El Segundo Farmers Market
Evening market on closed-off Main St.
350 Main St (Holly to Grand) · Thursdays, 3–7pm
City hub
El Segundo is the quietest beach city — five and a half square miles of century-old bungalows, a real downtown on Main St, silent-movie organ concerts, and a cluster of taprooms that punch far above the town’s size. It’s the easy parking, no-crowd alternative to its neighbors.
This weekend
Evening market on closed-off Main St.
350 Main St (Holly to Grand) · Thursdays, 3–7pm
Weekly Thursday trivia at the El Segundo taproom.
Five Point Five Brewing, 137 Nevada St · Thursdays, 7pm
Eat
Hand-rolled pasta — capellini in 36-hour tomato sauce, spicy rigatoni alla vodka.
241 Main St · El Segundo
Vietnamese small plates — summer rolls, crispy crepe — on a sunny patio.
830 S Pacific Coast Hwy · El Segundo
Crispy, tender tonkatsu dinners sets, including cheese-stuffed millefeuille.
403 Main St · El Segundo
Upscale Mexican with a group-friendly menu, vegan enchiladas and solid margaritas.
2191 Rosecrans Ave · El Segundo
Modern Mexican honoring El Segundo’s multi-cultural palate.
El Segundo · El Segundo
Casual Brazilian-with-Japanese-twists cooking — miso-butter corn, moqueca — on a wraparound patio.
450 Main St · El Segundo
See
Silent-movie palace with a Mighty Wurlitzer organ — concerts and classic films most weekends.
140 Richmond St
Vintage cars you can sometimes ride in — one of LA’s most kid-friendly small museums.
610 Lairport St
Open-air shopping and dining lawn with free events — Sunday line dancing, outdoor movies.
850 S Pacific Coast Hwy
The quietest sand in the beach cities, with easy parking and a view of the refinery turned sculpture.