Neighborhoods Culver City Guide

The Westside’s current bastion of hipness has turned overnight from semi-abandoned warehouse district to happening art scene. Between sessions of staring at things on walls, there are plenty of places to stare at things on plates, or stare at people on ice skates.
—Katherine Spiers

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Culture & Recreation

Despite the area's current trendiness, there are loads of thoroughly wholesome activities to enjoy.

Galleries, Galleries, Galleries

There are so many art galleries in Culver City, they need their own guide.

Museum of Jurassic Technology

Have an unexplained desire to learn more about fruit-pit carvings, hypothetical South American demons and suspicious-looking insects?

Culver Ice Arena

Grade-school flashbacks abound here, as beginners flail about on the ice before comforting themselves with hot chocolate from the coffee shop.

"Jeopardy!"

What’s free, fun, and sort of intellectual? A taping of "Jeopardy," Alex!

Actors' Gang Theatre

Tim Robbins’ baby has grown up to be one of LA’s premier centers of rampant thespianism.

Dining

There’s a wide variety of cuisines available here, with one common denominator: deliciousness.

Ford's Filling Station

Comfort food made with love by Han Solo’s son. Double yum.

Tender Greens

Delicious, organic, healthy, not too expensive, made to order...this may become your favorite restaurant.

Cucina Paradiso

Huge plates of Italian food and a hipster-lite soundtrack help foodies find this out-of-the-way haunt.

Dolce Forno Bakery

Customers don’t actually eat in the bakery, but a steady to-go crowd picks up pastas, breads and desserts galore.

Beacon Restaurant

Asian food in an old bakery building? It doesn’t get more fusion-y than that.

Nightlife

Culver City’s nightlife scene is, for the most part, pretty new and shiny. But the old-school spots have their charms as well.

Mandrake

Classic cocktails meet good conversations meet art installations meet illicit dancing.

Saints & Sinners

With an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other, this bar caters to both sides.

The Backstage

Have one of the best hamburgers in the city, then work off the calories with an athletic round of karaoke.

The Jazz Bakery

If you’re looking for a classy evening of music, this is your spot.

BottleRock

A fun wine bar for oenophiles and people who can’t tell the difference between Chardonnay and Merlot.

Shopping

Useful furniture, pretty clothes, and delicious food all make Culver City shopping heaven.

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