowds built a classic California experience.

Came here for the first time in October with my friends and totally loved it. Venice has created such a fun environment for people to enjoy their Friday night. Indulge in all kinds of food from some pretty cool food trucks. The vibe is friendly, people are happy as they enjoy their yummy food. I mean it's a win win. Oh and make sure you go before the sunset to snap some pretty cool photos!

Abbott Kinney rocks every month. On the first Friday of every month, shops and galleries open their doors to drink/eat complimentary wine/h'orderves and show their merchandise/art. It gets crowded too, so arrive early (before 5pm) to score prkg. My fave shops to visit, and furniture stores (like Knibb Design) and galleries (like G2) open their doors for an open public soiree. There is live music at some shops, artists at others ... everyone mingles and parties. I even had a fun time @Trim, a hair salon! W. 3rd St should do this more often.

Overwhelmed with this First Friday of the month food truck street thang. Boyfriend and I were just hanging around Venice beach until it was dinner time. Drove down Abbot and saw a bunch of trucks and a hell of people. We both had no idea what was going on but we stopped by anyways. Parking sucked at 6 because people were getting off work and also, it was dinner time. On abbot, there's a few restaurants that are opened for those who weren't interested in street trucks so don't worry if none of the trucks look good. As we got to one of the trucks, we asked some guy who was in line what's this trucks about? Every first Friday of the month, trucks come out. Made a lot of sense to us after. We tried the White Rabbit food truck which was Filipino taco truck. It wasn't too bad. 3 tacos for $4? Sauce was tasty though. Next month noted, check it out again when we are not full. Some trucks accept card but bring cash just in case!