1/The plot thickens
The Plot has quickly become one of the most adored vegan restaurants in California. If you’re fixing for brunch, the Sausage & Biscuits is a delicious surprise with its huge slab of succulent breakfast sausage atop a cheesy country gravy-slathered biscuit—especially when paired with a chicken nugget-topped Bloody Mary. For dinner, don’t miss the tempura-fried Chronic sushi roll made with lion’s mane crab and spicy tuna … and enjoy it outside! Outdoor dining is plentiful with tables set around vegetable beds.
2/Arts abound
As one of offers a deep dive into SoCal surf culture, while the hosts international exhibits and coffee and conversation events with local artists. Catch a local production at or (or both, they’re only a block apart), before heading to , an immersive art gallery-slash-restaurant, for vegan Korean scallion pancakes, a cocktail, and the season’s art exhibit.